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.
Should we rethink when we teach groups 1, 7 and 0?
Embedding fundamental chemistry skills effectively may require some resequencing
Teach complex concepts easily with paper prompts
How folding paper is a successful learning tool for complex topics
Same molecule, different representations
Chemistry is full of varied representations. How do we help our students identify the information encoded within them?
Turning scrap metal into hi-tech alloys
Electrochemically stripping carbon from steel during recycling
Teaching chemistry equilibria post-16
How to help students tackle equilibrium challenges at post-16
