alcohols

Pertains to the structure, properties, and reactions of alcohols—organic compounds containing the hydroxyl functional group.

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unsorted functional group cards
An Activity for Introducing Organic Functional Groups
// Tuesday, July 2, 2019 • Kristen Drury
Organic chemistry is not often found in a first year chemistry course in high schools, but it has been a unit in the New York State Curriculum, and it will stay there until the New York State version of NGSS is fully adopted.
burning solutions
The Mystery of the Burning Water: An Update
// Monday, October 17, 2016 • LowellThomson
Tom Kuntzleman loves to share chemical mysteries1 and that inspired me to create a list of mysteries that are appropriate for the main topics covered in IB Chemistry.
safety
But Surely That's Banned
// Tuesday, October 7, 2014 • Bob Worley
The Royal Society of Chemistry became increasingly frustrated in 2004 when academics (the “when I was a lad” variety”), National Tabloids (it’s “‘elf un safety gone mad” variety), and many teachers were quoting health & safety fears as the reasons not to do practical science work and demonstrations.
AND the Worst Happens Again
// Monday, January 6, 2014 • Deanna Cullen
It has happened again. We just published a “Lab Accidents” blog with a link to the US Chemical Safety Board’s video entitled “After the Rainbow” published December 10, 2013. Less than a month later, a young boy has experienced the same nightmare scenario as the one described in the video.