I have taught secondary school science, Chemistry being my specialism, for 28 years. I have developed and used my resources in my own lessons, usually in response to a specific need or a gap in provision. I like resources that are multifaceted in the way they are used, if possible, so that they can be easily adapted to the needs of different classes, without necessarily having to alter them. I share my most frequently and successfully used here. I am now tutoring Chemistry online.
I have taught secondary school science, Chemistry being my specialism, for 28 years. I have developed and used my resources in my own lessons, usually in response to a specific need or a gap in provision. I like resources that are multifaceted in the way they are used, if possible, so that they can be easily adapted to the needs of different classes, without necessarily having to alter them. I share my most frequently and successfully used here. I am now tutoring Chemistry online.
A range of concrete activites for students to explore the relationship between the size of particles or parts and the total surface area. Concept is important in explaining the function of alveoli in the lungs, villi in the intestine, particle size in reaction rate and catalysis. The concept can be explored at differentiated levels from the basic idea to deriving a quantitative relationship, depending on age, ability and context. Additional activities are included to demonstrate the functionality of moisture and thinness of the walls in the alveoli.
GCSE Physics. Flashcards with the symbol on one side and standard units on the other to help students learn the standard units for differnet quantities. Use individually or for paired learning. Printing the cards out one sided will also provide a resource for straight forward matching activities, or playing pairs or snap - matching the units to the quantity. (AQA GCSE Physics 1-9)
Flashcards to help students to learn the formulae for GCSE physics. Can be used individually or for paired learning. Standard units are given on the other side to use and learn. Cards from a particular topic can be selected and displayed for students to choose the appropriate formula to apply to a particular problem. Higher tier formulae and those supplied on the sheet are also included, and some blanks to add your own. (AQA 1-9)
Useful lists to drive home a general learning point with plenty of examples. An enjoyable, noisy category sort, if you like that sort of thing...which I do, with the right class!
Help students of all abilities to learn the formula needed for GCSE Physics and the relevant standard units; to work with rearranging the subject of the formula, for those who find algebra more challenging, by learning how to construct and then use a formula triangle.
A range of differentiated worksheets covering different aspects of particles in KS3 and KS4 Chemistry. Focus is on learning to recognise and describe the different types of particles that crop up throughout school chemistry including atoms, molecules, ions and subatomic particles, and how they make up elements and compounds. Sheets can be used in context of learning units, or brought in when prior learning is sketchy and in need of consolidation or clarification. Useful as plenaries, for revision, or as starters to get a quick assessment of prior learning to inform planning. Answers sheets or power points are also included for quick in class marking.
Flashcards and display cards for word banks with meanings evident. Key terms in KS3 and KS4 Chemistry. Flashcards can be printed back to back and used in individual learning, or shared paired learning. They can be printed out separately and used to play “snap” or “pairs”, or simply to match the word with its meaning, or reduced in size in copying to make a cut and stick activity. Key terms include atom, molecule, element, compound, ion, mixture and others related to particles.
Learn the different organs and their function in the digestive and respiratory sytems and explore the relationship between surface area and the size of the parts in order to understand and explain structure of alveoli in the lungs and villi in the intestine.
Power point slide shows, using particle pictures, to check understanding of the differences between elements and compounds, and atoms and molecules. Smart board interactive activity also includes mixtures with the elements and compounds, and the word match checks the meanings of keywords. Useful quick plenaries for KS3 Chemistry. Use coloured cards, moving left or right, mini white boards for students to show their answers. Can be fast paced, or repeat and reinforce definitions of key terms by picking out students who have given correct answers and asking them to explain why, scaffolding verbal answers given to enhance accuracy. Activities can also be used as starters for the next lesson, or for KS4 lessons to check prior learning. Ions word match smart board activity is also included for use with KS4.
You’re teaching A level Chemistry, and let’s face it, you just don’t have time to make those pretty presentations that lay it all out, step by step, progressing from one concept to the next, with the opportunity to consolidate each step as you go. Here is everything you need in one presentation, split into 6 sections and covering the whole of the **Mole Calculations **topic:
The Mole, Formulae and Using Masses.
