My shop - OnSpecScience - offers a range of free and paid resources covering KS3 Science and KS4 Chemistry. This document tells you which Year 8 lessons I have available for you to try for free. If you like them, please leave a review and consider buying some of my other lessons. I guarantee they will reduce workload and help to give you your life back :-)

To go with my GCSE Chemistry lesson on “Distillation and Methods of Separation”. See that resource for further instruction and context.

This PowerPoint (containing exam-style practice questions) will allow you to teach the GCSE 9-1 Chemistry content on Limiting Reactants and using moles to calculate the limiting reactant from mass data. The resource is easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, HIGHER TIER ONLY! Other lessons on Calculations involving Mass (including the preceding lessons on Moles and Stoichiometry) are available from my shop. They can be purchased individually or, alongside this lesson, as part of a whole-topic bundle.

This PowerPoint will allow you to deliver the GCSE 9-1 Chemistry Core Practical in which copper sulphate salt is prepared from copper oxide and sulphuric acid. It includes an easy-to-follow method to share with students, plus a brief look at how this method could be applied to a six-mark question. The resources are easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and are appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and High-tier. Other GCSE lessons (including other lessons on Acids and Alkalis) are available from my shop. They can be purchased individually or, alongside this lesson, as part of a whole-topic bundle.

This full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical tasks) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about displacement reactions involving metals and metal compounds. This is an important topic at GCSE level so it’s a good idea to provide an early introduction during Key Stage 3. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical task) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about the formation and structure of igneous and metamorphic rocks. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. You will also need the free resource "8Hb_Investigating Crystal Formation" from my TES shop.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical activity) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about Fire Safety and the need for oxygen in order for fuels to burn. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with independent group learning) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about hazards and hazard symbols, especially how they relate to acids and alkalis. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. You’ll also need to download the FREE worksheet “7Fa Hazard Symbols worksheet” from my shop.

Full Lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lessons on Uses and Properties of Polymers, and also on the Problems with Polymers. Sometimes covered across two lessons, I have combined both into a single lesson for efficiency. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for TRIPLE SCIENCE ONLY, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full Lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lessons on Transition metals and their uses, plus general properties and uses of metals. The resource is easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and is appropriate for Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This PowerPoint (with suggested practical activity) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the three states of matter, conversions between these states and how to prepare/interpret a heating curve. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the differences between pure and impure substances, with additional info on how malting and boiling points determine the state of a substance. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full Lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 Chemistry lesson on Group 7, the Halogens. This lesson covers the physical properties and appearances, plus reactions of halogens with metals. To cover the full content on halogens you will also need the follow-up lesson “SC17c Halogen Reactivity” on displacement reactions and reactions of halogens + hydrogen. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full Lesson PowerPoint (with engaging practical demonstration) sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson on Group 1, the Alkali Metals. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers. You will also need to download my FREE resource “SC17a Alkali metals worksheet” from my TES shop.

Full Lesson PowerPoint (with independent learning opportunities) sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson on Group 0, the Noble Gases. This also serves as a general introduction to the “Groups in the Periodic Table” topic. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about isotopes and calculating relative atomic mass. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers. Only the Higher students need to be able to calculate relative atomic mass - this is signposted throughout the lesson. You will also need to download the free worksheets “SC3c_Isotopes worksheets and mark-schemes” from my shop - OnSpecScience.

Full Lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson on fractional distillation of crude oil. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers. You will also need to download my FREE resource “SC20b Fractional Distillation worksheet” from my TES shop.

PowerPoint (with suggested practical tasks) sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lessons on flame tests, photometry and precipitation tests for positive ions. These resources can be used to deliver two lessons, one theory (with teacher demo) and one practical for students to embed the learning. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for TRIPLE SCIENCE ONLY, Foundation and Higher tiers. If doing the optional second lesson (class practical) you will also need to download the free worksheet “SC25a-b Testing for Positive Ions” from my shop.