All Structure and bonding articles
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CPDHow to teach intermolecular forces at 14–16
Use these ideas to help your students master this challenging topic and gain a deeper understanding of the forces at play
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Resource
Structure and bonding: exploding exam questions | 14–16 years
Present and prastice a technique to help learners understand the language used in extended-reponse questions and improve their answers
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CPD
How to teach ionic bonding at 14–16
Steer students away from ionic bonding misconceptions with these ideas for your classroom
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Ideas
Get crafty with festive molecular baubles
Is this the perfect festive science activity for the last week of term?
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Article
What are Halloween costume masks made from?
Find out about the creative chemistry behind costume masks
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News
Is every substance a molecule?
Use this to help chemistry students accurately apply covalent bonding models
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Feature
How to draw ionic bonding dot and cross diagrams
Use this step-by-step approach to help your 14–16 students master ions
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News
High pressure forces heavy hydrogen to act like a metal
Explore metallic bonding and isotopes with this latest research looking at metallic hydrogen
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CPD
Use post-16 atomic models to inform 14–16 understanding
It’ll help minimise unhelpful misconceptions too
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Resource
The chemistry of iron | 16–18 years
Practice questions give context to transition metal chemistry and equilibria using the examples of haemoglobin and iron
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Feature
Play card games to teach electronic configuration and ionic compound formation
How a game-based approach can improve your students’ understanding and recognition – and reduce assessment anxiety
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Article
Why does jelly wobble?
Find out how gelatin’s bonds, structure and properties make jelly jiggle
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CPD
Teaching curly arrows at post-16
Tips and resources to help you teach chemical processes and organic reaction mechanisms
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Exhibition chemistry
The reaction between sodium and chlorine
Use this to demonstrate this classic and spectacular chemistry experiment
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Ideas
Modelling ionic bonds with plasticine
Mould your students’ understanding of ionic bond formation and overcome misconceptions
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Exhibition chemistry
Shocking revelations 2: neutralisation reactions
Use this experiment to demonstrate the different behaviours of weak and strong acids
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CPD
How to teach structure determination post-16
Students find this process puzzling. Help them solve it with these ideas and tips
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Resource
Structure determination | 16–18 years
Test learners’ ability to identify the spectra of given compounds and apply their understanding of infrared and NMR spectroscopy with this worksheet
