Resources for Schools

Many documents in this section are in PDF format and you will need Adobe Reader to open them; if you don't have Adobe Reader click here to download and install it.

Bristol ChemLabS Health and Safety Rules

• Risk Assessment for Students Coming into the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories to Carry Out Practical Work
• The Palaeodetective game software allows the use of deductive work to identify archeological and geological samples from data obtained by several techniques including GC/MS and IRMS. Knowledge of these techniques is not required.NEW
• The 2011 edition of What Do Graduates Do? presents the figures from the Destinations of Leavers from HE which tells us what UK domiciled graduates were doing six months after graduating in 2009/10. NEW
• There is a discussion on Chemistry graduates available here NEW
• Millennium Lectures- these are a series of science lectures for the public (so include schools) by the University of Bath. NEW
• 'Everything That You Wanted To Know About Climate Change But Could Not Find In A Text Book!' A collection of climate articles by Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison published in Science in School.
  

• The AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust (AZSTT) sponsored Primary Science Teacher Awards (PSTA).

• AZSTT sponsor six Primary Science Teacher Awards each year. The prizes include awards for the teachers themselves and their schools.
• The Trust launched the Primary Science Teacher College at the ASE conference in 2011. Its members are all the previous winners of the PSTA back to 2003. AZSTT will be providing the college with an annual pot of £50,000 to use to develop Primary Science locally, regionally, nationally and maybe internationally.
• The hunt is on for the winners for this year.
• The nomination forms (on-line and downloadable) for The Primary Science are available here
• 
  
• Spectroscopy in a Suitcase 2011-2012
• RSC local programme 2011-12
• Chemistry Book Reading List (compiled by Dr Simon Cotton)
• Cirencester Science and Technology Society Lecture programme
• Beacon Researchers in Schools Scheme - WALES
• What's on at The Royal Institution of Great Britain (London)?
• What's on at Bristol University: Events and Lectures open to the public
• Futuretech: Outreach for Engineers at the University of Bristol
  
• University of Bristol Factsheets
  
  The University has developed a series of helpful factsheets to help students with their university choices. These factsheets are available as PDF files below, and schools and colleges are welcome to reproduce them for the classroom.
  • UCAS application dos and don'ts
  • Open doors... how to get the most out of an open day

  Publications from the RSC

  Chemical science careers publications from RSC

• Employee profile in chemistry from the RSC
• STEM Directories
  STEM Online Directories comprise a collection of schemes and activities provided by organisations from across the UK that aim to enhance and enrich the curriculum. These schemes are usually based around events or experiences that cannot be delivered with standard school contacts and resources.
  
• Careers information for those considering reading a chemistry degree – PDF from the HEA's website
• Catalyst magazine
• Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy experiments
  Bristol ChemLabS is engaged with an extension of a project on analytical chemistry. The experiments originally devised under the project AnalChemVoc may be found on the above website.
  
• Free LabSkills Resources - online practical simulations
• Common Chemical Risk Assessments (PDF from the ASE)
  
• Harnessing Solar Energy with Grätzel Cells
  Grätzel solar cells convert sunlight into electricity, giving students the opportunity to be involved in cutting-edge, green chemistry research. Article published in Education in Chemistry, September 2007.
• Grätzel Photoelectrochemical Solar Cells PowePoint Presentation for Teachers (20 MB)
• Teachers Websites
• Sources of Funding for School Science Activities (110kb PDF)
• Presentations and other resources for teachers by UAS project students
• 'A Pollutant's Tale' – Lecture-Demonstration by Tim Harrison and Dudley Shallcross
• 'Una Historia de Contaminantes' – 'A Pollutant's Tale' in Spanish (1.9 MB PowerPoint)
• 'A Chemical Delight' – Lecture-Demonstration by Tim Harrison and Dudley Shallcross
• 'Gases in the Air' – Lecture-Demonstration by Tim Harrison and Alison Rivett
• 'Fragrance Chemistry' - Lecture-Demonstration by Tim Harrison
• Air Pollution, Climate Change and Ozone Depletion Notes
• Jeremy Harvey's Structure and Bonding Website
• An Online Tutorial about VSEPR Theory
• Consent Form for Use of Photographic Material
• Journals
• Medical Science
• Nanochemistry
• Periodic Table
• Giant Bubbles Recipe:
  • distilled water 8 parts
  • glycerol 1 part
  • Persil aloe vera 1 part
  • mix/shake thoroughly in a sealed clean vessel
  • leave overnight
  The mixture is then ready to use.
• Alex Teague Lecture on Volcanology (36MB Powerpoint presenation)
• Lecture on Pharmaceuticals, Prof. Tim Gallagher (Powerpoint presentation)
• Scisational - The SCISATIONAL project aims to make science sensational and spark the imagination of 15 year olds. It allows pupils to research and produce their own film that connects basic science to some of the University's current research. Participants (Y10 pupils from Bristol and Bath and North East Somerset schools) in this project directed their learning to develop their own science curriculum. They investigated several topics, then mapped these to underlying scientific concepts and processes. More details and DVDs are available from the Centre for Public Engagement website.

back to top