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.
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Column
Quality chemistry education
Education in Chemistry welcomes Karen Ogilvie as its new editor
Scientists in Sport programme launched
More than 100 children from a range of schools across South London attended the launch of Scientists in Sport at King's College London
Big bangs and teacher fellows
Around 29,000 people flocked to the Big Bang at London's ICC ExCeL Centre
Judging the NSEC at the Big Bang
Declan Fleming, RSC teacher fellow, reflects on his experience as a judge of the senior chemistry section of the National Science and Engineering Competition (NSEC)
Can you capture a chemist?
Another project that Declan is involved with is Capture a Chemist
Syngenta unveil interactive periodic table
Syngenta has launched a free interactive chemistry resource
In brief
Items: Various short news items
Soundbite molecules
Simon Cotton looks at compounds in the news or relating to our everyday lives. In this issue: xenon dioxide
Letters
The Elements
The Elements
John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the Periodic Table. In this issue: potassium, needed by nerves, plants, and spaceships
Materials for Your Classroom
Maths for chemists - Trigonometry in chemistry
Tips for teaching maths skills to our future chemists, by Paul Yates In this issue: Trigonometry in chemistry
Features
Diamond Light Source: illuminating chemistry
Synchrotron light allows chemists to see within structures and individual atoms, without disrupting samples
Chemical bonding
A masterclass in teaching the topic of bonding, basing chemical explanation on physical forces
Reviews
Study and communication skills for the chemical sciences
Tina Overton, Stuart Johnson and Jon Scott
What successful science teachers do - 75 research-based strategies
Neal Glasgow and Michele Cheyne
Endpoint
Getting the right balance
David Read has the last word
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