Published from 2012–2015, The Mole was the Royal Society of Chemistry’s magazine for students, and anyone inspired to dig deeper into chemistry. Prior to 2012, Education in Chemistry published a supplement for students called InfoChem.
Chemistry is NOT like... people!
While analogies are useful for explaining chemical processes, they should be used carefully, says Tom Husband
Measuring the speed of light with chocolate
Discover how you can measure the speed of light by melting chocolate in your kitchen in this article from the ‘Avogadro’s lab’ series.
Waste not, want not
Elinor Hughes investigates some of the latest developments in recycling food waste
Charles West: Research geochemist
Ida Emilie Steinmark talks to a chemist who gave up a career as a footballer
Funded by you
Declan Fleming investigates how crowdfunding helped a chemist to uncover the secrets behind some familiar reactions
Why not try…
Or instead, why not take a look at some of the more recent articles published in Education in Chemistry.
Don’t worry about summer learning loss
Kristy Turner arms you with the knowledge to understand and mitigate students’ forgetting over the holidays
Teaching rates of reaction post-16
Ideas and activities to help students explore reaction dynamics and mechanisms
Puzzles from July 2021
Download and print the puzzles from the July 2021 issue of Education in Chemistry, including our quick crossword, brainteaser and word search
Demonstrating the diffusion of ammonia and hydrogen chloride
Revisiting and refining a classic diffusion demo with Declan Fleming
A 3D-printed material replacing elephant ivory
Show your students a new context when studying composite materials and thermosetting polymers
