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.
A journey towards decolonisation in undergraduate chemistry curriculums
Find out how the University of York’s chemistry department is creating a more inclusive environment
Demystifying scientific symbolic language
Teach your students how to understand and use chemical symbols in their learning
Compact reverse osmosis to make potable water
Meet the students who have desiged a cheap and portable desalinating water bottle
Improve students’ scientific literacy through inquiry
Tips to develop students’ experimental design skills without the need for practical chemistry
Building effective schemes of work
Use these four tips to focus on what really matters when developing a curriculum
