I am a High School and Sixth Form Chemistry teacher teaching Science to GCSE and Chemistry to A Level. My GCSE resources generally follow the new AQA (9-1) specification, differentiated for foundation and higher students at trilogy and separate science levels. My Key Stage 3 resources are suited to mixed ability groups and are designed to be dyslexia friendly with bold coloured text boxes and bright diagrams.
Please give me your opinion and review downloaded resources!
I am a High School and Sixth Form Chemistry teacher teaching Science to GCSE and Chemistry to A Level. My GCSE resources generally follow the new AQA (9-1) specification, differentiated for foundation and higher students at trilogy and separate science levels. My Key Stage 3 resources are suited to mixed ability groups and are designed to be dyslexia friendly with bold coloured text boxes and bright diagrams.
Please give me your opinion and review downloaded resources!
Balanced Diet and Food Test Lessons
Each of these three full lessons include a PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the documents. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lessons focus on defining and describing balanced diets, testing for starch and sugar and testing for fat and protein content in foods. Follow up activities include differentiated, challenge and extension questions. The two food test lab lessons also include full equipment lists and all equipment and solutions are commonly found in any school lab.
Included in each lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives / lesson keywords
Theory discussions
Active learning tasks / laboratory activities
Key questions / challenge tasks
Reflective quiz plenary
These lessons are ideal for students who are new to diet and food tests. The lessons in this series link well but can be used independently if required. The lessons introduce new keywords and engage students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resources are Powerpoint presentations with an accompanying PDF copies, so the resources can be edited and there is also print-ready versions.
Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing and view the individual product previews.
Please note that these lessons include American spellings.
Starch and Sugar Tests Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student lab activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focusses on testing foods for starch and sugar content. Follow up activities include extension questions. The lesson also includes full equipment lists and all equipment and solutions are commonly found in any school lab.
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives
Starch theory discussion
Practical table with mini printables
Starch test with extension
Sugar test with extension
Reflective quiz plenary
This lesson is ideal for students who have no prior knowledge of food tests. The lesson introduces new keywords such as ‘benedicts’ and ‘iodine’ and engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version.
Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing and please note that this lesson will include American spellings.
Thermal Decomposition Theory Reading Passage
Included in the resource:
A reading passage
A student question sheet
An answer key
Reading Passage:
Included is an informative, introductory passage. The passage has key information around the subject and explains key concepts. With example reaction equations and observations, the passage is very comprehensive.
Question Sheet:
Tiered as recall, explain and apply, the question sheet follows the reading passage. Recall questions simply require students to extract information from the text, whilst the explain and apply questions stretch higher ability students through writing word and symbol equations for thermal decomposition reactions.
Answer key:
A full set of comprehensive answers is included.
This is a great introductory resource for students who have no prior knowledge on thermal decomposition.
Oxidation Theory Reading Passage
Included in the resource:
A reading passage
A student question sheet
An answer key
Reading Passage:
Included is an informative, introductory passage. The passage has key information around the subject and explains key concepts. With example reaction equations and observations, the passage is very comprehensive.
Question Sheet:
Tiered as recall, explain and apply, the question sheet follows the reading passage. Recall questions simply require students to extract information from the text, whilst the explain and apply questions stretch higher ability students through writing word and symbol equations for combustion reactions.
Answer key:
A full set of comprehensive answers is included.
This is a great introductory resource for students who have no prior knowledge on oxidation and the reading passage does not extend to higher level concepts like oxidation in terms of redox reactions and electron loss.
Memory Picture Games
Included:
Five memory pictures with linked question and answer sheets
The pictures are busy, detailed images representing school life (e.g. classrooms, subject boards and stationary). Students have a set amount of time to absorb all the elements of the picture before it is removed and they then answer a set of questions based on their memory of the picture. There are simple and challenge questions for each picture.
PowerPoint presentation to combine all elements of the resource
The PowerPoint presentation encompasses all five memory pictures, questions and answers. This is ideal to be displayed on your board when students first arrive. It’s a great starter and engagement task to get them thinking at the start of the school day.
This resource is in American English.
Blood Vessels Flipbook
Included:
Teacher instructions page on how to construct the flipbook
Teacher answer page with comprehensive answers
Flipbook pages - introduction, veins, arteries and capillaries
This resource is ideal to be used as a review activity to summarize key learning of the blood vessels. It can be used in class or set as a homework/ revision task for students to reflect on their learning and potentially prepare for an assessment.
Key learning areas:
Blood vessel structure
Valve function in veins
Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood
Gas exchange in capillaries
Blood pressure in vessels with reasoning
This resource is designed to be printed and glued into a regular A4 size exercise book. The flipbook itself is A5 to save on printing pages, so typically fills half an A4 page.
Engaging, concise, PDF and print ready!
Make the Rock Cycle fun!
This resource is a bright, engaging way to teach the rock cycle. An active learning technique! Included is a snakes and ladders board full of topic questions, student sheets, the answers to all questions and science monster counters.
The board questions are based around:
Rock type examples
Rock type uses
The features of each rock type
Formation of each rock type
Intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks
Topic linked keywords e.g. crystals, sediments, minerals etc.
A4 and A3 printing options (2 document sizes included)
Many thanks - Science House!
Getting to Know You Question Sticks
Included in this resource:
Emotions and Feelings - 21 questions e.g. What would someone need to do to cheer you up? When was the last time you truly felt really scared?
About Me - 21 questions e.g. What job do you see yourself doing in the future? What food do you like the most?
School Life - 21 questions e.g. Do you feel supported with your wellbeing in school? Do you do any school clubs?
