15 Lessons covering metals, their extraction, uses with associated information and materials.

A series of resources including video, animation and whiteboard materials that address the skills, knowledge and understanding of how science works within the GCSE specifications. This unit looks at the advantages and disadvantages of adding fluoride to drinking water, and considers how valid different opinions on the subject are. Video clips of expert opinion are included and pupils are encouraged to form their own opinion and to present the case for or against.

Demonstrating how particle size affects the rate of reaction between limestone and dilute acid.

Whiteboard activities on chemical reactions, including how to make observations of reactions.

Sixteen chemistry lessons on the topic of Metals to teach Module 5 of the 2006/2007 AQA Science Double Award Course. The lessons can be taught as a series of lessons or standalone. They can also be used or modified to teach other science GCSE courses. Content includes: periodic table, reactivity, displacement reactions, aluminium extraction, copper purification, ores, salts, iron extraction. Also included is a revision file for students.

A whiteboard activity based resource exploring the features of atomic structure linked to the periodic table.