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Education in Chemistry

The only magazine in the UK aimed at teachers of chemistry at all levels. It is written by its readers for its readers, and covers the whole spectrum of chemistry teaching from balanced science in secondary courses to the final stages of undergraduate courses.

Education in Chemistry

Column

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RSC on the campaign trail

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) launches campaign to tackle a ' decline in school science examination standards'.



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Climate change online

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) publishes The chemistry of climate change, an online resource for secondary school students.



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Soundbite molecules

Simon Cotton, teacher at Uppingham School, takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives. In this issue: titanium dioxide


Exhibition Chemistry

Cr(III) oxide-catalysed oxidation of ammonia

Exhibition chemistry

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: chromium(III) oxide-catalysed oxidation of ammonia


Features

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Investigations get real

What real chemists do can be the basis of motivating investigations and learning in school chemistry


Reviews

Molecules of murder

John Emsley





Chemistry 1 for OCR

David Acaster and Lawrie Ryan


Endpoint

Curriculum research matters

Keith Taber has the last word


Infochem

January 2009 InfoChem cover

InfoChem January 2009

In this month's pupil supplement: Antimalarial drugs; slime - a non Newtonian liquid; A day in the life of a trainee patent attorney