Predominately a Chemistry teacher, although I dabble with Biology and Physics too. Most of my schemes of work were planned for either AQA or iGCSE schemes of work at KS4 and the IB at KS5 (although I have no official affiliation with the IB)
Predominately a Chemistry teacher, although I dabble with Biology and Physics too. Most of my schemes of work were planned for either AQA or iGCSE schemes of work at KS4 and the IB at KS5 (although I have no official affiliation with the IB)
A series of three lessons prepared for the AQA GCSE C3.3 unit of work about energetics, including Q=mcT, how to calculate the energy change from bonds broken and bonds made and how to draw enthalpy level diagrams for reactions.
Includes PowerPoints, lesson plans, practicals, activities, worksheets and exam questions to accompany the topic.
This 50 slide PowerPoint was planned as part of the IB schemes of work on Energy. They would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints including many examples, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics covered include:
- Spontaneity and Disorder
- Entropy
- How to predict the sign of an entropy change
- Entropy across period 2
- Standard Entropy Change: ΔSθ
- Predicting whether a reaction will be spontaneous
- Calculating ΔSθ Universe
- Gibbs Free Energy
- At what temperature does a reaction become feasible?
- Gibbs Free Energy and Equilibrium
This unit was planned as part of the iGCSE experimental techniques scheme of work. It was used as an introduction to the iGCSE, and contains differentiated work for students from C/D to A/A* grade.
The unit contains powerpoints, experiments, worksheets, activities and an assessment.
Topics covered include:
- Chemical and Physical reactions
- Melting and boiling points
- Separating techniques - filtration, evaporation, distillation and fractional distillation
- Preparation of a salt
- Chromatography
A PowerPoint covering all the topics covering in Organic Chemistry for the iGCSE Coordinated Science course. The accompanying booklet has gaps and questions for the students to fill in as they go through the PowerPoint.
This was designed for a low ability group with weaker writing skills in order to move through the content more quickly. It includes the topics of:
Crude Oil
Fractional Distillation
Structure of alkanes, alkenes and alcohols
Properties and reactions of alkanes
Cracking of alkanes
Saturated vs. Unsaturated Compounds
Addition reactions of alkenes
Reactions and uses of alcohols
Macromolecules
Synthetic plastics
Addition and condensation polymers
Natural Macromolecules
8 lesson scheme of work planned for KS3 Chemistry - covers material in 9E and 9F on the reactions of metals and metal compounds and the reactivity series.
The scheme of work includes PowerPoints, worksheets, activities and practicals, with each lesson featuring a differentiated task (levels 4-8), enabling all students to make progress.
2 lessons developed for the iGCSE AQA C3.1 unit of work on the Periodic table and its trends.
Includes PowerPoints, lesson plans, practicals, activities, worksheets, exam questions and videos to accompany the topic.
A series of three lessons prepared for the AQA GCSE C3.5 unit of work about equilibria
Includes PowerPoints, lesson plans, practicals, activities, worksheets and exam questions to accompany the topic.
Unit of work on structure and bonding focusing on the four different types of bonding - ionic, covalent (simple and giant) and metallic.
The Unit includes a PowerPoint and a booklet. The booklet provides spaces for the students to fill in answers as they go through the PowerPoint and also includes an exam question summary of each type of bonding. The answers to the questions are also included.
Could be used for students to learn the topic independently in a flipped classroom setting, or in class with a lower ability group.
Scheme of work planned for the IGCSE scheme on equilibria, but would be suitable for other exam boards too.
PowerPoints cover:
Equilibria and how they can be altered
Properties, reactions and uses of Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Ammonia
The Haber Process
Properties, reactions and uses of Sulphur, Sulphur Dioxide and Sulphuric Acid
The Contact Process
Also included are a practical activity and a computer research task (could be a homework)
Scheme of work designed for year 9 (starting the GCSE course early) on making salts. However it could also be used for a low-mid ability year 10/11 group
This resource includes:
- A full scheme of work, with objectives, practical activities etc.
- Presentations for the 6 lessons
- Worksheets
- Some exam style questions that could be used as an end of topic test, or as practice questions.
Lesson Titles:
- Recapping acids and alkalis
- Making soluble salts - metals and acids
- Making soluble salts - bases and acids
- Making soluble salts - metal carbonates and acids
- Making soluble salts - alkalis and acids
- Making insoluble salts
These three 2 week KS3 scheme of work were designed to take 4x100 minute lessons each. The aim of the projects were to guide students to research, test, ´market´ and evaluate their own product. These products were a fertiliser, a chemical hand-warmer and a mobile phone chargers.
