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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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Science Diploma - talks begin

The Science Diploma Development Partnership (SDDP) invites the educational and scientific communities to say what they want from the Government's proposed Science Diploma



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Chemistry trails

Peter Borrows takes us on another excursion into local chemistry. In this issue: calcium compounds - like chalk and cheese



Fuel pump

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: lactones as biofuel



Web key

Web watch

Tony Tooth, chemistry teacher at The King's School in Ely, looks at some websites that may be of interest to chemistry teachers


Exhibition Chemistry

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Exhibition chemistry

Demonstrations to capture the student's imagination, by Adrian Guy of Blundell's School. In this issue: displacement reaction of silver nitrate and copper metal


The Elements

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The Elements

John Emsley, University of Cambridge, takes you on a tour of the periodic table. In this issue: Americium emits deadly radiation - but every home should have some


Features

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The power of NMR: in two and three dimensions

Over the past 30 years chemists have developed NMR experiments in two and three dimensions that enable them to solve the structure of complex organic compounds, including proteins ...


Reviews

Alcohol and human health

Lesley Smart (ed)





AS chemistry for AQA student book

Nigel Saunders and Angela Saunders with Sandra Clinton, Max Parsonage and Emma Poole






Endpoint

Chemistry in politics

Nick Harris has the last word


Infochem

September 2008 InfoChem cover

InfoChem September 2008

In this month's pupil supplement: Ozone above the open ocean; Investigate the gas laws in your back garden; A day in the life of a forensic scientist