Education in Chemistry
Education in Chemistry provides support for all chemistry teachers across the secondary, further and higher education sectors. It aims to strengthen the community by providing high quality content, tools and resources that promote innovative teaching and sharing of best practice.
In this issue
Features
Fractions: fear and loathing in mathematics
Paul Yates overcomes some common misconceptions and misunderstandings encountered when dealing with fractions
Spectroscopy in your classroom
Tracy McGhie explains how your students can solve a murder mystery using state-of-the-art equipment
Behind the scenes at a Victorian pharmacy
Jane Essex and a team of students use simple analytical tests to identify the contents of hundreds of bottles in an old chemist's shop
Regulars
Ethanol rockets - exhibition chemistry
Declan Fleming shows you how to capture your students' imaginations with spectacular demonstrations
Feedback
Reviews
The Mole
The Mole - May 2013
In this issue: A nose for trouble - how technology is catching up with sniffer dogs and using DNA as data storage
Useful Links
News
Conference to demonstrate teaching chemistry through space
20 May 2013
The UK space education office is holding a conference to inspire science teachers to use space as a context to enrich the teaching of biology, chemistry and physics
Summer CPD conference programme published
15 May 2013
The Association for Science Education (ASE) has published the full programme for its forthcoming Summer Celebration Conference
Reading Uni inspires national chemistry prize winner
13 May 2013
Experts from the University of Reading have provided the spark for a young Slough scientist to win a prestigious chemistry award
£150,000 competition for innovative teachers
08 May 2013
SHINE, an educational charity, has launched a national competition to find the country's most innovative science teachers
Win molymod sets!
07 May 2013
Modelling kit prizes for your school
Line up, line up
03 May 2013
Technology aligns peer learning and assessment
Northern Ireland CPD event for teachers and technicians
01 May 2013
The Northern Ireland branch of the Association for Science Education will host their biannual conference on 7 June 2013 at St Mary's University College, Belfast
Nominate your chemistry technician!
30 April 2013
The RSC is inviting nominations for its Chemistry Technician of the Year Award for 2013
A night at the opera
29 April 2013
Teaching and communicating chemistry through opera
RSC takes top UK business award
23 April 2013
The RSC is commended for substantial growth in its overseas earnings
Nominations open for school technicians' award
15 April 2013
Gratnells, the storage system suppliers, is inviting schools and colleges in the UK to nominate their technicians for their Science Technician of the Year Award 2013
