a simple worksheet/writing frame for a basic candle burning experiment

a simple cut out and sort or join up word matching exercise on acids and alkalis

a quite simple worksheet on group seven usefull for a lower ability set

a simple fire triangle starter sheet could be used with lower ability groups

simple hydrocarbon element cards that can be used with pupils to make simple hydrocarbons, good kinaesthetic activity for low ability pupils

a simple starter activity of a polluted city with a timeline for pupils to describe what the city is/was like now and in the past, a good thinking activity

a blank atomic structure sheet for using with pupils to explain electron structure

Top trumps of the elements.

a fun end of term activity where pupils choose a planet or moon from the star wars universe and complete a series of challenges based on their chosen planet or moon - all challenges are the same but the choice of planet can make the tasks easier or harder - my pupils loved this :) - all resources needed are included in the powerpoint i used moylmods and lego for the building challenges

To get the pupils to learn atomic structure we made models of atoms using sweets if they make them on paper with clean hands they can eat them afterwards. We used white and milk chocolate buttons as the protons and neutrons and martians as the electrons with strawberry bootlaces to show the outer elcetron shells, the pupils understood the concept so well we went on to building atoms of oxygen and berylium as well to discuss how the shells fill up, a picture of their models is included and then we evaluated their models and the effectiveness of the model using the sheet attached

a picture of a brainiac experiment on alkali metals in a 5 questions framework, as a starter for the pupils

a simple table for pupils to complete summarising the main features of the group one metals

a poster for display that helps pupils produce a good scientific conclusion

a useful poster for display that helps pupils produce a structured evaluation

an AFL assessment with level ladder aimed at levels 4-7 for the simple chemical reactions topic

bath bombs are made with a 2:1 ration of sodium bicarobnate to Citric acid, recipes can be found easily on the internet, this lesson gets pupils to make bath bombs and then sequence the method and choose words for their advert

Two powerpoints, one on sources of electricity (including renewable sources) with a picture of the blue lagoon in Iceland, which is geothermal, and another about showing tectonic plates pulling apart in Pingvellir national park, a volcanic crater and geyser along with the beautiful Gulfloss waterfall and the blue lagoon

Stolen from lots of other places on the TES this is a handy little revision tool for the new edexcel science spec for chemistry

A grinch themed science lesson - i would get pupils to solve the challenges with lego and materials. using toys or lego animals for pets. and different sized toner boxes with gifts hidden in them for the pupils to retrieve.

A worksheet and activity that uses coloured playballs to help pupils visualise balanced equations, they use the attached key to build the reactions on the worksheet and balance them