Resources

Alchemy

A Catalyst article about alchemy, the study of eternal life, salvation, and the answer to the ultimate questions about life, the universe and everything. It flourished for more than 1500 years until, in the late 1600s, the beginnings of modern, scientific chemistry edged it aside. The article looks at what was...

Alchemy

This resource from Boxford shows how a range of different finishing techniques can be...

Developed to support the teaching of chemistry and industrial processes, the CD-ROM is built around 15 video clips each lasting approximately five minutes. These clips cover the following industrial processes: aluminium, ammonia, chemicals from salt, copper refining, gases from the air, iron and steel, nitric acid...

Alcohol and the adolescent brain

Adults drink more frequently than adolescents, but when adolescents drink they tend to drink larger quantities. There is evidence to suggest that the adolescent brain responds to alcohol differently from the adult brain. Scientists at the University of Oxford are...

This hand-held device uses gas-sensors to measure levels of blood alcohol concentration in mg/100 ml. Convenient to use. Results appear on LCD screen. 

Alcohol: the Spirit of Friendship

This resource, from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), looks at worrying studies into young people's drinking habits. Studies have looked at how and why excessive drinking has become a normal part of life for many young people and the psychological pressures put upon people to drink alcohol,...

Alderman Knight School

This teachers TV programme features Alderman Knight School in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. The school has embraced the National Healthy Schools Programme with a passion and students are encouraged to think about food, how to grow it, cook it and buy it.

The school has introduced many schemes to create a...

Alessi is one of the 20th century''s most enduring and influential designers and manufacturers. The list of personnel he has commissioned reads like an A-Z of contemporary design.

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Originally presented as a mascot for the Alessi/Philips marketing operation, the Anna G corkscrew soon proved to be one of Alessi's most popular...