Reaction mechanisms are beautiful dances, with the dancing atoms throwing out two (heterolytic ) or one (homolytic) arms out to their partner. Thus, I added a little beat to this reaction mechanism.

A simple handout illustrating a simple calculation of percentage yield. May save you some time.

Part of a series. I tend to do one for my students when we come across an example in a question.

I made a tiny presentation for teaching ester nomenclature. Students are challenged with a few structures and challenged to name them. The following slide gives the answer. Available in powerpoint and keynote.

with some easter eggs

I have tried to produce a clear example of an acid/base titration for use on the board or as a handout. I used colour to make it as clear as possible.

For display.

Label the diagram.

As it says on the tin. Suitable for AQA GCSE chemistry.

I made a simple worksheet about density. 5 pages. Two of info, one table of values, a page of questions and my answers. I have now added a keynote and powerpoint version.

Use the proton NMR trace to distinguish which is which.

An explanation of paper chromatography in a movie, with voiceover. In this animation, the dyes don’t smear, so students can see what is meant to happen, rather than what really does.

This is also available on my You Tube channel below.

A device to help students remember the first ten names of the alkanes, and hence have the key to IUPAC nomenclature

A cut N stick version of my interactive cycle.

One of a series.

I have tried to illustrate the concept of separation of water molecules rather than breaking covalent bonds when water is heated with a quick and dirty animation. Click on the water boiling.html file and it will run in your browser.

A very short & simple video showing transfer of an electron from sodium atom to chlorine atom

Colourful contextual diagram about amides.

I got out my felt pens again and made a naive little movie of this reaction, just to show where the atoms come from and go to. No mechanism in sight.