This is a chemistry lesson designed for the 2016 specification for the exam board AQA. The updated specification specifically makes reference to chlorine and iodine and so the results of alkene tests with these halogens has been included. There is a practical that is based on a RSC practical. Instructions and safety advice for the practical are included in the lesson. Please only carry out the practical in a room with windows that is well ventilated. The lesson starts with a recap of cracking - this is taught previously in my scheme of work. It then moves on to alkene formulae. The students then carry out the alkenes and bromine water practical. They then write word and symbol equation for the tests. More able students can identify the functional groups in the molecules. The lesson finishes with a fun plenary using whiteboards. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

Dative covalent bonding A level chemistry

This is a lesson designed for the updated 2016 GCSE chemistry specification for AQA and was not previously included in additional science. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is a worksheet designed to support Key Stage 3 and GCSE students with being able to work out the state of a substance at a given temperature. It is particularly useful in being able to answer GCSE chemistry questions about the halogens - e.g. being able to predict the state of astatine. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

These cards provide information about 4 fictional plants and provide information about the height of the plant, length of root hair cell, number of chloroplasts in each leaf cell, time to grow, yield and other information such as drought tolerance. Students can use in a variety of plants lessons. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This lesson forms part of the AQA 2016 specification organic chemistry scheme of work. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is chemistry lesson designed for the 2016 specification for the exam board AQA and topic 4.7 organic chemistry. This lesson covers content that is new to GCSE and was previously covered only in A level chemistry. The challenge with planning this is that students are greatly limited by what they learn at GCSE. For example they do not learn about terms such as 'arene', 'carbonyl', 'amine' and do not recognise that (CH2)6 = CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2. The lesson recaps addition polymers then introduces condensation polymers as polymers that are found in nature as well being man-made. There is an exam of an easier A level past paper question on identifying the monomers. Most A level questions on this topic are far too challenging to be put into the 2016 GCSE specification. Students then compare the environmental impact of natural vs manmade polymers (RSC paper cups activity - link has been provided) and answer a 6 mark exam question. They then peer mark the exam question using a student friendly marking grid. There is the option of carrying out a bioplastics practical that I have created - note that the bioplastics take at least 2 days to dry out. Please rate these resources and leave feedback.

This is a glossary to help students revise ionic bonding and periodicity.

Green chemistry A level chemistry - includes ozone depletion, free radical, production of ethanol. Exam questions and answers are included to demonstrate progress. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is a lesson designed for the 2016 AQA GCSE chemistry specification. In my scheme of work it follows the topics of crude oil and properties of different fractions. Students are introduced to the terms 'homologous series' and 'functional group'. These terms are clearly mentioned in the specification. Students learn about these formulae: molecular, displayed and skeletal. Students make ethene using plastic molymods or they could use the paper molymods supplied. They will need paper fasteners to attach the atoms and the bonds. They then complete the formula worksheet then describe then explain the trend with reference to intermolecular forces. The lesson ends with an exam question plenary. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is a lesson for the new 2016 AQA GCSE specification that forms part of the atomic structure scheme of work. Included in the lesson are links to RSC practical advice. Answers to the worksheet are provided. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

These are thoroughly differentiated resources designed for an AS level chemistry lesson on reduction of carbonyl compounds. Objectives are framed as learning questions and graded C to A. There are clear AFL plenaries using mark schemes. There is a graded Who Wants to be a Millionaire quiz for an end plenary. The starter is an engaging scents demo using butanal (pleasant) and butanoic acid (rancid butter). Pace and student effort is the key to delivering an outstanding lesson using these resources. Mark schemes can be printed. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is a lesson for A level chemistry where students are introduced to Hess Law through the topic of vectors that they would have learned at GCSE. The lesson starts with a GCSE recap on vectors then moves into discussing that some enthalpy changes reactions cannot be calculated or are difficult to calculate and so alternative reactions are used. Students then learn that the exams require them to use a few types of enthalpy change to calculate an unknown enthalpy change. These are bond enthalpies, enthalpy of combustion and enthalpy of formation. Students are told how to draw the arrows. Please note that this a very difficult topic for all students and do not assume that the lesson can be rushed for the brightest students. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is a thoroughly planned lesson with assessment and activities on constructing Born Haber cycles for ionic compounds. The starter recaps enthalpy of formation and so this is required learning from the lessons before. The first main activity uses the enthalpy changes card sort. This checks the students understanding of lattice enthalpy, ionisation energy , electron affinity, enthalpy of formation, enthalpy of atomisation and bond enthalpy. This card sort can be printed on A4 paper or laminated and cut out for a kinesthetic activity. The answers are included on the PowerPoint of the card sort. The lesson then moves on to constructing Born Haber cycles and then finishes with exam questions on the PowerPoint. Extra exam questions are included separately.

This is the second lesson in a an Energetics scheme of work for the first year of A level chemistry. The starter is an enthalpy change definitions match up activity and therefore knowledge of different types of enthalpy change is required learning. The lesson then moves into writing symbol equations for different enthalpy changes. There are various demo practicals that could be shown at this point in the the lesson - such as the hydrogen balloon or the ethanol rocket. There are then tips given about using the formula q = mc delta T with two worked examples. Students then answer three questions. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is a presentation that I gave to colleagues at a TeachMeet event on using Socrative as an ICT assessment for learning tool. This presentation provides 8 tips for teachers on how to effectively use Socrative in their classrooms.

There are two resources - an example lesson and a tube map slide that is easy to modify. This is a student friendly alternative way of sharing learning outcomes with students at the start of lesson and assessing their learning at the end. The first slide can be shown to the students. Each tube line represents a different part of the lesson. The learning outcomes start easier and then become more challenging as the lesson progresses. The second slide can be printed and used as a personal learning checklist for the lesson and as an assessment for learning tool. Students rate their confidence on a scale of 1 to 5. 1 is low and 5 is high. They can share this score with the teacher using their fingers. They write this score in the left of the two boxes at the start and in the right of the two boxes after a learning activity.