Travel down an important conceptual pathway leading to a fundamental understanding: all chemical reactions can be perceived as the rearrangement of electrons. You will gain a greater understanding of the key concepts in redox reactions and how to support your students in their learning.
Pre-16 courses
Learning objectives
Participants will learn about:
- the sequence of key ideas that students need in order to understand redox chemistry
- how microscale chemistry can be used to help students ‘get to grips with electrons’
- the common misconceptions and challenges that students experience with redox chemistry
Learning outcomes
Participants will be able to:
- design key experiments, demonstrations and activities that develop student understanding of redox chemistry
- challenge students to think about electron flow in a chemical reaction
- plan a sequence of microscale experiments to support student understanding of key ideas, including electrolysis
- recognise common misconceptions that arise and adapt teaching methods to minimise them
Each course is tailored to specific needs, so objectives and outcomes may vary slightly from those given here.
Post-16 courses
Learning objectives
Participants will learn about:
- the sequence of key ideas that students need in order to understand redox chemistry
- how microscale chemistry can be used to help students ‘get to grips with electrons’
- the common misconceptions and challenges that students experience with redox chemistry
Learning outcomes
Participants will be able to:
- design key experiments, demonstrations and activities that develop student understanding of electrode potentials, oxidations and redox titrations
- apply ideas of electron flow to predict whether a chemical reaction will take place
- understand the benefits of using microscale experiments to support student understanding of key ideas in redox chemistry
- recognise common misconceptions that arise, for example around electrode potentials, and adapt teaching methods to minimise them
Each course is tailored to specific needs, so objectives and outcomes may vary slightly from those given here.
