4 ways to teach the law of conservation of mass
Improve 11–14 year-old learners’ understanding of this fundamental chemistry topic
3 ways to consolidate understanding and build exam confidence at 14–16
How connecting chemistry topics will cement prior learning and provide a solid foundation for new content
Use multiple representations to make abstract scientific concepts accessible
Try these four different ways to offer learners more entry points to understanding
5 ways to teach reactivity of metals at 14–16
Use the importance of metal extraction to help contextualise this topic
Start now with these effective revision techniques
Try these four low-stakes approaches to ensure your learners are equipped for learning – and exams
Education in Chemistry - Classroom articles
How to teach Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution curves at post-16
Enhance learners’ knowledge and understanding of reaction kinetics and how to interpret graphs
How to teach structure and bonding of carbon at 14–16
Secure your learners’ understanding of this core topic with these teaching ideas
Teaching enthalpy cycles at post-16
Use these tips and resources to help your students construct and interpret enthalpy cycles
Dissolve coloured sweets to create a rainbow
Demonstrate diffusion, density and the particle model to your 14–16 learners in this easy experiment
Demonstrations with dry ice
Explore changes of state and neutralisation reactions with this trio of demonstrations using solid carbon dioxide
Non-burning paper: investigate the fire triangle and conditions for combustion
Use this reworking of the classic non-burning £5 note demonstration to explore combustion with learners aged 11–16 years
All you need to teach titration effectively
Help your post-16 learners grasp the titration method with this poster, fact sheet and practical example
Help learners understand Earth’s atmosphere
Stratospheric success guaranteed when you use this poster, fact sheet and resource with your 11–14 year-old learners
Use adaptive teaching to improve access and progress for SEN students
Read how microbarriers are getting in the way of your SEN students’ progress – and ideas for removing obstacles in four areas of need
10 research-informed ideas to maximise chemistry practicals
Use these ideas from the latest chemistry education research to improve learning from your classroom laboratory experiments
Improve assessment accessibility for multilingual learners
Teaching tips to help you tackle four key language challenges EAL learners face in chemistry
Foster more diverse involvement in all science lessons
Understand the challenges faced by students with concealable or hidden characteristics to engage all your learners in classroom research
Help learners understand and compare the Bohr and electron cloud models
Make the abstract nature of atomic theory more concrete with these evidence-informed teaching tips
Unpacking representations
Teach learners how to interpret and compare different chemical representations
Improve your learners’ NMR interpretation skills
Encourage students to determine and draw the structures of simple organic molecules with this free, online resource
How best to engage students in group work
Use evidence-based research to help students get the most out of group work
More articles
- Previous
- Next
