All RSC Education articles in September 2009
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The MoleA day in the life of analyst: Carl Ruffel
Carl has spent the past three years working as an analyst for the Medical Research Council. He talks to Nina Notman about his typical day
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NewsSilver success for UK Olympiad team
UK team of four A-level students wins four silver medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad hosted by the University of Cambridge in July
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NewsWorking Memory
Research shows that students perform better when they are taught using resources designed to engage their working memory
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NewsTeaching Science to Refugee Learners
Based on a small-scale study Australian researchers have produced materials designed to help science students for whom English is a second language
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FeatureSolving an infectious problem
Joseph Lister's use of phenol as an antiseptic revolutionised surgical practice in the 19th century. But was he the first to use this antiseptic technique?
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ReviewSharing teaching materials, science images and SATIS revisited
Tony Tooth looks at some websites that may be of interest to chemistry teachers.
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NewsCreativity in the curriculum
Researchers from Durham University investigate what teachers understand by creativity and how they nurture 'creative thought' among their students in science lessons
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FeatureWhy does cotton feel 'cool'?
An investigation into the structure and properties of cellulose that make cotton clothes feel 'cool' provides a real context for undergraduate spectroscopy lab work
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NewsCFOF the way forward
The RSC is set to continue to manage several Chemistry for Our Future projects including the teacher fellow scheme and Spectroscopy in a suitcase
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FeatureIn pursuit of Bombykol
In 1959 Aldoph Butenandt identified and synthesised the first pheromone, bombykol. Since then scientists have discovered how male silkworm moths receive this chemical message
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NewsShort Film wins Bill Bryson prize
Students from Ridgeway School in Plymouth are the overall winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry's (RSC) 2009 Bill Bryson science communication competition
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FeatureSonochemistry - beyond synthesis
Sonochemistry, the use of sound energy to induce physical or chemical changes within a medium, has a growing number of applications in fields such as medicine and nanotechnology
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ReviewHeinemann Baccalaureate: chemistry standard level
Heinemann Baccalaureate: chemistry standard level
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NewsRSC HE teaching award winners
Claire McDonnell is the recipient of the 2009 RSC Education Division's Higher Education Teaching Award and Stuart Bennett is the first recipient of the RSC's new Education Award
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NewsApplied Science - where next?
Nuffield Foundation report highlights growing uptake of Applied Science courses at Key Stge 4 and issues with A-level Applied Science as a progression route for students post-16