A short article based on an extract from Topics in Safety, Topic 17 (Electricity), which is freely available to Association for Science Education (
A short history of the discovery of hydrogen is given, together with its properties, uses and applications, and its importance in transport, from b
This article aims to introduce the lanthanides (also known as the lanthanoids) to teachers and their students.
The use of the aufbau principle to predict the electron configurations of atoms (in their ground states), and therefore explain the layout of the p
Even though hazards are associated with the radioactivity of the actinides, there are many useful applications of these elements and their compound
Calcium is vital for building bones and teeth, but it is also required to help transmit messages inside cells; its unusual solvation properties mak
A review of methodologies for teaching the periodic table, focusing on effective techniques with an emphasis on implementation in the classroom.
The authors describe how children worked with professional scientists to do environmental research in their local river.
Rheology is an enormously far-reaching branch of physics (or physical chemistry) and has a number of different guises.
Wave power is continually available around our shores but remains an untapped resource on the commercial scale, this article provides an overview o
Creating periodic tables designed to motivate and help students learn about the elements and other aspects of STEM subjects, including STEM careers