History of chemistry
A useful timeline summary of the key scientists in the history of chemistry, along with facts about their scientific discovery or invention. Includes reference to the work of Volta, Dalton, Avogadro, Dury, Oersted, Bunsen, Mendeleev, Curie, Thomson, Bohr, Neilson, Percy Julian and Dorothy Hodgkin, among others.
This KS4 resource also includes a quick formative assessment or learning check in the form of a crossword (with answers for self- or peer-assessment) to assess students' understanding. This encourages closer engagement with the information and develops students' reading and literacy skills as they need to skim and scan to answer the relevant clues.
Download the accompanying resources, History of biology and History of physics if you are teaching combined science.
Example chemists from the timeline:
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James Chadwick (1891–1974) |
1932 |
English scientist who discovered the neutron particle in the nucleus of atoms. |
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Percy Julian (1899–1975) |
1935 |
African American scientist who pioneered the chemical synthesis of drugs such as cortisone, steroids and birth control pills. |
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Dorothy Hodgkin (1910–1994) |
1964 |
A British chemist who developed the technique of X-ray crystallography. She won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1964. |
