Graeme Jones joins us in the Studio to talk about Saturday Night Science. If you want to know the secret of sexual attracivness or discover the link between throat lozenges and condoms, look no further ... Not for the faint-hearted! Graeme Jones would like to acknowledge kind support from NESTA.
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Time
Title, Description, Teacher Notes
0:00
Introduction Introducing giant molecular modelling; scaled up ethanol for everyone to enjoy!
02:06
Chemical ecology Research into insect pheromones. I have attended a lecture by Graeme and this part was smelly!
03:52
How to have better Saturday Night! Everything you need to know to in bitesize chunks to enjoy a night out better.
06:30
Chemical Reactions Acid + Base = salt + water{br}Man + women = sweat As an introduction to chemical reactions or even balancing equations, this would be great
08:10
Introducing catalysts How can dancing speed up a reaction? Showing that on a night out alcohol is part of the reaction and thus not a catalyst. This analogy will keep the students interested and helps reiterate the importance of catalysts.
09:50
Chemi-luminescence Showing off on the dance floor. Useful for teaching about light.
11:52
Pheromones Can you name any pop songs with physics or biology? They are few and far between but now try and think of song about chemisty - lots! Graeme explains human pheromones and how they are used in human attraction. If you want to sniff smelly t-shirts, keep watching. What do men and women have in common? All will be revealed.
22:36
Dancing with spectroscopy Vibrations to get a whole class involved. Introduces bonding, energy involved and asymmetry.
25:29
Condoms and lozenges Do you know what these have in common? Molecules such as benzocaine can numb your throat and is also used in some condoms.
