All RSC Education articles in Education in Chemistry – May 2021
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Article
May 2021: Use ideas from this issue
Ideas for your classroom and teaching from our May 2021 issue
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Opinion
Teacher mental health: working together to beat burnout
Let this Mental health awareness week be a reminder to appreciate and support yourself and your colleagues
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Poster
Real-life contexts for thermodynamics
Use this infographic with your 16–18 students and get them working with thermochemistry, intermolecular forces and free energy
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News
Ceramic nanoparticles help mould glass into any shape
Get students to compare the properties of glass and plastic polymers
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Feature
Decaffeination – how does it work?
Organic solvent, supercritical carbon dioxide or water? A knowledge of solvents and solutions is essential for removing caffeine from your daily cuppa
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Opinion
Asking for help
Teachers report being stressed and not receiving enough guidance about their mental health. Is compulsory counselling the solution?
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Interview
‘You don’t need to choose between the arts and science’
Meet Katherine Curran, a chemist applying her polymer know-how to the conservation of plastic museum objects
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Exhibition chemistry
The gallium beating heart
Explore redox chemistry with this safer alternative to the mercury beating heart demo
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Q&A
Classroom questions: finding a job and choosing a school
Experts answer questions about choosing the right school from trainee, newly qualified and early career teachers
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Feature
Are misconceptions on your RADAAR?
How to use the EEF’s RADAAR framework to help you better consider misconceptions when planning your lessons and curriculums
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Article
Puzzles from May 2021
Download and print the puzzles from the May 2021 issue of Education in Chemistry, including our quick crossword, brainteaser and word search
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Soundbite
The race for fast-charging cars
Learn how chemists are redesigning batteries to create new, fast-charging options for the future electric cars
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CPD
Teaching acids and bases post-16
Try these tips, ideas and activities to help you teach this topic
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Feature
Plastic conservation
Usually we want plastics to degrade, so what about when we don’t? How chemists are helping museums preserve plastics
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News
Slashing emissions with polymer fashion
Show students the high performance fabric that’s made from waste plastic and is cutting the carbon footprint of the fashion industry
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News
Using student-generated animations to assess conceptions
Harness the power of PowerPoint when teaching molecular motion to identify misconceptions and help students better understand the sub-microscopic world
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CPD
How to teach the carbon cycle at 11–14
Ensure your students have a firm understanding of the chemistry behind climate change
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News
The exceptional alloy that’s resisting corrosion
Could stainless magnesium replace aluminium in cars and aeroplanes? This calcium–magnesium alloy has implications for carbon emissions