An active reading worksheet that contains a lot of information. Pupils read it through and then read it again to give titles to paragraphs. Then they have to read it again to sift out various bits of information. Reviews welcome

Thanks to google earth for the satellite images. This shows the area round Vesuvius and allows pupils to discuss why some people live in the shadow of volcanoes.

A practical worksheet on the whiteboard to save with photocopying. A simple prac, put rocks in water, dry off and see if they have gained mass. A sample set of results are included. Comments welcome

A few facts to begin with to show the amount of waste produced by metal extraction. Then asks pupils to consider the effects of a nearby farm discovering copper and selling up to become a copper mine.

An animated powerpoint that explains adsorption and solubilities.

Starting with the mining of bauxite and the processing to make alumina. It then moves on to a useful animation of the electrolysis process that doesn’t need flash If you like this, leave a review, some constructive criticism or some questions. For more resources, many of them free, visit; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/mrlowe or go and look at my most popular resource, 65,000 downloads (when it was free) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-rates-of-reaction-animated-powerpoint-updated-and-worksheets-12890327

Why NMR is used in preference to IR

Students write formulae from names and calculate relative molecular masses from formulae. A simple two sided sheet that covers all the formulae and masses needed in the Y10 OCR course but will be useful for other boards. comments welcome.

A fact-packed powerpoint that starts with the newly formed Earth and its volcanic emission and finishes with the modern atmosphere. Comments welcome

Shows ozone formation and destruction in the normal stratosphere. Shows role of cfcs in destroying ozone and consequent reduction in UV absorbed Based on GCSE syllabus but includes all Y12 Green Chemistry equations. Comments welcome

A powerpoint that shows how to calculate %Composition and sets it in the context of fertilisers

This is a three slide powerpoint. Print out the first two and you have a cut and paste activity. I added the third slide so that pupils could self mark the activity. It saves a lot of writing about intercourse which some pupils in year seven find difficult to do. Comments and feedback welcome

A power point to show the alkane family properties both chemical and physical.

A simple table of common ions that pupils can reference when working out formulae. Old fashioned but great for those stretching and challenging formulae questions

A powerpoint that shows the triester structure of fats and then looks at the different types of fatty acids. Comments welcome

A lot of spectra, collected by functional group. Students can see, for example, the clear 3300-3000cm-1 peak for all alcohols. A useful blank table at the start, complete at the end for peer marking.

This powerpoint is meant to be used in conjunction with a molecular modelling kit. Students work in groups to build what they think are the isomers called for. They can then rotate the chains to find out which ones are the same. Namenclature can also be tested Comments welcome.

An introduction to Mass Spectroscopy. The theory and some examples of simple fragmentation patterns. If you like this, leave a review, some constructive criticism or some questions. For more resources, many of them free, visit; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/mrlowe or go and look at my most popular resource, 65,000 downloads (when it was free) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-rates-of-reaction-animated-powerpoint-updated-and-worksheets-12890327 or go and look at my Y7 and Y8 revision resources, https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12890318 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12885586

A pretty powerpoint that tries to answer the question, How do we know that we are in space?

Shows the overlap of p orbitals to make the delocalised system.