A Map for Mole Calculations and Using Masses - laying out the explicit strategy so that students can deal with those unstructured questions.
Standard Stock Solutions, Concentrations and Dilutions.
Acid/Base Titrations and Calculations.
Calculations Involving Gases and the Ideal Gas Equation.
Balancing Equations from Mole Calculations.
Each section includes worked examples and opportunities to apply the learning, with the application questions worked out on the following slide. Just what you need to teach the topic, so that you can set further questions from the textbook in class or for homework. This pretty presentation will save you loads of time and help you to be the awesome teacher you know it is in you to be.
The student handout with the Map for Mole Calculations and Summary Infographic is included, as well as the pdf to print as Notes.
If you omit the Uncertainty in the Acid/Base titrations and The Ideal Gas Equations, you can also use it with your GCSE Separate/Triple Chemists who are pushing for grade 9.
Atoms and the Periodic Table teaching Presentation for A level Chemistry.
You’re teaching A level Chemistry, and let’s face it, you just don’t have time to make those pretty presentations that lay it all out, step by step, progressing from one concept to the next, with the opportunity to consolidate each step as you go.
Here is everything you need in one presentation, split into 6 sections and covering Atoms and The Periodic Table. ALL of the exam boards start with atoms and then move onto Relative mass– kind of fundamental to understanding Chemistry, right? When you teach the next sections depends on which exam board you are doing. The sections are written in such a way that you can slip them into your teaching when you need them. The Alkaline Earth metals and the Halogens are included in their own sections.
Models of the Atom.
Relative mass and the Mass Spectrometer (link to RSC video )
Electronic Structure, Ionisation Energies and Atomic Emission Spectra.
The periodic Table and Periodicity
Group 2: The Alkaline Earth Metals
Group 7: The Halogens
Each section includes worked examples and opportunities to apply the learning, with the application questions worked out on the following slide. Just what you need to teach the topic, so that you can set further questions from the textbook in class or for homework. This pretty presentation will save you loads of time and help you to be the awesome teacher you know it is in you to be.
Are your OCR A A level Chemistry students struggling to remember all those Organic reactions?
Help them to conquer the confusion and answer those reaction pathways questions like a PRO.
The linked video shows how to turn those pathways charts into a game so they can learn them painlessly. Easy peasy!
This set of charts covers the OCR A A level Chemistry specification specifically.
Red boxes show reagent and conditions.
Green boxes show the functional group.
Blue boxes are reaction mechanism and type.
Purple boxes contain further annotations or points to note.
NEW AND IMPROVED and exam board specific organic reaction pathways and worksheets.
Help your OCR A A level chemistry students to learn all those organic reactions.
The completed reaction pathways can be used to memorise the reactions and/or as a reference to check when practising questions.
Use the blank worksheets (whichever version suits your students) as a Quick Quiz to check they have learned them, or as a plenary, or any other way that you think will help your students know these reactions.
**NEW AND IMPROVED ** and exam board specific organic reaction pathways and learning game.
Help your **EDEXCEL A level chemistry **students to learn all those organic reactions painlessly.
Print out the poster for each functional group over several pages and the cards onto card. The game is for students to place the cards in the correct place on the poster. Under pressure to music such as ‘mission impossible’ can help to sharpen the instincts and makes serious learning sociable and enjoyable.
What some people have said about my organic pathways learning games (in my free resources):
“Used effectively as a revision exercise during a cover lesson. Worked well in pairs. Many thanks.”
“Excellent resource for revision.”
“excellent revision aide! I printed first slide full size and the rest of the presentation onto 9 slides per page. laminated it and have all your activities and used them at home tutoring and at school saved my bacon!”
**NEW AND IMPROVED ** and exam board specific organic reaction pathways and learning game.
Help your **OCRA A level chemistry **students to learn all those organic reactions painlessly.
