All RSC Education articles in Non-EiC content – Page 8
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Introducing “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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Students’ 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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Students’ 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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Students’ 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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Students’ ideas about the particulate nature of matter | Beyond appearances
Move beyond appearances to discover how young learners form ideas about the particulate nature of matter.
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States of matter | Beyond appearances
Go beyond appearances, and discover the way in which children understand the states of matter.
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RSC News
UK 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 News
Celebrating a phenomenal educator
Unsung hero of science outreach, Tim Harrison died recently. Read tributes from colleagues at the RSC and beyond
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'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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Electrochemical cells misconception buster | 16–18 years
Probe learners’ knowledge of setting up electrochemical cells, redox equations and calculations
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RSC News
The Outreach resources hub is live
Updated projects and activities to use in science clubs, off-timetable days or chemistry lessons
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Pesticides and agricultural productivity calculations | 14–16 years
Link food security to yield, percentage yield and atom economy
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Job profile
Head of toxicology
Fiona leads research and development efforts to explore and validate non-animal testing approaches and advocates for the adoption of these alternatives while ensuring safety evaluations are accurate and reliable
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Job profile
Dermal toxicologist
Hazem examines how toxic substances can harm the skin and potentially enter the body. He evaluates the effects of chemicals and other agents on the skin and their capacity to cause harm
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Head 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
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Microplastics toxicologist
Stephanie leads the Microplastics Team at Imperial College London, where they investigate the potential toxicity of plastic fragments smaller than 5mm when they are present in the air, as well as understanding their impact on human health
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Outreach resources
Project ideas, activities and resources for science outreach and STEM clubs
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Nanoparticles in sunscreen challenge | Chemistry for All project | 14–16 years
Make your own sunscreen and determine its SPF using UV light transmission
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Hard water challenge | Chemistry for All project | 14–16 years
Investigate the relationship between the concentration of calcium ions and the ‘hardness’ of water
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Chemistry at the crime scene investigation | Chemistry for All project | 11–14 years
This forensic science project uses chemical analysis and observation skills to investigate a crime and solve the case