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I taught chemistry for 25 years. I now provide tuition online. I just like nicely produced, imaginative resources.

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I taught chemistry for 25 years. I now provide tuition online. I just like nicely produced, imaginative resources.
Animated electrophilic substitution
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Animated electrophilic substitution

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Make things move in your class. A little starter illustrating the nitration of benzene. Just open the ‘electrophilic substitution , nitration of benzene copy.html’ file and it will run in your browser. You can zoom in or out using the browser controls. Please note: in order to provide a rich interactive experience, my interactive resources are mini-web sites local to your computer. After unzipping, they comprise a folder containing the main .html file and another folder containing the graphic resources and my coding to make the resource work. Double click on the .html file and the resource will work. If, however , you move or delete any of the files from this hierarchy, the resource will not work. I have also included it as a movie format.
Musical motor effect
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Musical motor effect

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I made a whacky revision cartoon thingy about the motor effect and fleming’s left hand rule. Just for fun really. (the youtube version has narrative)
heartfelt
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heartfelt

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A student was having difficulty remembering which bits of the heart were which, so I made this simple diagram.
Lock and key mechanism of enzyme action
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Lock and key mechanism of enzyme action

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I have made a deliberately clunky representation of this, using gel-pen type colours. Just the sort of thing to amuse some sixth formers. Relish its unprofessionalness. I do. UPDATE: link added to movie on YouTube of hydrolysis reaction. Double click on the html file, and it will open in your browser. Please note: in order to provide a rich interactive experience, my resources are mini-web sites local to your computer. After unzipping, they comprise a folder containing the main .html file and another folder containing the graphic resources and my coding to make the resource work. Double click on the .html file and the resource will work. If, however , you move or delete any of the files from this hierarchy, the resource will not work.
Three types of radioactive decay.
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Three types of radioactive decay.

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There is a beautiful graphic depicting this on the internet. However, it is a bitmapped graphic . I have adapted it as a a scalar graphic, with improvements. Please get in touch if you want an editable version.
Water circuit analogy
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Water circuit analogy

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In the past I have used a physical water circuit to explain to groups concepts such as potential difference and current. I wanted my own diagram of this, so produced this. Someone, somewhere might find it of use.