Kinetic Theory, Mixtures and Solutions, Separating Mixtures - Three Fully Resourced Lessons Plus Smart Board Bingo

Three fully resourced lessons on particle (kinetic theory of matter), the composition and properties of mixtures and separating mixtures for middle school plus a challenging but enjoyable game of smart board bingo for reinforcement or test prep. The lesson pack contains over 50 printable resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lessons to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. For each lesson, these features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made.

Topics Included

• Three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.
• Arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and gases.
• Properties of solids, liquids and gases in terms of the arrangement of their particles.
• Change of state including sublimation.
• Pressure in gases and the effect of increasing the number of particles and temperature and decreasing volume.
• Diffusion.
• Elements and compounds are pure substance and mixtures are not.
• Meaning of the terms solute, solvent, solution, soluble and insoluble.
• Particle theory to explain why stirring, temperature and particle size affect the rate of dissolving.
• Particle theory to explain dissolving, suspensions and saturated solutions.
• Extracting information from solubility curves.
• The composition and physical properties of mixtures
• Evaporation to dryness and crystallisation
• Distillation
• Fractional distillation
• Filtration
• Chromatography

What’s included for Each Lesson

• Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz ansd all answers to classwork and homework
• Flip it (pupils write questions to given answers
• Anticipation guide (combined starter and plenary)
• Foldable (students make their own notes)
• Cut – and -stick activity students make their own notes)
• Worksheets to support PowerPoint
• Fact sheet
• Homework (x3)
• Fact share worksheet
• 12 Taboo cards
• Pupil progress self – assessment checklist
• Exit ticket
• Suggested lesson plan showing possible choices between resources.

What is Included For Bingo

• Random question generator for smart board (interactive white board) – 50 questions
• Answer PowerPoint plus answer sheet
• 48 bingo cards
• Answers PowerPoint

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