All RSC Education articles in Non-EiC content – Page 13
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MisconceptionsStudents’ ideas about chemical bonding | Beyond appearances
Understand key difficulties as students develop their understanding of chemical bonding
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ResourceStudents’ ideas about thermodynamics | Beyond appearances
Go beyond appearances and help learner to understand the thermodynamic reaction from chemical bonds.
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ResourceDiscussion | Beyond appearances
Engage in the discussion around going beyond appearances and think about your own approach to the chemical world.
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ResourceStudents’ ideas about open system chemical events | Beyond appearances
Go beyond appearances to explore open system chemical events, and the key difficulties students have with them.
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ResourceStudents’ ideas about chemical equilibria | Beyond appearances
Go beyond appearances to help support students ideas around chemical equilibria
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ResourceIntroducing “chemical reactions” | Beyond appearances
Move beyond appearances and introduce chemical reactions to learners, helping them to distinguish between chemical change, and change of state.
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ResourceStudents’ ideas about the differences between elements, compounds and mixtures | Beyond appearances
Differences between elements, compounds and mixtures form the basis for understanding chemical reactions, explore how students gain these ideas.
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ResourceStudents’ ideas about specific chemical events: closed system reactions | Beyond appearances
Move beyond appearances to understand the relative densities of matter and particle theory.
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ResourceStudents’ ideas about changes of state | Beyond appearances
Changes in state need changes in thinking to be understood, explore how to support learners to develop a new way of seeing state changes
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MisconceptionsStudents’ ideas about the particulate nature of matter | Beyond appearances
A summary of key challenges and misconceptions as young learners form ideas based on the particle model
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ResourceStates of matter | Beyond appearances
Deconstruct misconceptions learners may have around states of matter and understand what this means for your teaching
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RSC NewsUK students win gold and silver at 2023 International Chemistry Olympiad
Outstanding achievement for four A-level students at the 55th International Chemistry Olympiad competition
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RSC NewsCelebrating a phenomenal educator
Unsung hero of science outreach, Tim Harrison died in 2023. Read tributes from colleagues at the RSC and beyond
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Article'It helps you to define yourself as a leader'
Read about the experience of one head of science who took part in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Leadership skills mentoring programme
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ResourceElectrochemical cells misconception buster | 16–18 years
Probe learners’ knowledge of setting up electrochemical cells, redox equations and calculations
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RSC NewsThe Outreach resources hub is live
Updated projects and activities to use in science clubs, off-timetable days or chemistry lessons
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ResourcePesticides and agricultural productivity calculations | 14–16 years
Link food security to yield, percentage yield and atom economy
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Job profileHead of toxicology
Fiona leads research to find new ways of testing products without using animals.
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Job profileDermal toxicologist
Hazem explores how harmful substances can affect the skin and sometimes enter the body.
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Job profileHead of computational toxicology
George uses computer modelling to make sure products such as food and drink, medicines, pesticides, cosmetics and household products don’t cause harm and haven’t been contaminated by toxic materials