A4 document set up in PowerPoint
Completely editable
Print ready
Ideal for a broad range of ages (not grade specific)
Can be used year on year
Thanks - Science House!
Introduction to Aldehydes Activity
Included in this resource:
Information page - This page covers the structure, bonding, naming, reactivity, oxidation, reduction and physical properties of aldehydes to an introductory level. It is a simple overview of aldehydes for a first time learner. Prior knowledge on hydrocarbons and atomic structure e.g. electrons and electronegativity is required, however no prior knowledge on aldehydes is required to access the material.
Question sheet - This page includes questions directly linked to the information page. Students extract knowledge from the information page and build on concepts e.g. naming aldehydes, identifying trends and commenting on bonding and reactivity.
Answer page - The answer page answers all the questions present in the question sheet.
Ideal for independent, student-led work (i.e. could be used for a substitute teacher) as all the information and answers are present in the resource. No accompanying books or presentations are required - no further preparation needed.
File included: 3 page A4 document
This organised resource contains a pack of 3 chemistry word searches on:
Atoms and elements
The periodic table
Metal properties
They each have a classic selection of keywords on each topic which are hidden inside the puzzles. These word searches are quick, easy and brilliant as a settling activity for any class.
This is a quick and simple atom crossword, which is ideal for a lesson starter activity.
The puzzle includes classic atom keywords e.g. proton, nucleus, element etc…
There is also an ANSWER sheet included.
This is a great dominoes puzzle on the properties of metals. It focusses on key words and their definitions. Key words found on the dominoes are:
Malleable, Ductile, Strong, Sonorous, Lustrous, Thermal Conductor, Electrical Conductor, Alloy, Hard etc…
There are a total of 18 dominoes within the puzzle with clear ‘start’ and ‘end’ dominoes.
A great resource for making key properties fun!
This great resource includes 2 pages of dominoes (18 dominoes in total).
There are clues and keywords on the topic of alkanes and alkenes (keywords: saturated, unsaturated, hydrocarbon etc) as well as displayed formula.
A great way to introduce organic chemistry and make it fun!
This great resource includes 10 task sheets, each with a different hydrocarbon cracking question. Students answer each of the 10 sheets by giving the missing product name and displayed formula.
Also included are answer sheets covering all questions on the task sheets.
Bold, simple and to the point - an interesting way to teach cracking!
This resource is a trio of lessons ideal for grades 5 to 8. The resource is a powerpoint with all worksheets and additional activities included within the file. The three lessons included are:
Introduction to States of Matter
Starter word search. Objectives. Cut and Paste features of solid, liquid and gases. Differentiated questions, easy, challenge and pretty hard. Key word fill plenary activity.
Boiling - State Changes
Safety starter. Objectives. Boiling Water practical with check list, printed tables and graph checklist. Temperature tasks. State feedback plenary activity.
Melting and Freezing - State Changes
Question starter. Objectives. Question worksheet. Task cards link activity. Fill the table task. Keyword BINGO plenary with bingo grids.
This lesson pack does not require any further prep. Just print the included worksheets and teach. Lesson 2 involves a simple boiling water practical which only requires simple lab supplies (e.g. beakers and heat source). Please leave your feedback!
Thank you to Krista Wallden for the clip art!
This great set of resources is ideal for high school chemistry. Included within the set:
-Step by step ionic bonding activity
An introduction to ionic bonding through the simple example of lithium fluoride. Answer sheet included.
-Identifying ions activity
Students draw on knowledge of electronic configuration to draw atoms and their subsequent ions.
Answer sheet included.
-Question card activity
Four classic question cards on drawing electronic configuration in ionic bonds, aided by predawn empty electron shells.
Answer sheet included.
I have used this set of three resources in an ionic bonding lesson for three years in a row now to much success. They work really well as a trio, building up student understanding over the course of the lesson.
Included in these handy resources:
A relative atomic mass worksheet with question table, mini question and handy information which covers everything students need to know about relative atomic mass.
A relative formula mass worksheet with full worked example and question table.
ANSWER sheets for both worksheets
This BIG Periodic Table Bundle includes:
-Lesson Resources on halogens, alkali metals, noble gases, transition metals and general periodic table knowledge (lessons/ active learning resources/ practicals/ worksheets/ teacher help sheet)
-History of the periodic table resources with contributing scientists (cut and paste)
-Element fact files and element games (snakes and ladders/ dominoes)
-Starter word puzzles (word searches/ crossword)
-Foldable periodic table resource
etc…
There is enough for weeks worth of lessons and my classes have used these resources to much success for years now.
There really is a range of activities to keep students engaged and the bundle is specifically designed for mixed ability classes, to get the most out of each student.
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This great chemical bonding bundle includes:
A bonding overview resource:
Summary bonding worksheet covering all types of bonding.
A trio of ionic bonding activities:
Ionic bonding lesson starter activity. A step by step example of ionic bonding.
Ionic bonding drawing ions worksheet. Links to atomic structure prior knowledge.
Ionic bonding question cards (4). Drawing positive and negative ions within an ionic bond for a series of molecules.
A covalent bonding activity:
Covalent bonding question cards (8). Drawing examples of covalent bonding in classic covalent molecules.
A metallic bonding activity:
Metallic bonding question cards (8). Labelling metal structure and understanding how metallic bonding contributes to metal properties.
Ideal for mixed ability classes as questions vary in difficulty, this is a great student led pack of resources.
Elements of the Periodic Table Card Game
Included in this product:
20 element cards with 4 element categories
An instructions sheet outlining how to use the card game
This is an effective way of making elements fun and bringing an aspect of competition to the topic. The cards feature the first 20 elements of the periodic table.
The categories are: melting point, density, number of electrons and group number.
Please leave your feedback and enjoy!