Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Source
| Teaching Science | 6 |
Author
| Bond, Charles S. | 1 |
| Cheng, Meng-Fei | 1 |
| Cheng, Yufang | 1 |
| Dale, Keith | 1 |
| Dale, Stephen G. | 1 |
| Dereani, Marino | 1 |
| Hung, Shuo-Hsien | 1 |
| Leong, Noby | 1 |
| Lim, Kieran F. | 1 |
| Tasker, Roy | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 6 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Teachers | 2 |
Location
| Australia | 2 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkDale, Keith; Dale, Stephen G. – Teaching Science, 2018
The Australian Curriculum (n.d.) describes chemistry as having three interrelated strands, Science Inquiry Skills, Science as a Human Endeavour and Science Understanding. It also states "... the three strands of the Australian Curriculum: Science should be taught in an integrated way". This article will explore a model for integrating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Chemistry
Bond, Charles S. – Teaching Science, 2014
Some readers might not fully know what the difference is between crystallography, and the "new age" practice of dangling crystals around the body to capitalise on their healing energy. The latter is often considered to be superstition, while ironically, the former has actually resulted in real rationally-based healing of human diseases…
Descriptors: Physical Sciences, Therapy, Diseases, Biochemistry
Tasker, Roy – Teaching Science, 2014
Why is chemistry so difficult? A seminal paper by Johnstone (1982) offered an explanation for why science in general, and chemistry in particular, is so difficult to learn. He proposed that an expert in chemistry thinks at three levels; the macro (referred to as the observational level in this article), the sub-micro (referred to as the molecular…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Visualization, Molecular Structure, Theory Practice Relationship
Leong, Noby – Teaching Science, 2014
Noby Leong is a PhD student in Chemistry at University of Adelaide working on the design of new drug delivery systems for medical applications. He's also a science communicator, part of the volunteer blogging community at RiAus and curator of his own blog "The Other Side of Science." In this article Noby shares the highs and lows that…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Molecular Biology, Molecular Structure, Physical Sciences
Cheng, Meng-Fei; Cheng, Yufang; Hung, Shuo-Hsien – Teaching Science, 2014
Based on our experience of teaching physics in middle and senior secondary school, we have found that students have difficulty in reasoning at the microscopic level. Their reasoning is limited to the observational level so they have problems in developing scientific models of magnetism. Here, we suggest several practical activities and the use of…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Magnets, Science Education, Computer Simulation
Lim, Kieran F.; Dereani, Marino – Teaching Science, 2010
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is an important tool in the structural analysis of both organic and inorganic molecules. Proton NMR spectra can yield information about the chemical or bonding environment surrounding various protons, the number of protons in those environments, and the number of neighbouring protons around each…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Misconceptions, Science Instruction, Spectroscopy
