All RSC Education articles in Education in Chemistry – November 2022
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Article
November 2022: Use ideas from this issue
Ideas for your classroom and teaching from our November 2022 issue
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Opinion
4 steps to continuing Covid recovery in the classroom
Boost your students’ progress post-pandemic
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Opinion
Christmas, community and chemistrees
Deck the labs with boughs of glassware and celebrate a community of chemists
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Exhibition chemistry
Demonstrating the importance of surface area to rates of reaction
Use a combustible powder demo to engage students and teach them about safety in the lab
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News
High capacity batteries that can biodegrade in situ
Explore biodegradable electrochemistry with this innovation to healthcare and pollution
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Feature
Top tips to boost the effectiveness of assessments
Revisit and revise them regularly to make sure they’re telling what you need to know when you need to know it
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Article
Puzzles from this issue
Divert yourself this autumn term with this science-themed quick crossword and anagram word search
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In my classroom
A peek inside Tarporley High School’s teaching spaces
Where chemistry teacher Gavin wonders if he’s broken a world record with his periodic tables
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Feature
The science behind emergency oxygen
How chemistry provides oxygen for breathing in emergency situations
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Ideas
From microscale to full-scale practicals
Find out how to upscale your practicals to reduce cognitive load and improve students’ results
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News
Electrolysis can conjure hydrogen fuel from air
Air humidity could be the key to sustainable hydrogen power
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Feature
Everything you need to make friends at school
Advice and insight into building relationships with all school staff, not just teachers, and pupils in your first years of teaching
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Ideas
Modelling trends in periodicity
How to use models to help your students get on top of periodic trends
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Feature
Minibeasts with chemical superpowers
Discover how insect and arachnid defence mechanisms are being used for new medicines and technologies
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News
Is every substance a molecule?
Use this to help chemistry students accurately apply covalent bonding models