Education in Chemistry - Classroom articles

The electron shell diagrams for the elements from hydrogen to calcium

How to teach atomic structure at 14–16

2025-02-04T07:16:00+00:00

Strengthen your students’ grasp of the atom and electronic configurations with these models and strategies

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Teaching isomerism at post-16

2025-01-20T06:49:00+00:00

Ensure your students succeed with structural and stereoisomerism

A series of diagrams showing how a balloon traps gas from a chemical reaction and the weight of the reactants is the same as the weight of the products

Teaching conservation of mass at 14–16

2024-12-05T07:33:00+00:00

Help learners master the concept of conservation of mass with these hands-on teaching ideas

A beaker with liquid and metal wires is hooked up via clips to drive a spinning fan on a motor

Demonstrate electrochemistry with a gravity cell

2025-02-24T06:35:00+00:00

Video, kit list and teaching tips to set up a one-beaker copper–zinc voltaic cell to explore redox reactions

A dish with a mottled pattern of a milky cream liquid in a clear brown liquid

Experiment with surface tension and convection currents

2024-12-16T06:46:00+00:00

Use this demonstration when teaching concentration gradients, diffusion and convection at 11–16

A glass dish with sweets around the edge whose colours have bled into the middle

Dissolve coloured sweets to create a rainbow

2024-10-21T05:02:00+01:00

Demonstrate diffusion, density and the particle model to your 14–16 learners in this easy experiment

Sources and effects of air pollution

How to teach Earth’s atmospheric pollution

2025-03-03T08:21:00+00:00By

Get to the burning issues of climate change, acid rain and smog with this poster, fact sheet and activity for 11–14 learners

A periodic table showing the coloured flames of Group 1, the different states at room temperature for group 7 and the increasing atom size in group 0.

Looking at groups 1, 7 and 0 on the periodic table

2025-01-06T07:00:00+00:00By

Turn 14–16 learners onto the key trends they need to understand for exam success with this poster, fact sheet and classroom activity

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Research-informed tips for using dialogic teaching

2025-03-10T05:17:00+00:00By

Use extended periods of talk between students to improve the quality of their responses in chemistry

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The 7 best practicals for teaching electrochemistry from 11–18

2025-02-10T06:06:00+00:00By

Use a sequential approach to reinforce learning and maximise student success

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How metacognition improves student engagement and outcomes

2025-02-18T06:02:00+00:00

Two strategies to improve learners’ thinking about thinking when solving chemistry problems

A teacher in a computer lab with some students looking at a acid-base simulation on the computer screens

How PhET simulations help students with abstract concepts

2025-01-16T06:35:00+00:00

Use digital resources to improve students’ chemistry learning outcomes

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Celebrate curiosity, creativity and co-operation in your chemistry lessons

2024-12-17T06:54:00+00:00

They’re key to learners identifying positively with chemistry and achieving success

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Improve assessment accessibility for multilingual learners

2024-11-21T06:00:00+00:00

Teaching tips to help you tackle four key language challenges EAL learners face in chemistry

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Foster more diverse involvement in all science lessons

2024-10-08T07:00:00+01:00

Understand the challenges faced by students with concealable or hidden characteristics to engage all your learners in classroom research

A diagram showing the difference between electron shells and electron clouds

Help learners understand and compare the Bohr and electron cloud models

2024-09-12T05:34:00+01:00

Make the abstract nature of atomic theory more concrete with these evidence-informed teaching tips