Ideas and advice for your classroom from our September 2026 issue
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Microscale, mechanisms and misconceptions
- Learn about teachers’ and technicians’ favourite microscale practicals and how to set them up in your own classroom.
- Set your post-16 learners on the road to success with reaction mechanisms using these scaffolding approaches.
- Target learners’ misconceptions by effectively diagnosing the problem and conducting targeted repair with this simple four-step routine.
- Discover your new favourite misconception and feedback strategy: ConcepTests.

More in this issue
- How normal are 50-hour plus working weeks for secondary school teachers? We asked four science teachers for their perspectives and tips to ease the load.
- Learn how to balance the emotional rollercoaster of the adoption process with the demands of being a full-time teacher.
- Enrich students’ knowledge of distillation and the top methods for teaching evaporation, filtration and crystallisation with our Teaching practical science series.
- Understand and identify the best ways to harness AI for student learning while avoiding common pitfalls.
- Teach students to read and talk like scientists with short science texts that enrich their chemistry knowledge while improving literacy.



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