November 2010
Vol 47, No 6. Selected articles and reviews available online to all. Full issue available online to subscribers.
Column
To boldly go ...
The new editor blasts off
Heading to Mars
MAVEN mission gets the go-ahead
New RSC Teacher Fellows
Introducing the new RSC teacher fellows:Declan Fleming and Jacquie Robson
Regional Coordinators
If you're a chemistry or science teacher in the South East or the East of England contact the new Regional Coordinators for help and advice
Awards for technicians
Chemistry Technician of the Year awards
Meet us at the ASE
Inspiring the next generation
Education events
School events organised by the RSC
International year of chemistry
2011 announced as the year of chemistry, events planned. Educ. Chem, 2010, 47 (6), 166
Girls' Attitudes survey 2010
59% of girls say that homework is the worst thing about school
Materials lectures
Dr Mark Miodownik will give the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
One world - one pictogram
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
In brief
Items: Various short items
Chemistry trails
Peter Borrows takes us on another excursion into local chemistry. In this issue: coining it
Soundbite molecules
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives. In this issue: french fries
Web watch
Tony Tooth looks at some websites that may be of interest to chemistry teachers. In this issue: an alternative to Webelements and a useful reference site
Letters
Exhibition Chemistry
Exploding soap bubbles
Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: Exploding soap bubbles
The Elements
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the Periodic Table. In this issue: Strontium - Red Alert
Features
The curious story of toxic ice
In 1944 a fake article was submitted and published as a scientific paper. In the context of How Science Works, can a hoax have educational value?
From LCDs to medical materials
A green technology can be used to extract valuable chemicals and the recovered low-value plastic can be turned into higher-value materials for new and important applications
Two-step bromine attack
An experiment for the classroom to show that bromine adds to an alkene by two-step electrophilic addition
Electronic voting systems in undergraduate teaching
Reminiscent of Who Wants to be a Millionaire voting systems, university lecturers can use electronic voting systems to monitor students' understanding and make learning more intera...
Maths for chemists
Maths for chemists - Descriptive statistics
Tips for teaching maths skills to our future chemists, by Paul Yates of Keele University. In this issue: Descriptive statistics
Distillates
Fungal degradation
Soil fungi and a strain of fungus that causes white rot could be useful agents in the biodegradation of bisphenol A based plastics
Silkworms versus superbugs
Strains of potentially lethal bacteria that are resistant to common antibiotics have appeared in hospitals across the globe
Nanotechnology saves bridges
Inexpensive nanosensors might one day be incorporated into buildings, bridges, and other structures
Bubble engines
A tiny little machine, a couple of dozen micrometres long, can be propelled by a jet of oxygen bubbles and controlled by a magnet
Aliens get a nitrogen fix
Saturn's moon Titan has an atmosphere rich in nitrogen
Reviews
Metals and life
Eleanor Crabb and Elaine Moore (eds)
An Introduction to Ionic Liquids
Michael Freemantle
Chemistry for the Biosciences: The essential concepts
Jonathan Crowe and Tony Bradshaw
Endpoint
Science, the blogosphere and education
Andrew Hunt has the last word
Infochem
