features – Page 17
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FeatureA centre of excellence
What can be learned from the Bristol ChemLabS centre for excellence in teaching and learning 10 years on? Timothy Harrison, Nicholas Norman and Dudley Shallcross explain
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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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FeatureThe bonds that bind
Mike Sutton plots the journey of the scientists who solved the riddle of chemical bonding
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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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FeatureChallenging concepts in chemistry
Andy Chandler-Grevatt introduces threshold concept mastery tasks for A-level
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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FeatureWhat ignited the Hindenburg?
We look at the theories behind the cause of the German airship disaster
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FeatureWorking glass hero
Andrew Turley investigates the history of Pyrex, one of the best known brands in chemistry