Education in Chemistry - Classroom articles
Encourage shy pupils to participate
How to include reluctant speakers
Avoid the pitfalls of language (again)
Defining scientific words and the hazards involved
Let them get it wrong
How making mistakes improves learning
Tackling practicals for students with SEND
It’s easy when you’re prepared
Teaching organic mechanisms
How to help students get to grips with organic reaction mechanisms
Working with units and prefixes
How to help students use units and prefixes correctly and easily convert between them
Applying practical knowledge to unfamiliar contexts
Prepare students to use their learning in different situations
The periodic table
Introduce students to its structure and order
Atoms, molecules and ions
Top tips for teaching 11–14
Bright sparks
The spontaneous combustion of high surface area iron
The blueprint reaction
Get creative with a photochemical demo
The glow stick reaction
Light up the classroom with this simple, safe and value-for-money demonstration of chemiluminescence
Oscillating magic?
Wow them with a colour change reaction
Taking the fear out of time-of-flight calculations
Get the teaching of TOF-MS right and student outcomes will really soar
Why you need A-level chemistry to study pharmacy
Why chemistry is essential to understand and manufacture safe, effective medicines
How to tackle context in exams
Teach students how to apply their knowledge, not parrot back information
Why you need A-level chemistry to study dentistry
Understanding enamel, fillings and anaesthetics requires chemistry knowledge
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Which is best: practical or simulation?
Students interact with practicals and simulations differently, but does one approach come with better learning outcomes?
Animations boost learning
And reduce cognitive load
Metacognitive motivation
How it can positively influence students’ beliefs in their own abilities
Tackling spectroscopy
Get your students reading spectra like pros
Does this resonate with you?
How to present confusing resonance representations to students
Probing difficulties with quantum atomic models
What you can do to make grasping atomic representations easier
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