November 2011
Vol 48, No 6. Selected articles and reviews available online to all. Full issue available online to subscribers.
News
Variety in Chemistry Education 2011
08 November 2011
Personal highlights from Michael Seery, a lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology
Recommendations on school science practicals
08 November 2011
The Commons Science and Technology Select Committee has published its final report on practical experiments and science field trips
Exams in the spotlight
08 November 2011
The Commons Education Select Committee has launched an inquiry into examinations in England for 15-19 year olds
Careers advice 'crucial' in encouraging greater science take-up
08 November 2011
More pupils do physics and chemistry after the age of 16 in schools which provide a more comprehensive rnage of careers advice
Animated science
08 November 2011
Sci-Comm Studios has launched a series of animations for A-level science
Not quite crystalline crystals win Nobel prize
08 November 2011
The 2011 Nobel prize for chemistry has gone to Dan Shechtman
Chemistry in the context of global challenges
08 November 2011
The Royal Society Of Chemistry has published the first report in their Global Frameworks for Chemistry Education project
Do you know an inspiring teacher?
08 November 2011
Each year the RSC honours teachers who have made a significant, high quality contribution to the teaching
RSC ChemNet online
08 November 2011
ChemNet membership now includes access to a new expanded site on MyRSC
The big science challenge
07 November 2011
The British Council is inviting secondary schools to enter a competition to win a trip to Dubai
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Speakers for schools
08 November 2011
Robert Peston, business editor for BBC News, has launched a service to provide free, inspiring talks for students
Improving science in colleges
08 November 2011
Ofsted has published a report which identifies the ways in which successful colleges have improved the quality of their science teaching
Chemistry Connections - chemistry genealogy
08 November 2011
Mapping student-supervisor relationships throughout history to create a timeline of academic heritage
New hazard labels and legislation
08 November 2011
New pictograms, signal words, hazard and precautionary statements are in use
Soundbite molecules - Coca-Cola
Simon Cotton looks at compounds in the news or relating to our everyday lives. In this issue: Coca-Cola
Web watch
Josh Howgego, PhD chemistry student at the University of Bristol looks at some websites that may be of interest to chemistry teachers. In this issue: solar energy and 3D molecules
Feedback
The Elements
Exhibition Chemistry
Dissolving copper in nitric acid
Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, By Declan Fleming of Pate's Grammar School, Cheltenham. In this issue: dissolving copper in nitric acid
Features
Teaching chemistry in 3D using crystal structure data
Fundamental topics such as stereochemistry are taught in 2 or 2.5 D - the Cambridge Structural Database provides an interactive 3D solution
Research at ISIS
ISIS acts as a super-sensitive microscope. Researchers working at the cutting edge of science use neutrons to find out where atoms are inside materials and what they are doing
Drug discovery: metformin and the control of diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is a serious disease, and it's on the increase. The search for a treatment is a story that traverses the world and touches on the treatment of other diseases
Maths for chemists
Distillates
