Alchemy? Chemistry and Industrial Processes for Schools and Colleges

Synopsis: This project started life as a multimedia CD-ROM and is now available on-line. Aimed at both 11-16 science and post-16 chemistry students and teachers, ALCHEMY? is built around 15 video clips, each lasting approximately five minutes. The clips cover the following industrial processes: aluminium, ammonia, chemicals from salt, copper refining, gases from the air, iron and steel, nitric acid, Nylon, oil refining, polythene, sodium, sulfuric acid, combinatorial chemistry, computational chemistry and making medicines.

In addition to a video clip, each topic includes: an introduction to the process with a slide show of some end uses of the product; a fact file with percentage uses and graphs; a set of multiple choice questions that can be attempted and marked on screen; and a set of teachers’ resources including notes on the process, printable diagrams and stills from the video and longer questions (with answers).
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2008
Year of production: 2002
Subjects: Chemistry
Keywords: chemical engineering; industrial chemistry

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British Universities Film & Video Council