All Differentiation articles
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Resource
Electrochemical cells misconception buster | 16–18 years
Probe learners’ knowledge of setting up electrochemical cells, redox equations and calculations
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Ideas
6 steps to successful science lab groups
Improve students’ behaviour and teamwork, and see them take pride in their chemistry practicals
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Ideas
Where to start with teach-to-the-top differentiation
Don’t limit your students: try this approach and provide everyone the support they need to reach the top
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Poster
Allotropes of carbon
Use this infographic with your 14–16 classes to boost their knowledge of diamond, graphite, graphene and fullerenes
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Resource
Finding a greener concrete
Use these differentiated, synpoptic worksheets to assess students’ recall of the properties and uses of materials
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Ideas
How to use hinge point questions effectively
They can help both you and your students learn – but what are hinge questions, and when should you ask them?
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Ideas
Six tips for teaching chemical formulas
Formulas are chemistry’s vocabulary so let’s learn from modern foreign language teaching techniques
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Ideas
How to support students with autism spectrum disorder
Some simple things you can do to help them
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Ideas
How to make effective interventions
Try a pinchpoint approach to diagnose and address the reasons for learners’ mistakes in school science
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Ideas
Learning difficulties and chemistry
Use these tips to make your lessons inclusive, engaging and memorable
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Feature
Straight talk
Jo Moules cuts through the confusion and gets to the heart of formative assessment
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Feature
The language of chemistry
Tom Husband gives an insider’s view of teaching chemistry to students for whom English is not their first language
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The Mole
Online discussion
US researchers report on an online discussion system which is designed to integrate and support scientific discussions within the classroom