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Materials and composites: including metals, ceramics and polymers

I can classify materials as metals, ceramics, or polymers, and describe and predict the properties of some composite materials.

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1 Worksheet

2 Quizzes

1 Video

Structure of polymers

I can give examples of polymers and explain how the properties of polymers depend on their structure.

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1 Worksheet

2 Quizzes

1 Video

The reactivity series for metals

I can use experimental evidence to organise several metals in order of their reactivity.

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1 Worksheet

2 Quizzes

1 Video

Chemical reactions: displacement of metals

I can explain what happens when one metal displaces another metal from a salt, in solution as well as how carbon can be used to extract metals from ores.

1 Slide deck

1 Worksheet

2 Quizzes

1 Video

Catalysts

I can describe how catalysts, including enzymes, speed up chemical reactions.

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1 Worksheet

2 Quizzes

1 Video