Print out the poster for each functional group over several pages and the cards onto card. The game is for students to place the cards in the correct place on the poster. Under pressure to music such as ‘mission impossible’ can help to sharpen the instincts and makes serious learning sociable and enjoyable.
The completed reaction pathways can be used to memorise the reactions and/or as a reference to check when practising questions.
Use the blank worksheets (whichever version suits your students) as a Quick Quiz to check they have learned them, or as a plenary, or any other way that you think will help your students know these reactions.
What some people have said about my organic pathways learning games (in my free resources):
“Used effectively as a revision exercise during a cover lesson. Worked well in pairs. Many thanks.”
“Excellent resource for revision.”
“excellent revision aide! I printed first slide full size and the rest of the presentation onto 9 slides per page. laminated it and have all your activities and used them at home tutoring and at school saved my bacon!”
**NEW AND IMPROVED ** and exam board specific organic reaction pathways and learning game.
Help your **OCRA A level chemistry **students to learn all those organic reactions painlessly.
Print out the poster for each functional group over several pages and the cards onto card. The game is for students to place the cards in the correct place on the poster. Under pressure to music such as ‘mission impossible’ can help to sharpen the instincts and makes serious learning sociable and enjoyable.
What some people have said about my organic pathways learning games (in my free resources):
“Used effectively as a revision exercise during a cover lesson. Worked well in pairs. Many thanks.”
“Excellent resource for revision.”
“excellent revision aide! I printed first slide full size and the rest of the presentation onto 9 slides per page. laminated it and have all your activities and used them at home tutoring and at school saved my bacon!”
NEW AND IMPROVED and exam board specific organic reaction pathways, learning game and worksheets.
Help your EDEXCEL A level chemistry students to learn all those organic reactions painlessly.
Print out the poster for each functional group over several pages and the cards onto card. The game is for students to place the cards in the correct place on the poster. Under pressure to music such as ‘mission impossible’ can help to sharpen the instincts and makes serious learning sociable and enjoyable.
What some people have said about my organic pathways learning games (in my free resources):
“Used effectively as a revision exercise during a cover lesson. Worked well in pairs. Many thanks.”
“Excellent resource for revision.”
“excellent revision aide! I printed first slide full size and the rest of the presentation onto 9 slides per page. laminated it and have all your activities and used them at home tutoring and at school saved my bacon!”
Use the blank worksheets (whichever version suits your students) as a Quick Quiz to check they have learned them, or as a plenary, or any other way that you think will help your students know these reactions.
NEW AND IMPROVED and exam board specific organic reaction pathways and worksheets.
Help your EDEXCEL A level chemistry students to learn all those organic reactions.
The completed reaction pathways can be used to memorise the reactions and/or as a reference to check when practising questions.
Use the blank worksheets (whichever version suits your students) as a Quick Quiz to check they have learned them, or as a plenary, or any other way that you think will help your students know these reactions.
Are your EDEXCEL A level Chemistry students struggling to remember all those Organic reactions?
Help them to conquer the confusion and answer those reaction pathways questions like a PRO.
The linked video shows how to turn those pathways charts into a game so they can learn them painlessly. Easy peasy!
This set of charts covers the EDEXCEL A level Chemistry specification specifically. Updated version now includes Grignard Reagents.
Red boxes show reagent and conditions.
Green boxes show the functional group.
Blue boxes are reaction mechanism and type.
Purple boxes contain further annotations or points to note.
“Give more detail.” How often does this comment get written next to those unstructured, written response questions? Let’s face it, the chemistry of aromatic compounds really lends itself to those comparison type questions. The reactions and functional group are multi-faceted and influence each other. Scan back through some A level past exam papers and you will see them there. This resource summarises different aspects of aromatic chemistry that might be compared. Similarities and differences are presented in 6 Venn diagrams, laying out the main points to take note of. The planning of answers to different questions is done here, ready to put into a clear, coherent paragraph, depending on the question asked.
Ace those level of response questions in Arenes!
