Careers information for teachers

The Royal Society of Chemistry offers a range of resources to help you explore chemistry careers and qualifications with school and college students.

The activities, articles and resources listed on this page are designed to help your students understand the links between chemistry at school and careers that can make a difference to the world.

Featured resources

Chemistry: making the difference presentation (ppt)
Show your students videos of real-life of chemists making a difference to health, the environment and other issues that matter to young people
Curriculum linked to careers
Find examples of jobs linked to the curriculum topic your teaching to help your students see how chemistry makes a difference
Posters to download and print
Download and print posters of real-life chemists and making the difference campaign.

Link chemistry topics to careers

Explore Education in Chemistry articles and resources on topics linking the curriculum to careers, from forensics to food technology.

Articles and ideas

Cold case chemistry
By Kit Chapman
Discover the advances in forensic science helping solve decades-old crimes
Extraordinary electrodes
By Emma Davies
How the next generation of rechargeable batteries will be better, safer and greener
High levels of nanoplastics found in bottled water
By Nina Notman
Unbottle the truth of what’s inside your drinking water

Classroom resources

Preview of The chemistry of food PowerPoint presentation slides, student workbook, teacher and technician notes

Analysing the chemistry of food | Chemistry for All project | 14–16 years

Rates of reaction equipment showing a man looking at a measuring cylinder, with a beaker to one side and a bottle of distilled water to the other. There is a colourful border around the edge of the image

Rates of reaction | practical videos | 14–16 years

Example pages from teacher notes and student worksheets that make up this resource

Recycling plastics evaluation | 14–16 years

Produced with support of The Worshipful Company of Horners, By Martin Bluemel

Analysing the chemistry of food | Chemistry for All project | 14–16 years
Rates of reaction | practical videos | 14–16 years
Recycling plastics evaluation | 14–16 years

Inspire your students to choose chemistry

Support your students to find out more about where chemistry can take them using these careers resources, including curriculum maps, posters, quizzes, presentations and more.

Download these to get started

Career quiz (pdf)
An engaging questionnaire that links what you enjoy to chemistry careers
Guess the career activity (pdf)
Get students thinking about chemistry careers
Careers outside the lab activity (pdf)
Careers which are enriched by understanding science