The lessons are broken down as follows:
Lesson 1 - Research and Planning
Lesson 2 - Testing options
Lesson 3 - Product Design
Lesson 4 - Pitching the design to peers and evaluation
Originally designed to link Science with Business and Enterprise, they could also be used to encourage the use of transferable skills in science, and would make independent and interactive ´end of year´ activities.
Three homework projects for the Exploring Science 8 and 9 schemes of work on Elements and the Periodic Table, Metals and their reactions and Environmental Chemistry.
Each project comes with a level ladder style success grid for students to maximise their learning
Scheme of work planned for the iGCSE Air and Water Unit. The scheme of work contains PowerPoints, worksheets, activities, experiments, homework and an assessment.
Topics covered:
- Water
- Composition of Air
- Pollution
- Catalytic Converters
- Gas Tests
A series of three lessons prepared for the AQA GCSE C3.2 unit of work about hard and soft water, the process of water softening and the purification of water.
Includes PowerPoints, lesson plans, practicals, activities, worksheets, exam questions and videos to accompany the topic.
These sheets ask questions which when answered summarise the whole of the iGCSE Chemistry course, with one sheet per topic.
They can be used one at a time, at the end of a topic, or at the end of the year as a revision resource
Obviously they don´t go into as much detail as past paper questions but they do provide a basic summary of questions that students must know the answers to in each topic
The answers to this exercise are now also available in my shop
A series of four lessons prepared for the AQA GCSE C3.4 unit of work about qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Lessons on cation and anion testing, titrations and how to calculate the concentration of a solution
Includes PowerPoints, lesson plans, practicals, activities, worksheets and exam questions to accompany the topic.
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.2 and B.7
It includes 2 full PowerPoints, along with a student versions to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete. It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
- 2 amino acids and their behaviour as zwitterions
- Gel electrophoresis
- Paper chromatography
- Peptides
- Hydrolysis of peptides
- Proteins - primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures
- Acid-base properties of amino acids and proteins
- Acid-base buffers
- Enzymes
- Induced fit theory
- Non competitive and competitive inhibition
- The Michaelis-Menten equation
- Protein Assays
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!
This unit was planned as part of the iGCSE metals and metal extraction scheme of work.
The unit contains powerpoints, experiments, worksheets, activities and an assessment.
Topics covered include:
- Properties and uses of metals
- Reactions of metals with water, oxygen and acid
- Reactivity Series
- Extraction of metals
- The Blast Furnace
- Alloys and Steel
- Electrolysis of molten substances and aqueous solutions
- Extraction of Aluminium
- Electrolysis of brine
- Purification of copper
These 3 PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB schemes of work on Energy. They would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics covered include:
- The difference between heat and temperature
- Endothermic and Exothermic reactions
- Stability and enthalpy changes
- Standard enthalpy change of reaction (ΔHΘr)
- Measuring Standard enthalpy change of combustion (ΔHΘc) including calculations
- Measuring enthalpy changes in solution including calculations
- Hess´Law
- Standard Enthalpy Change of Formation (ΔHΘf)
- Bond Enthalpies and Average Bond Enthalpies
- Born Haber Cycles
- Comparison of Lattice Enthalpies
- Dissolving Ionic Substances
- Hydration Enthalpies
These two PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Equilibria, and cover the necessary content for both the Standard and Higher Level topics. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics included are:
- The difference between reversible reactions and equilibria
- Dynamic equilibrium and the characteristic of the equilibrium state
- Physical equlibria
- What is meant by the term ´position of equilibrium´
- Le Chatelier´s Principle
- Effect of temperature on the position of equilibrium
- Effect of pressure on the position of equilibrium
- Effect of concentration on the position of equilibrium
- Effect of a catalyst on the position of equilibrium
- The General Equilibrium Law
- Calculating the equilibrium constant
- The reaction quotient
- Effect of changing reaction conditions on Kc
- Calculating the equilibrium constant from the number of moles of reaction components
- Calculating the concentrations of reaction components from the equilibrium constant
- Explaining the effect of changes in concentration on Kc
- Explaining the effect of changes in pressure on Kc
- The relationship between equilibrium and Gibbs Free Energy
- Calculating Kp