Chemical Science Research, Elementary School Children and Their Teachers Are More Closely Related than You May Imagine: The "I Bet You Did Not Know" Project.

Topics associated with the chemical sciences form a significant part of the curriculum in science at the primary school level in the U.K. In this methodology paper, we demonstrate how a wide range of research articles associated with the chemical sciences can be disseminated to an elementary school audience and how children can carry out investigations associated with cutting-edge research in the classroom.