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We all know the importance of developing good practical skills as chemists. In the CPD article this issue, Joe Ogborn looks at a range of inorganic chemical tests and how these can also be used to help students develop problem solving skills. Joe explores techniques that become progressively more difficult by building them into successive activities. These can help students make connections between what they may have perceived to be unrelated topics and so develop their understanding of the macroscopic and microscopic world of chemistry.
Remaining with practical activities in the classroom, Leroy Cronin and his colleagues from the University of Glasgow are investigating robotic chemistry kits and how chemistry education could benefit from their use in school labs. They think these low-cost kits will help teachers with limited resources as well as providing opportunities to include enquiry-based learning activities.
Karen Ogilvie discusses the articles in this issue of EiC.
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