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Model atomic structure with playdough

2024-06-19T05:01:00+01:00By

Engage your learners with these fun, tactile ideas and models

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A sweet solution to extended questions

2024-06-12T05:10:00+01:00By

Motivate learners to structure their answers for full marks

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5 ways to use structure strips to scaffold learning

2024-05-08T05:08:00+01:00By

Boost your students’ ability to digest topics and write independently with these margin-sized prompts

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Escape the classroom: and revise chemistry knowledge

2024-05-03T09:21:00+01:00By

Challenge your students to break out of the lab and prepare for exams

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7 ways to fuel curiosity in science careers

2024-04-17T05:02:00+01:00By

Help foster the next generation of scientists by linking teaching topics to real-world events and career pathways

A teacher interacting with a robot on a screen who has written a question given four optional answers about the standard formula of alkanes

Use AI to successfully assess students’ understanding

2024-03-20T05:00:00+00:00By

Discover how to quickly and effectively generate multiple choice questions on key chemistry topics

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5 ways to successfully teach structure and bonding at 14–16

2024-03-06T10:33:00+00:00By

Strengthen students’ grasp of the abstract so they master this tricky topic and effectively tackle exam questions

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Reduce your workload with ChatGPT

2024-02-07T09:32:00+00:00By

Use these tried-and-tested tips to save time and boost your teaching practice

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5 ways to teach atomic structure at 14–16

2024-01-24T10:02:00+00:00By

Secure your learners’ understanding of this core topic with these teacher-tested strategies

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Start early for effective revision

2024-01-10T07:30:00+00:00By

How a low-pressure support session can help your learners effectively prepare for exams

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5 top tips for success with SQA assignments

2023-12-06T07:30:00+00:00By

Follow this expert advice to manage coursework effectively and guarantee learner outcomes

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How to build understanding of Gibbs free energy

2023-11-29T15:03:00+00:00By

Help your students master this fundamental post-16 topic with these effective tips and teaching strategies

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8 ways to boost student understanding with examples and non-examples

2023-11-15T07:14:00+00:00By

Help students fully grasp tough chemistry concepts by using example sets to explain them

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How to teach combustion and oxidation at 11–14

2023-11-01T07:05:00+00:00By

Use these 5 tried-and-tested tips to teach combustion safely and effectively

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Successfully stop disruptive behaviour in its tracks

2023-10-04T06:00:00+01:00By

Use these tips to achieve subtle but effective behaviour management when students are pushing the boundaries

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How to ensure students listen intently

2023-09-20T07:30:00+01:00By

Tried-and-tested strategies to get your students focused and learning

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Overcome tricky classroom scenarios with handy phrases

2023-09-13T07:25:00+01:00By

Be ready to face any teaching challenge with these effective teacher-tested phrases

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How to guarantee student participation and recall

2023-08-30T07:43:00+01:00By

Use this teacher-tested questioning and rehearsal strategy to ensure fully engaged learners

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Improve students’ recall with stories

2023-08-02T07:00:00+01:00By

Engage learners with science through stories – and improve their recall

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5 ways to teach displacement reactions effectively

2023-07-19T07:00:00+01:00By

Spark students’ enthusiasm for this key chemistry topic with these teacher-tested strategies

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Boost younger students’ grasp of atomic structure

2023-07-12T07:35:00+01:00By

How to go beyond the simplistic when teaching this topic at 11–14, to help students achieve success at 14–16

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Why your learners should explain an experiment to their nan

2023-06-21T07:14:00+01:00By

Get creative to encourage students to write clear, reasoned and detailed practical methods

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Start the year right with baseline assessments that give realistic results

2023-06-14T05:51:00+01:00By

Assess your students early and effectively to get an accurate picture of their prior knowledge

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5 ways using videos can enhance your teaching

2023-06-07T08:30:00+01:00By

Discover teacher-tested ways that videos can support both learners and educators

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Help your students transfer their skills from the pitch to the classroom

2023-05-24T06:25:00+01:00By

Score learning goals with these teaching strategies

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How sign language can help all learners

2023-05-12T07:00:00+01:00By

Use British sign language’s descriptive nature to boost understanding in your science lessons

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7 ways to motivate your students

2023-04-28T07:36:00+01:00By

Use these solid strategies to grow student motivation and success

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Effective test review strategies

2023-04-25T07:15:00+01:00By

Boost learning for all and banish exam anxiety with this teacher-tested routine

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Strategies to help students write scientifically

2023-04-12T07:19:00+01:00By

Essential advice from an English teacher on how to successfully model the writing process and boost your learners’ skills

A student observing a microscale reaction as two different crystals diffuse through a droplet of water to react and create a yellow line

Explicitly teach learners how to make observations

2023-04-05T07:02:00+01:00By

How to give students the skills to describe and explain what they see scientifically

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Effective strategies for homework success

2023-03-30T09:30:00+01:00By

Consolidate in-class learning consistently and effectively so your students ace their exams

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Creating posters to present information

2023-03-29T07:00:00+01:00By

Help your students learn how to communicate their results effectively

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5 ways to teach elements, compounds and mixtures at 11–14

2023-03-23T09:49:00+00:00By

Use these teacher-tested ideas to ensure your students don’t get mixed up about chemical substances

A school student thinks about the scientific process of hypothesis, experiment, results, publishing.

