A full 1 hour lesson resource designed for a mixed ability year 10 class studying the AQA GCSE Chemistry specification. This lesson is from the ‘electrolysis’ topic and guides students through the Required Practical on electrolysis. This resource contains a guided PowerPoint (inc. a health and safety slide), and a student method sheet with a results table and application questions. The slide contains answers to the application questions. My lesson resources always contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1-hour lesson resource designed for a mixed ability year 10 class studying the AQA GCSE Chemistry topic of electrolysis. This lesson focuses on writing half equations This lesson includes detailed teacher models and worked examples with animations and specific questions to support students’ metacognition. Many practice questions are included which are ramped in difficulty to build confidence, and contain answer slides. Students work up to completing exam questions at the end of the lesson. My lesson resources always contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

An end of year science quiz suitable for all secondary school science pupils, designed for years 7-10. There are six rounds. Each round is in the style of a classic television game show. The rounds are: Round One - Who wants to be a millionaire? Students answer multiple choice questions from a range of topics (Biology, Chemistry and Physics). Students can unanimously decide to use one of the lifelines available. Round Two - Are you smarter than a 10 year old? Students answer multiple choice questions from the primary school science curriculum, from school years 3-6. Round Three - The price is right! Students make numerical estimates based on scientific questions, e.g. how many times your heart beats a day. The team closest to the correct answers wins. Points are deducted if students go over the correct answer. Round Four - Wheel of fortune. Scientific key terms are displayed on the board with most of the letters missing. A short clue is given. Students have to figure out what the key terms are. Round Five - Pointless. Students are asked a scientific question where they need to name something. Points are given for the most obscure answer. Round Six - Countdown. Students are given eight letters in a jumble, and a brief clue. Students have until the end of the countdown clock to solve the jumbled science key word.

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 4th lesson in “Chapter 4 - Acids and Alkalis” from Activate 1, Chemistry. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Chemistry class, even by those where Chemistry is not their specialism. This lesson includes a practical demo (universal indicator rainbow). From this lesson, students should be able to: Define the term ‘base’ and identify bases by name (metal oxides, metal hydroxides and metal carbonates) Describe how pH changes during a neutralisation reaction Explain how antacids work All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 5th and final lesson in “Chapter 4 - Acids and Alkalis” from Activate 1, Chemistry. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Chemistry class, even by those where Chemistry is not their specialism. This lesson includes a practical demo (a magic trick with “water” into “wine”) and a class practical activity (using litmus paper to test different household solutions). From this lesson, students should be able to: Recall the general word equation for a neutralisation reaction Name the salts produced in reactions with acids Complete word equations for specific neutralisation reactions Complete word equations for the reactions between a metal and an acid All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the first lesson in “Chapter 1 - Particles and their behaviour” from Activate 1, Chemistry. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Chemistry class, even by those where chemistry is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Recall that materials are made up of particles Recall that all particles in a substance are the same Use the particle model to describe the properties of a substance List the four factors that affect the properties of a substance All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 6th and penultimate lesson in “Chapter 1 - Particles and their behaviour” from Activate 1, Chemistry. This lesson is on ‘more changes in state’. I have chosen to focus this lesson on evaporation and condensation, and not discuss sublimation. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Chemistry class, even by those where chemistry is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Explain what is meant by ‘evaporation’ Describe the changes in the arrangement and movement of particles when a liquid evaporates Compare boiling and evaporation Explain what is meant by ‘condensation’ Describe the changes in the arrangement and movement of particles when a liquid condenses All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 7th and final lesson in “Chapter 1 - Particles and their behaviour” from Activate 1, Chemistry. This lesson is on ‘diffusion’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Chemistry class, even by those where chemistry is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Recall the definition for the key term ‘diffusion’ Explain why diffusion happens in terms of particles Explain how temperature, particle size and state affect the rate of diffusion All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the second lesson in “Chapter 1 - Particles and their behaviour” from Activate 1, Chemistry. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Chemistry class, even by those where chemistry is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Identify and draw particle diagrams for solids, liquids and gases Describe the arrangement and movement of particles in solids, liquids and gases Use the particle model to explain the properties of solids, liquids and gases (e.g. explain why solids and gases cannot be compressed) All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 4th lesson in “Chapter 1 - Particles and their behaviour” from Activate 1, Chemistry. This lesson is on ‘melting and freezing’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Chemistry class, even by those where chemistry is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Explain what is meant by the terms ‘melting’, ‘freezing’ and ‘change of state’ To describe what happens to the particles in a substance when it melts or freezes. To state the factor in the particle model that explains why different substances have different melting points Estimate the melting point of a substance from its temperature-time graph All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 5th lesson in “Chapter 1 - Particles and their behaviour” from Activate 1, Chemistry. This lesson is on ‘boiling’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Chemistry class, even by those where chemistry is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Explain what is meant by the term ‘boiling’ Describe what happens to the particles in a liquid when it boils Use given information about a substance’s melting point and boiling point to predict its state at room temperature All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A revision placemat overviewing a topic on acids and alkalis, designed for a top set year 8 class. Could be used for a lower ability KS4 class. The revision placemat is double sided, with trickier content on the back e.g. symbol equations - could be printed single sided if needed. Topics covered: Examples of acids and alkalis pH scale Use of universal indicator and litmus paper Neutralisation reactions Word equations for neutralisation reactions Matching acids to their sources (from food and drink) Balanced symbol equations for neutralisation reactions

