Effective reading strategies for the chemistry classroom
Try these simple, teacher-tested approaches to build your students’ literacy skills
Slot sustainable energy into your teaching
Useful tips and activities to link UN sustainable development goal 7 to your lessons on energy, hydrogen, sustainability and esterification
Add sustainable management of water to your existing lessons
Quick and simple tips and activities to link UN sustainable development goal 6 to separation techniques, potable water and more
How to plan a brilliant lesson as a trainee teacher
Wondering how to write a lesson plan? Use this template to create logical lessons and improve learning outcomes
Upgrade your exam technique: 6 ways to improve your assessment skills
Discover how to maximise your students’ chances of success in their exams
Make effective use of the board
Writing on the whiteboard might be old school, but it’ll instantly improve your teaching
Teaching rates of reaction post-16
Ideas and activities to help students explore reaction dynamics and mechanisms
How to teach controlled variable investigations at 11–14
Get your younger students confident with different types of variables and conducting well-controlled investigations
Teaching acids and bases post-16
Try these tips, ideas and activities to help you teach this topic
Demonstrating the diffusion of ammonia and hydrogen chloride
Revisiting and refining a classic diffusion demo with Declan Fleming
The gallium beating heart
Explore redox chemistry with this safer alternative to the mercury beating heart demo
Pyrophoric silanes
Use the impressive reaction of pyrophoric silanes in air to explore a range of chemistry topics with your students
Why you need A-level chemistry to study geology
Knowledge of chemistry topics such as isotopes, analytical techniques and earth science is essential for studying geology
Make learning chemistry child’s play
Does play have a role in science learning for older children? This is how to bring more creativity to older students’ learning and why it’s important
A new approach to marking
Reduce your marking time and increase student’s engagement with your feedback
The real prize of entering STEM competitions
Both you and your students can gain a lot from participating in science competitions besides winning
Working with 2D and 3D models in chemistry
Support students to get a better grasp of geometric shapes and improve their learning
How to approach graphs in chemistry
Help your students turn graphs from pictures into mathematical objects
5 tips for teaching VSEPR theory
Use the latest research to help your students form correct mental images when predicting molecular geometries
What is difficult about concentration?
Fresh insight offers tips for teaching the mathematics of moles, volume and molarity
Using student-generated animations to assess conceptions
Harness the power of PowerPoint when teaching molecular motion to identify misconceptions and help students better understand the sub-microscopic world
Researchers find metacognition aids sub-microscopic understanding
Get research-based tips for improving your students’ sub-microscopic understanding of particle models
5 tips for approaching formative assessment
Use these research-informed teaching tips to better uncover your classes’ core chemical thinking
4 tips for using testing to assist learning
Why giving students short quizzes after an exam improves their chemistry learning performance
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