Our October newsletter is packed with opportunities for you to develop your skills, from mentoring to professional development courses. Looking for some seasonal chemistry? Explore our Halloween and fireworks activities, experiments and teaching resources.
Increase your learners’ confidence in maths
You can increase your learners’ confidence in maths skills fundamental to chemistry with our new resource collection that provides full lesson plans and materials for each of our topics:
- understanding number (split into unit conversion and significant figures)
- graphs and data (split into creating graphs and interpreting graphs)
- ratio and proportion
- algebra and equations
Registration for the UK Chemistry Olympiad 2027 is now open
Challenge your 16–18 year -old chemistry students and give them a chance to problem-solve and stretch their knowledge outside of the classroom. It’s free to take part through Teach Chemistry.
Spring term professional development
Build your confidence in the chemistry classroom with our fully funded sustained professional development courses in spring 2027. Our courses cover a range of topics from practical work to chemistry knowledge for teachers and are led by expert tutors. You’ll receive a certificate on completion, and courses start in January 2027.
Register now as places are limited
Help early career teachers develop confidence practical chemistry
Join us on Tuesday 12 January to improve your mentoring skills in our one-day course. It will focus on planning and delivering practical work and managing the classroom during practical work, giving you the skills you need to support your colleagues.
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.
Royal Society of Chemistry accredited chemistry courses
Help your students explore high quality chemistry degrees with the Royal Society of Chemistry accredited course list. It will help them discover a wide range of accredited chemistry courses.
Royal Society Partnership Grants
Applications are open for the Royal Society’s Partnership Grants and close on 30 November. The Partnership Grants is open to all levels of education that support students aged 5–18 and provides up to £3000 to run an investigative STEM project with an academia or industry partner. This includes Tomorrow’s Climate Scientists, a part of the grant scheme that supports projects specifically looking at local climate, sustainability and biodiversity issues. Find out how to plan, identify a STEM partner and apply and watch a 10-minute information video.
Effective delivery of practical work in-person course
Do you work in a MAT or school partnership that would benefit from support with delivering practical work and managing the classroom?
Our flexible course will boost your confidence in delivering practical work and managing your class during practical activities. It can be delivered 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. Places are limited so book early.
Strengthen your knowledge of quantitative chemistry with our self-led course
Build confidence at your own pace with our self-led quantitative chemistry course, designed to deepen your understanding of key concepts and calculations so you can better support your students.
With videos, quizzes, discussions and interactive activities, the course offers a flexible way to develop your subject knowledge and teaching strategies for learners aged 11–18. Discounts are available for Teach Chemistry members.
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