How to run a successful Chemistry Olympiad club

By Lynne Maxwell2024-06-05T07:00:00

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Discover effective approaches and essential resources to prepare learners for this competition (and others), recommended by two heads of science

Meet Helen Alonzi and Ryan Beattie, heads of science at secondary schools in the UK who’ve both entered students into the UK Chemistry Olympiad and been rewarded with success. In this article they share their top tips on how to set up and run extracurricular Olympiad clubs and their favourite resources.

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