This learning journey looks at the lives of children working in coal mines in Victorian England. Extracts from the 1842 Royal Commission into Childrenâs Employment (Mines) are used to highlight the working conditions faced by children working underground and to provide a source of primary evidence for pupils studying this topic.
1 Organic compounds always have carbon joined to itself or hydrogen, and other elements like oxygen, and nitrogen, phosphorus, or sulfur. 2  16. 3  There are organic compounds that make up you!- your hair, your skin, even your fingernailsâ¦ And carbon is a part of all of the compounds. 15. 2  Organic compounds always have carbon joined to itself or hydrogen, and other elements like oxygen, and nitrogen, phosphorus, or sulfur. 3  16. 4  There are organic compounds that make up you!- your hair, your skin, even your fingernailsâ¦ And carbon is a part of all of the compounds. 5  17.
Diamond is made of carbon and yet is an inorganic substance. Though oxygen and carbon dioxide are associated with living organisms, they are inorganic too. There are organic compounds that do not have any carbon hydrogen bonds like urea (CO(NH2)2) which is the main constituent of urine and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). CCl4 is considered organic due to its chemical behavior.