Techs articles from SSR
Conductivity investigations on a microscale using a bead box indicator
Issue 393, March 2025
Mini-scale food tests
SSR 392: Denise Ralph describes using mini-scale amounts of reagents for a required GCSE practical saving budget and aiding student safety.
Modelling changes in atmospheric CO2 through science practical work
SSR 390: Rachael Bailey shows how to model historical changes in atmospheric CO2
Comparing photosynthesis and respiration rates using hydrogencarbonate indicator
SSR 389: Sindhu Jacob describes a method to investigate the relative rates of photosynthesis and respiration in a water plant with the help of hydrogencarbonate indicator.
Practical adaptations for students with special educational needs and disability
SSR 389: Fiona Roberts describes ways in which science practical resources and equipment can be adapted for special educational needs and disability (SEND) students.
Technician – a career on life support?
SSR 389: Caroline Butler discusses the relevance, benefits and barriers to training and professional learning for technicians.
Practical Ideas: Reduced scale electrolysis in a Tic Tac box
SSR 388: Maureen Wade describes how a sweet box is transformed into an upright reduced scale electrolysis kit.
Microscale for inclusion
SSR 388: Elsa Tilston describes how microscale can help reduce set-up time, reduce cognitive load and enhance observational skills.
Practical Ideas: Using yeast as a cost-effective alternative to B.subtilis in post-16 biology courses
SSR 388: Jon Hale describes how yeast can be used to deliver the microbiological technique of serial dilutions to calculate the density of viable cells in a suspension.
Leadership: Leading a technician team
SSR 387: Jane Oldham discusses the key strategies for leading a science technician team in your department
Wavelength of light from an LED
SSR 387: John Jermy describes a method for the A-level required practical on finding the wavelength of light using LEDs instead of lasers
Motor effect and making speakers
SSR 387: John Jermy suggests how to introduce the ‘motor effect’, leading to making effective speakers using fizzy drinks bottles
Centrefold: Growing crystals
SSR 387: Paul Cook and Katia Rodrigues share images of crystals grown in their prep room
Centrefold: Droplet art
SSR 386: Isobel Everest shares her droplet artwork, ‘A starry night'
Practical ideas: Anaerobic respiration in yeast
SSR 386: Tracey Black shows a simple, visual experiment to support understanding of anaerobic respiration in yeast
Bunsen Education supplement
SSR 386: Bunsen: Spend your science budget intelligently with our free requisitions app + science supplies price comparison site
Practical ideas: Rates of reaction and rhubarb
SSR 385: Jane Oldham shows how rhubarb may be used to support understanding of the effect of surface area on rate of reaction...