Ideas for your classroom and teaching from our November 2018 issue
If you’re short on time and want to use articles from the November 2018 issue of Education in Chemistry, try these suggestions:
- Get students reading: use scientific texts, and Education in Chemistry, to improve literacy – and do it regularly
- Be the guide on the side: put students in charge with learning ladders to improve engagement
- Link practicals to concepts: encourage observation and interpretation using structured talk activities
- Explain why we say mole: knowing words’ origins helps students unravel chemistry
- Make a telluric screw: a hands-on activity to demonstrate the evolution of the periodic table
- Identify reaction mechanisms: an interpretation exercise covering functional groups, nucleophiles and electrophiles
- Help students learn: from scaffolding calculations to new ways to use past papers and tips to improve understanding
- Create diagnostic tests: write your own so you can tailor your teaching to your classes’ abilities and confidence levels
- Build a chemistree: a Christmas activity to promote familiarity with lab equipment, the periodic table and crystals
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