Top lesson for carrying out the core practical - making copper sulfate. Full method and equipment checklist as well. Includes a starter lesson, focused on the higher end. For the extension tasks you could use the Pearson textbook.(combined science or chemistry version) WARNING: Risk Assessment must be completed before attempting this (or any practical with students)

Simple lesson based on rust and corrosion. Refers to some sheets/page refs from exploring science if you use that scheme - if not use whatever sheets you do,

Edexcel core practical focused on electrolysis with inert (graphite electrodes). Includes starter quiz, practical observation sheet , summary sheet and suggested further tasks ( page number relates to Pearson textbook - Combined Science, though any relevant textbook will do). Should save you some time!

Simple lesson about rusting and corrosion. Including guidance in how pupils can set up their own rusting experiment.

A lesson all about the structure of the alcohols and how ethanol is made using the two main industrial methods. The end tasks are linked to the standard Pearson Chemistry textbook. ppt includes a variety of different video links showing how ethanol is made.

A lesson all about those lovely fuel cells and how they work. Presentation includes links to 3 separate H cell you tube videos for you to choose from. Final activities link to the standard Pearson textbook.

A great little review lesson for this topic. Helpful if you have the standard combined science textbook for one of the tasks. Includes starter. main tasks and plenary. State the 4 bonding model types Describe their properties Explain their properties Deduce unknown substances from their data Evaluate the pro’s and cons of the way the models are represented

Theory and straightforward practical linked to ores and metal extraction via reduction. In this case copper from copper oxide.

Intro lesson to the alcohols and their typical reactions State what an organic compound is Identify one from molecular pictures State their general formula State some of their uses Explain what products form when they react with sodium and oxygen Write full symbol equations for the reactions above

A lovely little lesson for introducing concentration in g/dm3. The accompanying worksheet gets more challenging as they move through the questions. Calculators will be needed!

Nice easy lesson to keep the students busy in the week leading up to xmas. A simple challenge using standard lab equipment. Can they use their scientific skills to work out the correct volume of water needed to make Santa’s “perfect cuppa”.

Titration practical suitable for AS students who need practice with the technique and the standard type of calculations. Results table and example calculation.

Intro lesson for year 7 to get them acquainted with the standard pieces of equipment you will find in a standard school lab.

Lesson on the basics of atomic structure and nomenclature. Can be adapted for all levels. Lesson includes… Starter discussion Atomic structure - key facts Recap task Explaining why atoms are neutral How to interpret mass and atomic number Application task Summary slide Spec Ref: 1.2,1.3,1.4, 1.7, 1.8

A lesson for lower attaining pupils to help them predict states of matter given melting and boiling points for different substances. The main activity involves students deciding whether certain substances will be solid liquid or gas on the different planets of the solar system. This could be a desk-bound actovity or you could print the imahes of the planets and their average temperatures and students could circulate the room to complete the activity. Suitable for mid-low attaining GCSE group or a sparky KS3 group.

A resource that would be useful for higher achieving KS3 students or as a reminder about formulas at the beginning of GCSE Combined Science or Chemistry Main presentation includes 2 activities that can be printed or copied from the board. Also a word doc which has some more challenging questions. Both the power point and the word document can be easily amended to suit your class. Lesson length 50 minutes

A practical investigation looking at the solubility of sugar. Simple practical involving identification of variables, data collection and practical analysis questions at the end. Could be fit into an hour lesson or perhaps a double lesson depending on how long you give students to collect data. Simple to resource - no unusual bits of kit needed.

A lesson on simple and fractional distillation - including links to relevant videos. Lesson includes quick starter questions and main written tasks linked to the combined science textbook by Pearson.

A lesson about Mendeleev and the development of the periodic table. Includes a starter quiz . Useful video link, questions and some research questions. A top class resource for a pretty dull topic!

A lesson focused on the properties of ionic compounds and explanation of those properties. Includes a starter activity and excercises linked to Pearson combined textbook (if you have them) and an Active Learn sheet (if you subscribe to it).