Use ideas from this issue

If you’re short on time and want to use articles from the March 2018 issue of Education in Chemistry, try these suggestions:

• You’re not alone – if you or a colleague are struggling, try the ASE’s new SOS tool
• Question carefully – make questions more open and link theory to context by asking, eg ‘Why is that a good idea?’
• Pick mixed ability partners – try deliberately pairing students with different abilities
• Variety is key to reaction rate lessons – include a wide range of practicals and demonstrations
• Demonstrate period three reactivity – say bye to problems generating white phosphorus
• Make practicals meaningful – introduce conflicting theories to make experiments more engaging
• Learn from past exams – help students structure extended answers
• Help organise nuclear knowledge – support pupils to remember radioactive decay patterns
• Stay on the pulse – you teach a tricky subject, but there are fascinating discoveries and new applications daily