All RSC Education articles in January 2015
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News
Education secretary calls for U-turn on practical assessment
Nicky Morgan, the Secretary of State for Education in the UK, has called for a rethink of proposals to remove the assessment of practical lab work from A-level and GCSE exams
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News
Problem solving tutor
Resource to help students develop their problem solving skills in quantitative chemistry
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CPD
Moles and titrations
Dorothy Warren describes some of the difficulties with teaching this topic and shows how you can help your students to master aspects of quantitative chemistry
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Feature
Pictures of the molecular world
Matthew Lickiss looks back at how our drawings of chemical structures have changed over time
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Review
The interactive periodic table
Paul MacLellan looks at a new collaboration between YouTube’s chemistry stars and TED-Ed
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News
Hollow oxide can take the heat
Aluminium-based coating could protect metal components from heat, oxidation
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News
Femtofluidic droplet manipulation now possible
Modular toolbox turns droplets into microreactors with volumes one billion times smaller than microtitre plate wells
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Feature
Good chemistry
There are all sorts of ways chemists can use their skills to aid global development, writes Josh Howgego
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Feature
Is a conceptual understanding of maths vital for chemistry?
Michael Grove and Samantha Pugh explore the ‘mathematics problem’ faced by chemistry students
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Feature
The other carbon dioxide problem
Carbon dioxide produced by human activity is acidifying the ocean at an unprecedented and alarming rate
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News
Boron and beryllium finally shake hands
Never-before-seen bond observed between periodic table neighbours