News & analysis – Page 38
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NewsNew award for STEM leaders at Key Stage 4
New qualification offers students the route to an additional BTEC award in recognition of the personal leadership skills they develop through learning science
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NewsThe effectiveness of practical work
Research reveals little evidence of lasting effects of practical tasks on students' understanding of concepts
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NewsWhat type of teacher are you?
Researchers investigate the types of questions used by science teachers who are influenced by a constructive approach to teaching and those who are not
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NewsNational HE STEM programme sets roots in Birmingham
University of Birmingham to host HEFCE's initiative to increase and widen participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in higher education
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NewsPractical skills certificate for level 3
Awarding body OCR launches certificate in practical chemistry for level 3 academic and vocational qualifications
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NewsWooden you know?
German scientists produce new materials that look and behave like plastics from 'liquid wood'
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NewsA green cap for landfills
Australian scientists cap landfill sites in arid regions with trees and plants to absorb the greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide
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NewsChemistry goes tubular
Chemists in Germany use carbon nanotubes to activate butane, and thus make useful precursor molecules for pharma industry, without the need for expensive catalysts
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NewsChemistry Olympiad classroom resources
Questions from annual national competition provide excellent teaching resources for AS- and A-level chemistry
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NewsDischarged chemical cocktail
Researchers in Portugal use atomic absorption spectroscopy to identify the chemical cocktail of gases released when used alkaline batteries are incinerated
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NewsInternational tests
How well do 14-year olds in England do in science and mathematics compared to their peers on the world stage?
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NewsMastering Bologna
The Royal Society of Chemistry publishes a report on the readiness of UK chemistry departments to succeed in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)
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NewsBest practice in practical work
The science community, under the SCORE banner, launches framework for practical science in secondary schools
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NewsGCSE specifications: how do they compare?
The RSC Curriculum and Assessment Group provides summary of the content of current GCSE chemistry specifications
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NewsNew CPD option for non-specialist chemistry teachers
Training and Development Agency for Schools to launch a national Science Additional Specialism Programme (SASP) for teachers of physics and chemistry
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NewsWhat's in a name?
Many chemical compounds have several possible names. Peter Nelson, University of Hull, asks: 'Which ones should teachers use?'
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NewsNobel chemists get the green light
The discovery of the green fluorescent protein, which is providing researchers with new insight into various diseases, wins 2008 Nobel chemistry prize
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NewsRSC puts food on the menu
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) reports on the role the chemical sciences have in sustainable food production.