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Archive for June, 2007

The Orbitron

Posted by beckydaw on 29th June 2007

For all you chemists out there you should take a look at http://winter.group.shef.ac.uk/orbitron/

This site has images representing atomic orbitals and electron density plots

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Revision MP3s

Posted by beckydaw on 28th June 2007

You can now download audio revison materials from bitesize revision (BBC) for Science (also other subjects)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/

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Chemistry Cartoons

Posted by beckydaw on 28th June 2007

I love the cartoons I found at http://www.mrseiler.org/cartoons.html

Here is my favourite!!

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What is a C60 carbon allotrope?

Posted by beckydaw on 28th June 2007

In the post about Harry Kroto I mentioned the words “C60 carbon allotrope”.  If you are not sure what that is then you need to find out about buckyballs (buckytubes also exist).

 Click here to find out more

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Falling objects

Posted by beckydaw on 28th June 2007

Gravity

What do you think will happen?

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Harry Kroto

Posted by beckydaw on 28th June 2007

Harold Kroto, Copyright © Scanpix

Harry Kroto is a British scientist.  He shared the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1996.  He was involved with the discovery of the C60 carbon allotrope.

Click here to find out more

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New Scientist

Posted by beckydaw on 28th June 2007

To keep up to date with the latests scientific developments you need to take a look at the New Scientist site

Click here to take you there

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Dimitri Mendeleev

Posted by beckydaw on 24th June 2007

dimitrimendeleev.jpg

Mendeleev is the “father of the periodic table”. 

To find out more click here

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Marie Curie

Posted by beckydaw on 21st June 2007

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One of my inspriational figures in Science is Marie Curie. 

Click on this link to find out more about her

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