All Feature articles – Page 18
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FeatureLearning to write in chemistry
Michael Seery highlights the importance of carefully-designed writing activities in enabling students to build their scientific writing skills
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FeatureWhat does the word chemical mean to you?
Katherine Haxton discusses a recent survey about the public’s perception of chemistry
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FeatureIs relativity creating cracks in the periodic table?
Mike Follows shows how relativity has affected gold and mercury, and asks if it will affect elements yet to be discovered
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FeatureAfrica’s gift to the world
Raymond Cooper and Jeffrey Deakin explain how a tiny plant from Madagascar, known as the rosy periwinkle, is helping in the fight against cancer
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FeatureThe lignin challenge
Elinor Hughes investigates how scientists are hoping to use biomass waste to produce valuable chemicals
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FeatureChallenging concepts in chemistry
Andy Chandler-Grevatt introduces threshold concept mastery tasks for A-level
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FeatureAll set for chemistry
Chemistry sets through the years have both weathered and reflected many changes in science and society
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FeatureChemistry in the museum
Ruth Jarman opens the eyes of trainee teachers to opportunities to help students learn chemistry in informal settings
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FeaturePutting chemistry in context
Michael Seery turns the traditional teaching ladder on its side, and suggests that context-based learning may better suit students’ needs
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FeaturePrimary discoveries
David Overton and Tina Overton investigate a collaboration between chemistry students and teaching students to deliver lessons in primary schools
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FeatureSeeing is believing
Elinor Hughes discovers the technique that has imaged molecules directly for the first time
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FeatureThe open educational relationship between India and the UK
Both countries could benefit from embracing fully the open education movement, say Tejas Joshi and Simon Lancaster
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FeatureExploding some myths
Declan Fleming investigates what’s really going on when alkali metals hit water
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FeatureLayer by layer
Andrew Turley investigates a build-it-yourself 3D printer you can use in your classroom
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FeatureControlling the quality of herbal medicines
Matthew Almond and Samantha Atkinson discuss how the British Pharmacopoeia aids the quality control of medicines made from herbs
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FeaturePractical science at a distance
Eleanor Crabb discusses the advantages and practicalities of teaching experimental skills online
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FeatureWorking glass hero
Andrew Turley investigates the history of Pyrex, one of the best known brands in chemistry
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FeatureWhat ignited the Hindenburg?
We look at the theories behind the cause of the German airship disaster
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FeatureThe impossible water sensor
Hundreds of different chemicals can ruin our water, so measuring their levels is vital. Josh Howgego investigates whether building sensors that can do the job cheaply and remotely will ever be possible