All RSC Education articles in Education in chemistry – Online 2023
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Ideas
5 top tips for success with SQA assignments
Follow this expert advice to manage coursework effectively and guarantee learner outcomes
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CPD
How to teach equilibrium constants at 14–16
Use these strategies to connect 14–16 and post-16 study when teaching this topic, and cover all the essentials so students master it
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Feature
Weird and wonderful water
Why the universal solvent is unlike any other liquid and its properties are still a mystery
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Opinion
The realities of reintroducing assignments in Scotland
Teacher Laura Scoular considers what this means for teaching staff and students
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Ideas
How to build understanding of Gibbs free energy
Help your students master this fundamental post-16 topic with these effective tips and teaching strategies
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In my classroom
Look inside the teaching spaces at St Clare’s, County Leitrim
Recently refurbished to make learning and practical work more effective
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News
Making ammonia production greener
Could lasers offer a more sustainable alternative to the Haber process
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News
How to banish misconceptions with a green chemistry curriculum
Evidence-informed tips on how a greener approach can improve problem-solving abilities and address misconceptions
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Feature
Playful learning improves outcomes
Discover why this approach engages secondary learners, supports their well-being and improves performance
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Ideas
8 ways to boost student understanding with examples and non-examples
Help students fully grasp tough chemistry concepts by using example sets to explain them
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Feature
How science can make burial, cremation and memorial greener
Does alkaline hydrolysis offer a more sustainable approach?
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News
Scientists discover the heaviest oxygen isotope
Help learners delve into atomic structure and isotopes with this research context
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CPD
Everything you need to teach atomic structure and periodicity at post-16
Top tips and teaching ideas to help your students get to grips with the periodic table and its trends
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Newsletters
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News
Tackling global demand for lithium one string at a time
Crystalising lithium salts on strings could be the key to supplying the vast volume needed for a net-zero world
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Interview
‘My passion is to inspire young people in STEM’
Meet Wesleigh Dawsmith, a DT technician, STEM ambassador and passionate advocate for science outreach
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Exhibition chemistry
Reversible reactions with transition metal complexes
Use this copper-based, colour-changing demonstration to introduce your 14–16 learners to reversible reactions
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Opinion
Confessions of an examiner
Exam marking veteran Kristy Turner shares the joys and challenges of it all – and why it matters
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Newsletters
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Opinion
Why I’ve not retired yet
Find out why a chemistry teacher is still in the classroom and the rewards they find in teaching