As a student, I loved maths for the clarity, logic and order it brought to every problem. Rearranging an equation or extracting the relevant information from a question came instinctively to me.

Consistency is an intervention. A student’s own successful experience of a task is one of the strongest sources of their ...

Most of us can remember a trip from our school days. For me, the one that stands out was a visit some 30 years ago to a large-scale research laboratory working with radioactive materials. I still ...

No one has ever seen inside an atom, so to understand atoms in the classroom, students build models and draw diagrams. Using playdough to build atomic structures is cheap, colourful and tactile, which ...

How to use students’ everyday experiences to aid understanding in experiments So why do I have a hip joint, a golf club head and a mini turbine blade out in front of the class today? They’re my hook ...

I wrote in August 2024 about how electrochemistry doesn’t need to be difficult to teach if you spiral your curriculum to address and reinforce key ideas as learners progress from 11 to 18. Going hand ...

What would you think was happening if all your buttons suddenly turned to dust? This is what happened to the soldiers in Napoleon’s army during their invasion into Russia over 200 years ago. And ...

Equilibrium is an important process in industry, eg for making ammonia using the Haber process which is a reversible reaction. Manufacturers want to make as much product as possible, minimising the ...

Learn new teaching strategies and refresh your understanding of key topics This course is designed for early career teachers looking to consolidate and enhance their understanding of different ...

Take a deep breath and delve into the chemical culprits behind obnoxious odours Ever opened a backpack you haven’t used all summer to be hit by a face-scrunchingly bad smell? We’ve all done it. The ...

Discover the chemistry of bright whites and clean coloured clothes, and the different detergents that wash them All laundry detergents are designed to clean your clothes, so you might assume they all ...

Getting to grips with atomic structure helps students understand how and why elements interact with others (or not) and their specific locations in the periodic table. The periodic table allows ...