How to build understanding of Gibbs free energy
Help your students master this fundamental post-16 topic with these effective tips and teaching strategies
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
How to teach combustion and oxidation at 11–14
Use these 5 tried-and-tested tips to teach combustion safely and effectively
Successfully stop disruptive behaviour in its tracks
Use these tips to achieve subtle but effective behaviour management when students are pushing the boundaries
How to ensure students listen intently
Tried-and-tested strategies to get your students focused and learning
Overcome tricky classroom scenarios with handy phrases
Be ready to face any teaching challenge with these effective teacher-tested phrases
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
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
How to teach reversible reactions and equilibrium at 14–16
Use these tips and teaching ideas to secure student understanding when teaching this tricky topic
Reversible reactions with transition metal complexes
Use this copper-based, colour-changing demonstration to introduce your 14–16 learners to reversible reactions
Demonstrate changes of state using volume differences
Use this demonstration to reinforce the differences between states of matter with your 11–14 learners
Creating a supersaturated gas evolving oscillator
Use this fizzy practical for a kinetic and thermodynamic showdown in class
How to teach the Earth’s structure for younger students
Get to the core of the Earth’s composition with this poster, fact sheet and classroom activity
Successful strategies for sequencing knowledge
Discover how to effectively develop your students’ knowledge and skills by sequencing practical activities
Teaching the bonding spectrum
Everything you need to help your post-16 grasp the realities of bonding, electronegativity and intermolecular forces
Why it’s important to encourage student decision-making in practicals
Improve student engagement, motivation and behaviour by giving them more choice
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
Overcoming electrochemistry misconceptions
Use evidence-based research and teacher-tested tips to help your students master this challenging topic
How to use textbooks effectively
Discover why not all chemistry textbooks are created equal – and what you can do about it
Linking energy, structure and reactivity
Discover how students reason about energy and chemical structure – and how to boost their understanding
What’s best: flipped or in-class learning?
Discover how one approach can boost student learning and engagement
Boost student understanding of chemical bonding
Discover how important pedagogical content knowledge is in teaching this challenging topic
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