Show students how to grasp the scientific process

2023-03-22T08:32:00+00:00By

Three teacher-tested approaches to building this skill successfully

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Successful students evaluate every step

2023-03-15T07:53:00+00:00By

Train your learners to get the best marks

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7 steps to successful revision strategies

2023-03-09T10:21:00+00:00By

How to model effective exam cramming habits with your students

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Improve learners’ confidence with numbers

2023-03-08T13:31:00+00:00By

Engage your students with data and boost their maths skills in the science classroom

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Building literacy skills in science

2023-03-02T07:00:00+00:00By

Follow this guide to introduce and develop your students’ literacy skills in science

A cartoon of a girl in school uniform doing a titration. She is correctly swirling the liquid in the conical flask but she has forgotten to put her white tile underneath.

How to help students develop their practical skills

2023-03-01T07:40:00+00:00By

Use a model, feedback, reapply loop to develop students’ practical skills

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3 ways to provide effective feedback

2023-02-23T07:15:00+00:00By

Use these principles to ensure your feedback is timely and helps your students succeed

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How to teach practical planning skills

2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00By

Being prepared is the best way for learners to successfully do practicals

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Banish misconceptions with digital whiteboards

2023-02-16T07:56:00+00:00By

A quick, low-stakes way to see what students are thinking, with everything from 3D molecule modelling to organic chemistry

A carton of a student comparing a 3d model of methane to its flat structure diagram

Help students solve problems by using models

2023-02-15T07:42:00+00:00By

Improve learners problem-solving skills in the classroom and in life

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Help your students understand ethics in science

2023-02-08T07:37:00+00:00By

How to develop learners’ moral problem-solving skills

A teacher using digital tools to teach chemistry

Make the most of OneNote in your classroom

2023-02-02T10:45:00+00:00By

5 effective ways to teach chemistry with digital technology

A girl in school uniform with a headscarf heats a testube of liquid over a bunsen burner

How to teach risk assessment skills

2023-02-01T07:45:00+00:00By

Help your students learn how to keep the laboratory safe

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Boost student confidence constructing hypotheses

2023-01-25T07:41:00+00:00By

Ideas to help you teach this essential scientific skill

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Improve your students’ literacy in science skills

2023-01-18T07:44:00+00:00By

Use these tips to help your pupils write and talk like a scientist

An example decision tree using mass and formula or concentration and volume to calculate moles

Help students apply the right concepts in chemistry

2022-12-14T06:00:00+00:00By

How your students can use decision trees to improve exam success

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Harness the power of video to dispel misconceptions

2022-12-07T06:51:00+00:00By

A creative solution to reveal and resolve confusion about displacement reactions

Two beakers with clear liquid and a reacting solid in each with one producing more bubbles than the other

6 ways to teach strong and weak acids

2022-11-30T08:30:00+00:00By

Concentrate your students’ minds and they’ll soon master this topic

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How to use models to boost understanding

2022-11-16T07:30:00+00:00By

Help students make sense of the chemistry they can’t see with memorable representations

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Get crafty with festive molecular baubles

2022-11-09T06:00:00+00:00By

Is this the perfect festive science activity for the last week of term?

Microscale and fullscale titration experiments

From microscale to full-scale practicals

2022-10-19T08:45:00+01:00By

Find out how to upscale your practicals to reduce cognitive load and improve students’ results

A collage of photos taken by students of their homemade period three molecular structures

Modelling trends in periodicity

2022-10-12T08:30:00+01:00By

How to use models to help your students get on top of periodic trends

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6 steps to effective revision

2022-09-28T07:00:00+01:00By

Model successful strategies and banish student anxiety

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5 ways to teach paper chromatography

2022-08-31T07:30:00+01:00By

Brush up on your chromatography teaching skills with these teacher-tested tips

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12 top tips for safe science in your school

2022-08-24T07:00:00+01:00By

Advice for technicians (and teachers) on safely opening up the prep room and on ensuring a successful start to practical work

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Creating a culture of error

2022-08-10T08:45:00+01:00By

Use these 5 teacher-tested tips to help your students learn (and grow) from their mistakes

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7 steps to hassle-free retrieval practice

2022-08-03T07:06:00+01:00By

How to use this popular technique to assess student understanding, with no planning and minimal fuss