Use ideas from this issue

If you’re short on time and want to use articles from the March 2019 issue of Education in Chemistry, try these suggestions:

• Stimulate wonder and demonstrate aspects of reaction mechanisms and autocatalytic behaviour
• Reinforce the learning of systematic naming conventions and formulas 
• Use starter slides to kick-start lessons on alkenes, organic chemistry and chlorine
• Deepen students’ understanding with comprehension activities in a new context
• Practise tackling longer questions with this activity on scarce elements
• Examine redox equilibriums and energetics in this worksheet on new fuels
• Get crafty and build molecular models from inexpensive materials, such as pipe cleaners
• Explore flashcards, flowchards and mind maps as ways to promote successful learning
• Foster a balanced view to risk and safety in the lab and life