All RSC Education articles in January 2018
In this issue: Troubled waters – clean water science in context with classroom activities, a safer but still spectacular dichromate volcano demonstration, the latest definition of glass, the technician crisis facing schools, caesium chlorides' surprisingly wide range of applications, enrich your students' distillation skills-
FeatureLosing our technicians: the crisis facing schools
Where does the technician staffing crisis come from and what can be done about it?
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CPD articlePractical distillation
How to develop your students’ distillation knowledge and practical skills
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NewsTorn crystal reveals gecko's stickiness
The force behind a gecko’s sticky feet has been measured and modified
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Magnificent moleculesCaesium chloride
A versatile compound used in cancer treatment, solar cells and even making beer
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FeaturePrecious water
New off-grid water treatment technologies are saving lives supplying clean water where there are no taps or pipes
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IdeasUsing research to save time
Think you’re too busy to engage in education research? Here are some ways to approach research-informed practice so it actually saves you time
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IdeasHow to make effective interventions
Try a pinchpoint approach to diagnose and address the reasons for learners’ mistakes in school science
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NewsSummer bees vulnerable to nanoparticles in fuel additives
Cerium oxide nanoparticles cause biochemical changes in honeybees
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ReviewThe really useful book of secondary science experiments
101 essential activities to support teaching and learning
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Exhibition chemistryContaining the dichromate volcano
An updated and safer version of this classic, spectacular chemistry demonstration
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NewsRating rate laws
How to help students gain a deeper understanding of mathematical model-building
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FeatureThe rhythm of life
Emma Davies explores how unravelling the complex mechanisms of the body clock has led to some fascinating discoveries and a 2017 Nobel prize
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NewsInorganic polystyrene gives old material a new backbone
New catalytic route opens the door to polymers made from boron and nitrogen
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FeatureA fluid idea, with holes
Nina Notman talks to the chemists who are making the seemingly implausible materials coined ‘porous liquids’
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AnalysisDo you really know what glass is?
The glass debate resurfaces and it’s never crystal clear. Why do we care about its label anyway?