‘I love teaching chemical bonding’
Meet Emma Owens, a chemistry teacher with a passion for curriculum design, after-school science clubs and learning from others
‘Students have to learn how to problem-solve by doing well-designed chemistry experiments’
Meet Michael Seery, an education researcher striving to improve the university experience for chemistry undergraduates
Phytomining: how to mine a tree
Useful metals can be extracted from contaminated soil using plants
Toiletries and cosmetics: what’s on the label?
What do all those terms on the ingredients list mean?
Teaching the water cycle
Use these ideas, poster and activities with your 11–14 students
Ocean acidification
How scientists are fighting the serious risk atmospheric carbon dioxide poses to our seas – and the planet
Highly charged ions
Removing an atom’s electrons improves real-world applications
Meat analogues
How food scientists are developing tasty alternatives to traditional meat
