Over 200 resources available for KS3-KS4 Science, KS5 Chemistry and Whole School! Lesson resources are suitable for live lessons in school, remote teaching at home or independent student study. It’s your choice how you use them 😊 Don’t forgot to explore my free resources too!
Over 200 resources available for KS3-KS4 Science, KS5 Chemistry and Whole School! Lesson resources are suitable for live lessons in school, remote teaching at home or independent student study. It’s your choice how you use them 😊 Don’t forgot to explore my free resources too!
A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on the pH of weak acids. Suitable for the AQA specification
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To recall the expression of pH for weak monobasic acids
To calculate the pH of weak monobasic acids using approximations
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on Buffer Solution Calculations (part 2) (Suitable for the AQA Specification)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To calculate changes in pH when a small amount of acid or alkali is added to an acidic buffer solution
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A complete lesson including starter activity and main work tasks with answers for a KS4 GCSE lesson on electrolysis of ionic compounds. Suitable for AQA GCSE Chemistry and higher tier combined science
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know what electrolysis is and to state its uses
Explain how electrolysis works
Predict the reactions that occur at each electrode
Students will be able to take rich notes on Electrolysis
The lesson presentation enables teachers to guide students through the process of electroylsis and how to predict the products formed from a particular ionic compound
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS4 GCSE lesson on variation. Main work task is differentiated with sentence starters for the 6 mark exam question
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Identify variation causes by genes and by the environment
Describe how variation contributes to an organism’s survival
Explain the mechanisms of genetic variation
Students will be able to take rich notes on variation, building on their KS3 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of variation by carrying our mini AfL questions using A,B,C cards or mini white baords
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided
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A well structured lesson including starter activity and plenary task on reactions of halide ions.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Describe an experiment to identify sodium halides with sulfuric acid (evidence of trend in reducing power)
Describe an experiment to identify metal halides with silver ions
Analyse various experiments (in questions) based on identifying halide ions
Students will be able to take rich notes throughout the lesson
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A well structured lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, and plenary task on trends of physical and chemical properties of halogens
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
To describe and explain the trend in electronegativity, boiling and melting points of the halogens
To describe and explain the trend in oxidising ability of halogens and reducing ability of the halide ions
To outline experiments to support the trend in oxidising ability of halogens
Students will be able to take rich notes on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding on trends of halogens by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
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This lesson enables Year 12 students to plan for their 4th required practical on testing for cations and anions
Students are provided with a step to step guide on how to research hazards associated with chemicals, complete risk assessments, results table and also how to research appropriate practical methods.
Technician/teacher notes on method required are available
The learning objectives of the lesson are to plan for required practical 4 by:
Researching the risks associated with the experiment and creating appropriate risk assessment based on your findings
Researching appropriate experimental methods for testing for group 2 cations, NH4+ ions, CO32- ions, SO42- ions and halide ions
Constructing appropriate results tables to record your observations during the experiment
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Precipitation & Ligand Substitution Reactions. All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
LO1: To recall the colour changes and observations of reactions of Cu2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Mn2+ and Cr3+ with aqueous sodium hydroxide and ammonia (small amounts and in excess)
LO2: To construct ionic equations for the precipitation reactions that take place
LO3: To construct ionic equation of the ligand substitution reactions that take place in Cu2+ ions and Cr3+ ions
LO4: To explain the biochemical importance of iron in haemoglobin, including ligand substitution involving O2 and CO**
**Note: This lesson includes 15 ligand substitution & precipitation reactions students need to remember- students are advised to create flashcards for these reactions (this can be completed as a flip learning homework task). Creation of flashcards should be followed up with a practical lesson on precipitation and ligand substitution reactions- see my TES shop for this practical lesson **
Alternatively: To save students time you can buy this resource with includes 23 printable flashcards of all the transition element reactions: precipitation, ligand substitution and redox reactions (click below for this resource):
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12637622
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Properties of Alcohols
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
**LO1: To identify and explain the intermolecular forces that are present in alcohol molecules
LO2: To explain the water solubility of alcohols, their low volatility and their trend in boiling points
