All RSC Education articles in Education in Chemistry – November 2021
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Article
November 2021: Use ideas from this issue
Ideas for your classroom and teaching from our November 2021 issue
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Feature
Brilliant buffers
Use this infographic with your 16–18 students to develop their understanding of pH and buffers
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News
Cooling homes with an endothermic reaction
Looking at the use of ammonium nitrate in a new and renewable cooling process
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News
Teaching tips for chemical kinetics
Students’ understanding is mostly assessed through numerical problems. Sometimes performance does not reflect understanding. Here’s why
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Ideas
When things go wrong in the classroom, a video can help
Practical demo gone wrong in the chemistry lab? Here’s how to save the day
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Feature
Help students transition from primary to secondary
It’s tough growing into a new identity as a secondary school student. Here’s how teachers can help ease the transformation
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Article
Puzzles from this issue
Take a break from teaching and test your own science knowledge with this crossword and word search
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Ideas
Reuse remote teaching resources
During lockdown, teachers worked so hard to create engaging remote resources. Now that we’re back in class, let’s continue using these to enhance teaching and learning
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Exhibition chemistry
The movement of ions: bringing electrolysis to life
Demonstrate the movement of positive and negative ions with a simpler, safer version of this classic demo
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In my classroom
Curious about other chemistry classrooms?
If you want to be inspired by other science/chemistry teaching spaces, look no further
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News
Sunlight produces thousands of compounds from plastic
Scientists dispel the theory that sunlight exposure simply fragments macroplastics that persist in the environment, but what are the implications for the environment?
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News
Do our students suffer from chemophobia?
How your teaching can equip students to recognise and ward off misinformation
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Feature
Camping’s chemical elements
Top tips from the chemistry lab for roughing it well when camping
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Feature
Improve learning with cognitive science
Cognitive science promises to help us understand the human mind and, crucially for teachers, how it learns. It could improve your day-to-day teaching. Now there’s a thought …
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News
A carbon allotrope that can scratch diamond
The amorphous carbon material created from buckminsterfullerene
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CPD
Teaching organic chemistry post-16
Introduce the study of molecules containing carbon atoms to your students with these many different contexts
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Feature
Iron: fuel of the future?
Investigating whether iron powder could fill the energy gaps left by batteries and renewable energy