All RSC Education articles in September 2008
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NewsWelcome to the pink room
RSC and the Athena Project launch report on good practice in university science departments
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The MoleOzone - in the news
A chemical observatory in Cape Verde providing chemists with new information about ozone levels
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NewsLoughborough students up to the test
A team of Year 12 chemists from Loughborough Grammar School win the coveted National Schools' Analyst Competition shield.
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ReviewPeriodic videos, online tests and some jokes
Web watch: Tony Tooth looks at some websites that may be of interest to chemistry teachers
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NewsInspiring today's students
Meet Chris George and Leila Elliott, recipients of the 2008 RSC Schools Education Awards
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NewsPractical help online
Chemistry for our future (CFOF) school teacher fellows produce the Interactive Lab Primer - an online multimedia resource to support post-16 students' lab work
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NewsUK Olympiad team returns with four medals
A team of four students from the UK succeeds in the finals of the 40th International Chemistry Olympiad held in Budapest, Hungary, in July
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NewsUK needs 'employable' graduates
RSC responds to the Government's consultation on a strategy to increase the number of 'employable' graduates in the UK and raise the skills of workers
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FeatureThe power of NMR: in two and three dimensions
Over the past 30 years chemists have developed NMR experiments in two and three dimensions that enable them to solve the structure of complex organic compounds
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Exhibition chemistryDisplacement reaction of silver nitrate and copper metal
Watch silver crystals grow in this captivating experiment
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FeatureDeadly things come in small packages
Painstaking work by chemists to characterise deadly alkaloids exuded in the skin of some brightly coloured poison arrow frogs has offered leads for new and useful pharmaceuticals
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NewsCognitive conflict
Using a demonstration of strong and weak acids, Australian researchers studied the effectiveness of using cognitive conflict strategy with Year 11 chemistry students
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NewsSixthformers camp out
New residential camp run at Bristol University offers students who are considering studying for a degree in chemistry in the UK the opportunity to experience being in a chemistry department
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OpinionCalcium compounds - like chalk and cheese
Peter Borrows takes us on another excursion into local chemistry
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SoundbiteLactones as biofuel
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.
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NewsBill Bryson prize communicators
Primary and secondary school students from across the UK exhibit their talent for communicating science in the RSC Bill Bryson Prize competition