All RSC Education articles in Education in Chemistry – May 2022
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Article
May 2022: Use ideas from this issue
Ideas for your classroom and teaching from our May 2022 issue
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Feature
Calculating moles and using Avogadro’s number
Use this explainer to help your students grasp the relationship between moles, mass and molecular mass
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Ideas
Take a microscale approach to electrochemical cells
How you can use Petri dish galvanic cells to support learning about electricity
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News
Electrostatic charge keeps solar cells gleaming
Look at the life cycle of solar panels suffering from a dusting of silica
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Ideas
How to harness social media to teach the development of the periodic table
Help students understand how scientific ideas are developed by creating social media posts from historic scientists
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Opinion
Never lose a pen again
Students borrow your pens and don’t return them? Trade your stationery for more exciting items
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Feature
Phytomining: how to mine a tree
Useful metals can be extracted from contaminated soil using plants
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News
War threatens semiconductor production
Link the conflict in Ukraine, the impact on neon production and conflict materials with this story and starter slide
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Article
What state of matter is fire?
The burning question – is fire a solid, liquid, gas or plasma?
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News
Support students to make sense of models
How your subject knowledge and teaching knowledge combine to transform students’ understanding
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Exhibition chemistry
The reaction between sodium and chlorine
Use this to demonstrate this classic and spectacular chemistry experiment
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Article
Get support from … Education Support
From a free helpline to peer support groups, Education Support is dedicated to improving teachers’ mental health and well-being
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Feature
Risk assessing your chemistry practicals
Keep on top of risk assessments to ensure your practical lessons are safe
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Article
Puzzles from this issue
The perfect accompaniment to leftover Easter eggs and hot cross buns? EiC’s puzzles
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Opinion
Why interdisciplinary learning makes sense for science teaching
Find out how one chemistry teacher is making it happen with their biology and geography colleagues
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Ideas
Modelling ionic bonds with plasticine
Mould your students’ understanding of ionic bond formation and overcome misconceptions
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In my classroom
Welcome to the teaching spaces of The Ladies’ College
Travel over to the Channel Island of Guernsey for a look around a Microsoft Showcase School