A science-themed Christmas quiz for secondary age students (11-16). Quiz rounds include: Multiple choice: Guess the silly animal name Matching animals to their group names, e.g. a murder of crows, a pride of lions Anagrams of scientific key words Close up microscope images ‘The science of Christmas’ - science general knowledge with a Christmas theme

A colour-coded worksheet to scaffold writing word equations for displacement reactions. The worksheet contains a description of displacement reactions, a reactivity series for reference, an example of a completed word equation, and 15 questions for students to attempt ramped in difficulty. Eventually students should work up to writing word equations for displacement reactions without needing the colour coding.

Designed for students studying the AQA GCSE Chemistry syllabus, although also suitable for AQA GCSE Combined Science students. This is an A3 Knowledge Organiser which details the following: How to read a periodic table What a ‘group’ tells us in the periodic table Atomic structure Position of alkali metals, halogens, noble gases and transition metals in the periodic table Trends in reactivity of alkali metals Trends in reactivity of halogens Why noble gases are inert Physical and chemical properties of transition metals

A full hour lesson designed for year 7 as part of an ‘introduction to science’ unit, teaching key science skills to new students in KS3. This full hour lesson resource contains: A ‘5 in 5’ style retrieval starter recapping key concepts from primary school, plus questions on lab safety An embedded animated video showing and naming key scientific apparatus in the lab A scavenger hunt activity, for students to find key practical equipment in the science lab Introduction slides on 2D drawings of apparatus Whiteboard quiz on naming / drawing apparatus, with answers An independent task on drawing apparatus, with answers A written plenary task

A full hour lesson designed for year 7 as part of an ‘introduction to science’ unit, teaching key science skills to new students in KS3. This full hour lesson resource contains: A ‘5 in 5’ style retrieval starter recapping key concepts from primary school, lab safety, scientific apparatus, and measuring A lesson hook about fireworks Retrieval practice - recap Bunsen burner safety Direct instruction on how to light a Bunsen burner A health and safety slide An apparatus slide Clear practical instructions on how to light a Bunsen burner Clear practical instructions on how to do flame tests A written plenary task

A full hour lesson designed for year 7 as part of an ‘introduction to science’ unit, teaching key science skills to new students in KS3. This full hour lesson resource contains: A ‘5 in 5’ style retrieval starter recapping key concepts from primary school A slide on expectations in science lessons An activity spotting lab safety issues from an image, with answers (can be printed if preferred) An embedded music video An introduction into hazard symbols A hand signal quiz on hazard symbols An independent task on hazard symbols, with answer slide A written plenary task