Get set for a fresh mix of ideas and resources to support you and your learners this term. Check out our new worksheets that build deeper understanding, find out about practical‑chemistry training to help you guide early career teachers, trust‑wide CPD options and the latest Chemistry Allsorts activities.
Plus, did you catch up on this year’s UK Chemistry Olympiad round one results, with grade boundaries now published?
Thanks for reading and enjoy exploring this month’s stories.
Developing understanding worksheets
Our Developing understanding worksheets can help your learners build mental models and deepen their understanding of key chemistry concepts.
Each worksheet offers a carefully constructed progression of connecting ideas and encourages learners to connect their thinking at macroscopic, sub-microscopic and symbolic levels. Get your editable worksheets, complete with full answers and guidance today, available for learners aged 11–14 and 14–16.
Strengthen your mentoring skills for practical chemistry
Do you want to feel more confident in mentoring your early career teachers in delivering practical work and managing their classroom during experiments?
This one day, in-person course is designed to support experienced chemistry teachers in developing the confidence, skills and resources needed to mentor early career teachers in practical chemistry. Participants will leave equipped to deliver and adapt the activities back in their own schools when supporting colleagues. Email us to register now to attend the event on Friday 12 June at Kings College London.
Can’t make it? If you’d like to hear about future dates, or would like to host this course in your area, you can contact us to register your interest.
Boost practical work confidence across your trust
If you work in a MAT, would the schools in your trust benefit from you attending a course to boost your confidence in delivering and managing practical work in your classroom?
Join the Effective delivery of practical work in-person course on a day that suits you. We can deliver this course as a one-day in-person course or as a series of standalone sessions each packed with hands-on experiments and practical strategies you can use straight away.
Celebrate excellence with our education prizes
RSC Education prizes are a great way to celebrate the people you see doing brilliant work every day – help us recognise dedicated educators and inspirational work across chemistry education.
Prize categories span primary, secondary, further and higher education, recognising outstanding individuals, early career teachers, initiatives and teams. Anyone can make a nomination, and it can make a real difference.
To mark the opening of nominations, join us for a live online event sharing practical insights from the 2025 RSC Education Prize winners.
Nominations are now open. Give someone that well‑deserved boost and nominate today.
Spark curiosity with new Chemistry Allsorts fact sheets and puzzles
Looking for engaging ways to bring chemistry into your classroom? Explore the latest Chemistry Allsorts fact sheets and puzzles – all free to download from the SaFE website. These resources are perfect for sparking curiosity and connecting science with real-world stories.
Check out the latest: Edition 25 and Edition 26.
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