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How do discoveries happen in science? Despite popular stories of ‘eureka moments’, the reality is usually much more complex.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
How much do your students know about the properties of the chemical elements and how they are used? Find out with this elements quiz, based on articles in Science in School.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
The periodic table hangs on the wall in just about every chemistry classroom. But its now-iconic design could have looked very different.
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Find out how women scientists contributed to knowledge of the chemical elements – and what this tells us about the nature of scientific work, then and now.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
UK chemistry teacher Andy Brunning talks about juggling school life with his famous online alter ego, ‘Compound Interest’.
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There are a number of reasons why you might not want to read this review: perhaps you do not teach chemistry, you are resisting the use of video clips in your teaching, or you are looking for non-English teaching materials. These are not good reasons though, as you will see. I challenge you to…
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Professor Eric Scerri is a leading philosopher of science who specialises in the history and philosophy of the periodic table.
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| Issue 50
Discovery and controversy: stories from the chemical elements
Topics: Chemistry, General science
| Issue 47
Quiz: elemental pursuit
Topics: Chemistry, General science
| Issue 47
Arranging the elements: the evolving design of the periodic table
Topics: Chemistry
| Issue 47
In their element: women of the periodic table
Topics: Chemistry
| Issue 38
Compound Interest: communicating chemistry with engaging graphics
Topics: Inspire, Profiles
| Issue 24
The Periodic Table of Videos website, by the University of Nottingham, UK
Topics: Resources
| Issue 15
The Periodic Table: its Story and Significance, By Eric R Scerri
Topics: Resources
