Education in Chemistry - Classroom articles

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Teaching isomerism at post-16

2025-01-20T06:49:00+00:00

Ensure your students succeed with structural and stereoisomerism

A series of diagrams showing how a balloon traps gas from a chemical reaction and the weight of the reactants is the same as the weight of the products

Teaching conservation of mass at 14–16

2024-12-05T07:33:00+00:00

Help learners master the concept of conservation of mass with these hands-on teaching ideas

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How to teach Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution curves at post-16

2024-11-18T07:00:00+00:00

Enhance learners’ knowledge and understanding of reaction kinetics and how to interpret graphs

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Experiment with surface tension and convection currents

2024-12-16T06:46:00+00:00

Use this demonstration when teaching concentration gradients, diffusion and convection at 11–16

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Dissolve coloured sweets to create a rainbow

2024-10-21T05:02:00+01:00

Demonstrate diffusion, density and the particle model to your 14–16 learners in this easy experiment

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Demonstrations with dry ice

2024-08-27T06:00:00+01:00

Explore changes of state and neutralisation reactions with this trio of demonstrations using solid carbon dioxide 

A periodic table showing the coloured flames of Group 1, the different states at room temperature for group 7 and the increasing atom size in group 0.

Looking at groups 1, 7 and 0 on the periodic table

2025-01-06T07:00:00+00:00By

Turn 14–16 learners onto the key trends they need to understand for exam success with this poster, fact sheet and classroom activity

The equipment for a titration including a burette, clamp and clamp stand, a conical flask and white tile, volumetric pipette, pipette filler and dropping bottle

All you need to teach titration effectively

2024-11-04T06:37:00+00:00By

Help your post-16 learners grasp the titration method with this poster, fact sheet and practical example

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Use adaptive teaching to improve access and progress for SEN students

2024-11-11T06:15:00+00:00By

Read how microbarriers are getting in the way of your SEN students’ progress – and ideas for removing obstacles in four areas of need

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10 research-informed ideas to maximise chemistry practicals

2024-10-07T07:30:00+01:00By

Use these ideas from the latest chemistry education research to improve learning from your classroom laboratory experiments

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How PhET simulations help students with abstract concepts

2025-01-16T06:35:00+00:00

Use digital resources to improve students’ chemistry learning outcomes

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Celebrate curiosity, creativity and co-operation in your chemistry lessons

2024-12-17T06:54:00+00:00

They’re key to learners identifying positively with chemistry and achieving success

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Improve assessment accessibility for multilingual learners

2024-11-21T06:00:00+00:00

Teaching tips to help you tackle four key language challenges EAL learners face in chemistry

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Foster more diverse involvement in all science lessons

2024-10-08T07:00:00+01:00

Understand the challenges faced by students with concealable or hidden characteristics to engage all your learners in classroom research

A diagram showing the difference between electron shells and electron clouds

Help learners understand and compare the Bohr and electron cloud models

2024-09-12T05:34:00+01:00

Make the abstract nature of atomic theory more concrete with these evidence-informed teaching tips

A cartoon of student unpacking different types of chemical representations from boxes

Unpacking representations

2024-08-06T05:04:00+01:00

Teach learners how to interpret and compare different chemical representations