All RSC Education articles in Education in Chemistry – May 2020
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Ideas
How to flip learning successfully remotely
It’s the perfect approach for effective distance learning
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Article
May 2020: Use ideas from this issue
Ideas for your classroom and teaching from our May 2020 issue
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Interview
‘We’re interested in using that same concept to make surfaces antiviral’
Meet Mark Moloney, an organic chemist who spends his time pondering surfaces and hunting antibiotics
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Feature
Coronavirus: should we be sanitising our shopping?
Chemists are busily working out how long Covid-19 remains viable on various surfaces – here’s what we know so far
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Ideas
Giving successful remote feedback
How to ensure you feed back effectively when students are learning at home
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Maths
A better approach to algebra
Get students to leave behind troublesome techniques when solving algebraic equations
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Exhibition chemistry
Don’t go breakin’ (down) my (love) heart
Teach chemical change and the thermal stability of carbonates with this simple demonstration using sweets
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Opinion
Locking down the prep room
Technicians share their experiences of closing down the lab in two days, and tell us what they’re up to now
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News
Antidepressants in waste water may cause potent tap water toxin
Waste water ozone and chlorination treatments: Prozac and methamphetamine may be the cause of toxic nitrochloroform in tap water
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Ideas
How to use multiple choice questions
Learn how to design effective MCQs – and use them successfully
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CPD
How to teach non-metals
Showcasing samples and gas tests are imperative when introducing non-metal elements to students
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Soundbite
How the unscrupulous turn a profit from virus fears
Why alcohol-based sanitiser found its way onto the black market and into stockpiles – and how it works against viruses
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Ideas
How to stay in touch while teaching remotely
Staying in touch when remote teaching is important, but what’s the best way to go about it as far as your students, their parents and your colleagues are concerned?
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Ideas
Learning at home for 14–16
Keep your 14–16 classes learning remotely with these curriculum-relevant resources and activities
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News
Turning PVC green
Platinum might be the catalytic key to reducing the environmental impact of mercury pollution
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Ideas
Learning at home for 16–18
Use these curriculum-relevant resources and activities remotely with your 16–18 classes
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Ideas
Help students understand scientific vocabulary
Help your students with these solutions for murky science language
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Ideas
Learning at home for 11–14
A selection of curriculum-relevant resources and activities to use remotely with your 11–14 classes
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Opinion
One teacher's experience of learning to teach from home
How one teacher is handling the transition to working remotely