Why does your sweat smell?
Sniff out the science of body odour, deodorants and antiperspirants
Sharing science stories
Tell a tale of a chemistry discovery (or disagreement!) to engage and inspire your students
Make revision active
Consolidate knowledge, encourage independent learning and help students self-assess with this activity
5 ways to teach excess and limiting reagents to 14–16 learners
Tips for helping learners get to grips with this tricky part of quantitative chemistry
Make water ‘disappear’ with a superabsorbent polymer
Demonstrate electrochemistry with a gravity cell
Experiment with surface tension and convection currents
Dissolve coloured sweets to create a rainbow
Demonstrations with dry ice
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Use students' drawings to understand their thinking
How to develop your recognition and interpretation skills to better evaluate learners’ chemical representations
How metacognition improves student engagement and outcomes
Two strategies to improve learners’ thinking about thinking when solving chemistry problems
How PhET simulations help students with abstract concepts
Use digital resources to improve students’ chemistry learning outcomes
Why and how we should teach literacy in science lessons
Scientific literacy is a key skill for all learners and it should feature in all our teaching, says Ben Rogers
Why teachers matter more than AI
Teachers turn students into learners and help young people improve their metacognitive functions
Why detentions don’t work
Attention rather than detention is the way to foster positive behaviour in students
