成人快手

Cambridge chemist Dr Peter Wothers offers 12 students the unique opportunity to join him in his laboratory for a master class exploring the four ancient elements: water, earth, air and fire - with explosive results.

These clips are form the 成人快手 series The Alchemist's Apprentice.

Suitable for: Chemistry at Key Stage 3 and 4 / GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland or National 4 and National 5 in Scotland.

Experiments with air. video

Three students try out hands-on experiments with carbon dioxide and explore the properties of the air around us.

Experiments with air

Experiments with rock. video

Students do a practical science experiment extracting copper from a piece of malachite in a lab.

Experiments with rock

Experiments with water. video

Students take practical experiments with water and explore why ice floats and what happens as water expands when frozen.

Experiments with water

Experiments with fire. video

A look at the properties of fire and exploration of what happens during combustion.

Experiments with fire