A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the second 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: Determine whether a solution is acidic or alkaline, given its colour in indicator Describe the colour changes that occurs when red litmus paper and blue litmus paper are added to acidic, alkaline or neutral solutions 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 introducing them to acids and alkalis. This is an introduction lesson to “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. From this lesson, students should be able to: Know that alkalis are the chemical opposites of acids Give examples of common acidic and alkaline solutions Describe the hazards of using acids and alkalis State how to control the risks of using acids and alkalis Compare concentrated and dilute solutions 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

This is a full 1 hour lesson resource designed for a mid-ability year 9 class studying the AQA GCSE Combined Science specification. This class were at the end of the “Quantitative Chemistry” topic, on the spec point “chemical measurements”. However, this should be suitable for any GCSE class studying errors and uncertainty. By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: Recall the terms systematic error, random error, zero error and parallax error and explain what they mean Identify which type of error is shown from an example Know what ‘uncertainty’ means Calculate uncertainty from a range of results about a mean This lesson is designed to be teachable by a non subject specialist, with all answers and content on the slides. The intention of each slide is made very clear. This lesson contains a range of concrete examples, including a model where students will need to use stopwatches. The mathematical section of this lesson is presented in an “I do, we do, you do” manner with scaffolded examples. Exam questions are included with mark schemes, and plenty of AFL is planned and included. This lesson includes a printable worksheet, with answers. 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 introducing them to mixtures and solutions. This lesson is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of AFL and independent tasks. The lesson contains interesting links such as to George’s Marvellous Medicine and skittles! This lesson resource is designed so it should be teachable by non-specialists. From this lesson, students should be able to: Explain what is meant by the term ‘mixture’ in Chemistry Identify mixtures from particle diagrams Define the key terms ‘solution’, ‘solute’ and ‘solvent’ Identify solutions, solvents and solutes from given examples 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 worksheet on writing chemical formulae, with answers. Two versions are included, PowerPoint and Word. In this worksheet, students will develop the skills of: Using a particle diagram to identify which elements are in a compound, and the relative numbers of atoms of each element in the compound Using particle diagrams and/or written information to write the chemical formulae for compounds Naming familiar two-element compounds Drawing particle diagrams for compounds This worksheet is scaffolded with some gaps filled in to model how to correctly complete the table. This is based on the KS3 Activate curriculum, from Chapter 2 “Elements, atoms and compounds” from Activate 1. However, this should be suitable for any KS3 class or lower ability KS4 class studying chemical formulae.

This lesson is designed for a year 7 class studying the KS3 Activate curriculum in science. This lesson is focused on ‘Chemical Formulae’ from ‘Chapter 2: Elements, atoms, and compounds’ from Activate 1. From this lesson, students should be able to: Name a familiar two-element chemical compound. Determine the chemical formula of a compound, given the relative numbers of atoms of the elements in it. 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

This lesson is designed for a mixed ability year 9 class studying the AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy specification, at the start of the topic ‘Quantitative Chemistry’. This lesson is focused on changes in mass during a chemical reaction where a product is a gas. This lesson contains a guided practical activity (the reaction between calcium carbonate marble chips and hydrochloric acid). A risk assessment is included. There are also plenty of independent practice tasks, as well as exam questions with modelled answers. This lesson also briefly recaps state symbols and balancing symbol equations. 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

This lesson is designed for a year 7 class studying the KS3 Activate curriculum in science. This lesson is focused on ‘Elements’ from ‘Chapter 2: Elements, atoms, and compounds’ from Activate 1. From this lesson, students should be able to: State the definition of an element and list some examples of elements Describe what the Periodic Table shows and use it to find a named element. 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

This lesson is designed for a year 7 class studying the KS3 Activate curriculum in science. This lesson is focused on ‘Atoms’ from ‘Chapter 2: Elements, atoms, and compounds’ from Activate 1. From this lesson, students should be able to: State the meaning of ‘atom’ State the meaning of ‘element’ (in terms of its atoms) 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

This lesson is designed for a year 7 class studying the KS3 Activate curriculum in science. This lesson is focused on ‘compounds’ from ‘Chapter 2: Elements, atoms, and compounds’ from Activate 1. From this lesson, students should be able to: State the meaning of ‘compound’ Explain whether a molecule diagram shows an element or compound Explain why a compound has different properties to the elements whose atoms are in it 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

This lesson is designed for a mixed ability year 9 class studying the AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy specification, at the start of the topic ‘Quantitative Chemistry’. This lesson is focused on calculating relative formula mass. From this lesson, students should be able to independently calculate relative formula mass. 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

This lesson is designed for a mixed ability year 9 class studying the AQA GCSE Combined Science Trilogy specification, at the start of the topic ‘Quantitative Chemistry’. This lesson is focused on isotopes and calculating relative atomic mass. From this lesson, students should be able to: Define the term ‘isotope’ Define the term ‘relative atomic mass’ Calculate the relative atomic mass 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 knowledge organiser / revision poster on the AQA GCSE Chemistry topic ‘electrolysis’. The knowledge organiser covers the key information on the following: The process of electrolysis Oxidation and reduction Electrolysis of aqueous solutions Extraction of aluminium using electrolysis Required practical on electrolysis Half equations in electrolysis

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

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 on “electrolysis”. This lesson focuses on the extraction of aluminium from its ore using molten cryolite. This resource contains: A ‘5-in-5’ retrieval-style starter A lesson hook - how many ways have you used aluminium this week? Introduction slides (dual coding, reduced cognitive load) Embedded YouTube video Written multiple choice quiz based on the video, with answers ‘Speed exam questions’ - short answer questions from ExamPro with answers Written exam questions for students to practise, with scaffolding if necessary Answer slides Game of splat as plenary task - practising key words

A full 1-hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 10 class studying the AQA GCSE Chemistry topic on “Electrolysis”. This lesson focuses on the electrolysis of aqueous solutions, with a specific focus on identifying the products formed at each electrode. This PowerPoint includes: A ‘5-in-5’ retrieval-style starter A retrieval practice task recapping the reactivity series (with varying levels of difficulty / scaffold to choose from) Guided class discussions Introduction slides outlining the rules at each electrode Teacher model slides to practice naming the product at each electrode Hand signal quizzes with answers, to check pupils’ understanding Table for students to copy and complete, practising naming the products at each electrode (varying levels of scaffold to choose from) Exam Questions for students to practise, with varying levels of scaffold to choose from Answer slides A game of ‘splat’ for students to play as a plenary task