All News articles – Page 45
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GCSE 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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New 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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Chemistry 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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Chemistry Olympiad classroom resources
Questions from annual national competition provide excellent teaching resources for AS- and A-level chemistry
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Discharged 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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A 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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Mastering 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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National 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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Best practice in practical work
The science community, under the SCORE banner, launches framework for practical science in secondary schools
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Practical skills certificate for level 3
Awarding body OCR launches certificate in practical chemistry for level 3 academic and vocational qualifications
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Primary-secondary transition
Researchers in Australia identify aspects of the learning experience that help to maintain students' interest in science as they progress into secondary school
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RSC puts food on the menu
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) reports on the role the chemical sciences have in sustainable food production.
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Teachers fellows new intake
In September 2008 three teachers left the classroom to take up one-year secondments at English universities
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Using cooperative learning
Researchers based in Turkey show that effective group work in the classroom improves students' understanding of science
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Different contexts - different ideas
Researchers from Colorado State University investigate how students' chemical ideas are affected when the science is presented in unfamiliar contexts
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Laboratory skills for AS chemists, online
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has teamed up with Pfizer to provide an online AS Chemistry Labskills module to UK secondary schools
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Nobel 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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UCL - a landmark in organic chemistry
University College London (UCL) has been awarded its second Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) National Chemical Landmark in honour of Sir Christopher Ingold
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HE chemistry students on a high
Research finds that undergraduate learning experience in UK chemistry departments is consistently of high quality.