All articles by Kristy Turner – Page 5
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Ideas
Six tips for teaching chemical formulas
Formulas are chemistry’s vocabulary so let’s learn from modern foreign language teaching techniques
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Feature
Chromatography fights food fraud
How chromatography helped solve a food safety crisis – includes classroom resources.
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Ideas
Help students explain anomalous results
Ideas for routine practice to get students thinking deeper
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Feature
Taking care of the air
How do we control the pollutants we breathe in? This article includes specification links and resources for your classroom.
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Experiment
Using indigestion tablets to neutralise an acid | 14-18 years
Investigate and measure the neutralising effect of indigestion tablets (antacids) on hydrochloric acid in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Feature
Precious water
New off-grid water treatment technologies are saving lives supplying clean water where there are no taps or pipes
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Feature
Catalysts get helping hands
Ida Emilie Steinmark finds out how new research may boost catalytic performance
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Feature
Know your poison: the festival chemical safety net
How analytical chemistry helps reduce the harms of drug use
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Ideas
How to organise a successful TeachMeet
Kristy Turner gives her advice for successful subject-specific CPD sessions for teachers, by teachers
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Feature
Carbon dioxide gets stoned
Locking Earth’s excess carbon dioxide away by turning it into rock
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Opinion
The 7 skills of a good A-level chemist
Kristy Turner looks at how to help students improve their core chemistry skills
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Feature
Assessment time
How have chemistry exams changed in the last 100 years? Kristy Turner goes to the archive to find out
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Review
Molecules – a chemistry card game
Kristy reviews a chemistry card game that's educational and fun
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Opinion
My New Year resolutions
Happy New Year! Kristy Turner talks about her goals for the new term
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Opinion
My first experience of publishing education research
Kristy Turner talks about stepping into the world of chemistry education research
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Opinion
Bridging the gap
Kristy Turner suggests how teachers can help students make a smooth transition from school to university based education
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Opinion
The education of Harry Kroto
Kristy Turner reflects on Sir Harry Kroto's relationship with education