All Quantitative chemistry and stoichiometry articles
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CPDHow to teach moles at post-16
Use this explainer to help students overcome misconceptions of this fundamental quantity
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Exhibition chemistry
Demonstrating the diffusion of ammonia and hydrogen chloride
Revisiting and refining a classic diffusion demo with Declan Fleming
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Introducing moles numeracy worksheet | 14–16 years
Use the context of cooking to get students more comfortable with concepts such as balanced equations, ratios and reagents
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Ideas
Stoichiometry and moles: how to explain it?
Use cooking as a fun, accessible introduction to why and how we use balanced equations
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News
What is difficult about concentration?
Fresh insight offers tips for teaching the mathematics of moles, volume and molarity
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Ideas
Put organic chemistry concepts in context
3 ways to teach 14–16 students how to apply their knowledge to new scenarios and prepare them for exams
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Feature
Epidemiology: Calling the disease detectives
What is an epidemiologist? Inspire students with this fascinating insight into the world of some of the most powerful scientific detectives
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Determining relative atomic weights
Heat a known mass of two metals to produce their oxides and determine their relative atomic masses.
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Ideas
Working with units and prefixes
How to help students use units and prefixes correctly and easily convert between them
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Quantitative chemistry starters (16–18)
Put your students’ quantitative chemistry skills to the test with Starter for ten activities around topics such as the mole, the ideal gas equation, percentage yield and atom economy.
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Experiment
Mass changes in chemical reactions
Perform two chemical reactions to see whether any mass changes occur in this microscale class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Finding out how much salt there is in seawater
Use the microscale titration apparatus to titrate silver nitrate solution against sea water
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Titrations quizzes
Find out more about our quizzes and watch the associated videos. These quizzes are available free to Teach Chemistry schools. Email education@rsc.org to request accounts, then visit our online assessment site to log in. Each student needs only one account to access both our Bridging the Knowledge Gap quizzes and ...
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Teacher subject knowledge self assessment tests
Use these diagnostic tests to self-assess your chemistry subject knowledge, and identify strengths and areas for development. These two quizzes test at the pre-16 level. Complete the first to get feedback broken down by topic. Use the second quiz to check progress, once you’ve refreshed your knowledge in key topics.
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Teacher subject knowledge self assessment: Post-16
Use these diagnostic tests to self-assess your chemistry subject knowledge, and identify strengths and areas for development. These two quizzes test at the post-16 level. Complete the first to get feedback broken down by topic. Use the second quiz to check progress, once you’ve refreshed your knowledge in key topics.
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CPD
Making measurements
Help your students use appropriate apparatus to make and record a range of measurements
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News
Reasoning with proportion
Abstract reasoning rather than rule-following helps lower-attaining students
