All RSC Education articles in Education in Chemistry – January 2024
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CPD
How to teach extraction of metals at 14–16
Solidify learners’ understanding of extraction processes with these tips, misconception busters and teaching ideas
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Article
January 2024: Use ideas from this issue
Ideas for your classroom and teaching from our January 2024 issue
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Poster
Everything you need to teach addition polymerisation
Use this poster, fact sheet and classroom activity to ensure your 14–16 learners get to grips with addition polymers
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Opinion
Making science teaching more inclusive
Let’s introduce more representative examples in our chemistry classrooms
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News
Support student sensemaking through directed dialogue
Discover how to encourage effective classroom conversation to boost student understanding
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Feature
How to get your post-16 students to manage their workload effectively
Take a no-nonsense approach guaranteed to help your learners smash coursework targets
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News
Nanoparticles answer an alchemical mystery
Gold nanoparticles explain the mystery of why fulminating gold explodes with a purple plume of smoke
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Opinion
Why we need to show students teaching is a first-choice career
And you can help solve the teacher recruitment crisis from your classroom
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Exhibition chemistry
Highlight transition metal chemistry with an oscillating luminol reaction
Light up your 16–18 learners’ interest in catalysis and transition metal properties with this chemiluminescent reaction
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Article
How do brewers make alcohol-free beer taste good?
Distil the chemical processes used to keep beer’s flavour, smell, colour and stability
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Ideas
5 top tips for success with SQA assignments
Follow this expert advice to manage coursework effectively and guarantee learner outcomes
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CPD
How to teach equilibrium constants at 14–16
Use these strategies to connect 14–16 and post-16 study when teaching this topic, and cover all the essentials so students master it
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Feature
Weird and wonderful water
Why the universal solvent is unlike any other liquid and its properties are still a mystery
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Opinion
How teachers are overcoming the challenges of assignments in Scotland
Teacher Laura Scoular considers what the reintroduction means for teaching staff and students
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Ideas
How to build understanding of Gibbs free energy
Help your students master this fundamental post-16 topic with these effective tips and teaching strategies
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In my classroom
Look inside the teaching spaces at St Clare’s, County Leitrim
Recently refurbished to make learning and practical work more effective
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News
Making ammonia production greener
Could lasers offer a more sustainable alternative to the Haber process
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News
How to banish misconceptions with green chemistry
Evidence-informed tips on how a greener approach can improve problem-solving abilities and address misconceptions
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Feature
Playful learning improves outcomes
Discover why this approach engages secondary learners, supports their well-being and improves performance
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Ideas
8 ways to boost student understanding with examples and non-examples
Help students fully grasp tough chemistry concepts by using example sets to explain them