{"id":169,"date":"2015-05-13T10:46:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T10:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/olhscumbernauld\/?page_id=169"},"modified":"2025-09-22T07:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:34:48","slug":"chemistry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/chemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chemistry is all around us, in the air we breathe, the food we eat and the clothes we wear. The courses offered aim to give pupils an insight into the importance of Chemistry in everyday life, but also cover the important chemical concepts to allow pupils to extend their studies, if wished.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/creazilla-store.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/cliparts\/79304\/experiment-lab-clipart-xl.png\" alt=\"Chemistry Clipart Images\" width=\"151\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The study of chemistry is broken down into 3 units,<br \/>\nChemical Changes and Structure, Nature&#8217;s Chemistry and Chemistry in Society.<br \/>\nThese cover a wide range of topics including\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Chemical reactions<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Reaction rates<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Substances and bonding<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Acids and alkalis<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Metals and their reactions<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Plastics and synthetic fibres<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Fuels and carbon compounds<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Soaps and dyes<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Atomic structure<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Symbols and the mole<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Useful Links<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/45720.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SQA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/subjects\/zmnp34j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC Bitesize National 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/subjects\/zjmtsbk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC Bitesize Higher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2017\/12\/N5_chemistry_E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National 5 Chemistry in a Nutshell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npfs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2018\/10\/higher_chemistry.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Higher Chemistry\u00a0in a Nutshell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chemistry is all around us, in the air we breathe, the food we eat and the clothes we wear. The courses offered aim to give pupils an insight into the importance of Chemistry in everyday life, but also cover the important chemical concepts to allow pupils to extend their studies, if wished. The study of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/chemistry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chemistry<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31132,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-169","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7263,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169\/revisions\/7263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/calderhead\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}