All RSC Education articles in November 2019
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News
Smartphones modified to detect norovirus
Handheld detection system is sensitive enough to catch just a few particles of norovirus
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Opinion
Adventures in curriculum reform
Has Successful futures got a successful future with teachers in Wales?
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Article
November 2019: Use ideas from this issue
Ideas for your classroom and teaching from our November 2019 issue
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Feature
Frozen in time
What chemical clues locked away in ancient ice tell us about Earth’s history
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Opinion
Why you need to teach literacy to teach dist-ill-a-tion
Students need to learn the language of science to make progress in chemistry
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Ideas
Why the periodic table is a student’s best friend
How to encourage your pupils to use it as a resource
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Feature
Fixing fashion
What’s the environmental impact of our clothes throughout their life cycle?
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Ideas
Help students grasp the evolving nature of science
Students are expected to understand that scientific knowledge develops based on new evidence – here are four ways to illustrate how science advances
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Feature
Freeing the world from chemical weapons
Chemists have helped destroy 97% of declared banned substances, finds Andy Extance, and are pushing to get the rest
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Soundbite
Why smoke particles turned the sky red
Nina Notman explains why forest fires in Indonesia made the sky look red
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CPD
Why you should teach the history of the periodic table
Because students familiar with the table’s development and structure make better chemists
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Magnificent molecules
Sulfur hexafluoride
A gas widely used in electrical devices with 23,500 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide
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News
Microbes and renewable energy turn carbon dioxide into edible protein
A new process uses microbes and renewable energy to make proteins for human consumption
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CPD
Measuring energy changes
Get practical with students and arm them with the skills and knowledge they need
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News
Enhance explanations of intermolecular forces
How small prompts can result in big leaps in student understanding
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Ideas
Five ways to promote independent learning
How to help students take responsibility for their own learning
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Ideas
When colleagues disagree
Don’t let conflict escalate. Here’s how to initiate peace talks with your peers