LO3: To classify alcohols as primary, secondary or tertiary alcohols
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Bond Enthalpies
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
LO1: To explain the term average bond enthalpy
LO2: To explain exothermic and endothermic reactions in terms of enthalpy changes associated with the breaking and making of chemical bonds
LO3: To apply average bond enthalpies to calculate enthalpy changes and related quantities
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson (Part 2 of 2) including starter activity, AfL work tasks and practice questions on Redox Titrations
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
**LO1: To describe the practical techniques and procedures used to carry out redox titrations for I2/S2O32-
LO2: To calculate structured titration questions based on experimental results of redox titrations involving I2/S2O32- and non familiar redox systems
LO3: To calculate non-structured titration questions based on experimental results of I2/S2O32-
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks on Limitations of Cell Potentials
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
LO1. To understand the limitations of predicting the feasibility of a reaction using cell potentials due to kinetics and non-standard conditions
LO2. To explain why electrochemical cells may not work based on the limitations of using cell potentials
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson (lesson 2 of 2) including starter activity, AfL work tasks and practice questions with answers on Redox Reactions. Suitable for Year 13 OCR A-Level Chemistry
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
LO1: To understand that the overall increase in oxidation number will equal the overall decrease in oxidation number
LO2: To construct balanced half equations and overall redox equations from reactions in acidic conditions
LO3: To construct balanced half equations and overall redox equations from reactions in alkaline conditions (stretch & challenge)
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson (Part 2 of 2) including starter activity, AfL work tasks and practice questions with answers on Group 2 Compounds
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know the reaction between group 2 metal oxides and water
To state the trend in solubility and alkalinity of group 2 metal hydroxides
To describe the uses of some group 2 compounds including their equations
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
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3 Full Lesson Bundle on Buffer Solutions. This bundle covers the AQA A Level Chemistry specification. Please review the learning objectives below.
**Part 1: Explaining How Buffer Solutions Work
To know a buffer solution is a system that minimises pH changes on addition of small amounts of an acid or base
To describe how a buffer solution is formed using weak acids, salts and weak bases
To explain qualitatively the action of acidic and basic buffers
**Part 2: Buffer Solution Calculations (Part 1)
To calculate the pH of a buffer solution containing a weak acid and the salt of a weak acid by using the Ka expression and pH equation
To calculate equilibrium concentrations, moles or mass of the components of a weak acid-salt of a weak acid buffer solution
Part 3: Buffer Solution Calculations (Part 2)
To calculate changes in pH when a small amount of acid or alkali is added to an acidic buffer solution
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4 Well Structured Lessons on AQA Physics Particle Model of Matter. Suitable for the GCSE Physics and GCSE combined science specification
The following topics are included
Lesson 1: Changes of State
Describe how, when substances change state, mass is conserved
Describe energy transfer in changes of state
Explain changes of state in terms of particles.
Lesson 2: Density
To use the particle model to explain the different states of matter and differences in density
To calculate density, mass or volume using the density equation
Lesson 3: Internal Energy
Describe the particle model of matter
Understand what is meant by the internal energy of a system
Describe the effect of heating on the energy stored within a system
Lesson 4: Specific Heat Capacity
Describe the effect of increasing the temperature of a system in terms of particles
State the factors that are affected by an increase in temperature of a substance
Calculate specific heat capacity
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3 Full Lesson Bundle on Carbon-13 and Proton NMR Spectroscopy. Suitable for the OCR A Level Chemistry specification. Please review the learning objectives below.
Lesson 1: Carbon-13 NMR Spectroscopy
To analyse a carbon-13 NMR spectrum of an organic molecule to make predictions about:
i) The number of carbon environments in the molecule
ii) The different types of carbon environment present from chemical shift values
iii) Possible structures for the molecule
Lesson 2: Proton NMR Spectroscopy (Part 1)
To analyse proton NMR spectra of an organic molecule to make predictions about:
i) The number of proton environments in the molecule
ii) The different types of proton environment present from chemical shift values
Lesson 3: Proton NMR Spectroscopy (Part 2)
To analyse proton NMR spectra of an organic molecule to make predictions about:
i) The different types of proton environment present from chemical shift values
ii) The relative numbers of each type of proton present from the relative peak areas using integration traces or ratio numbers when required
iii) The number of non-equivalent protons adjacent to a given proton from the spin-spin splitting pattern, using the n+1 rule
iv) Possible structures for the molecule
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2 Full Lesson Bundle on Proton NMR Spectroscopy. suitable for the OCR A Level Chemistry specification. Please review the learning objectives below.
Lesson 1: Proton NMR Spectroscopy (Part 1)
To analyse proton NMR spectra of an organic molecule to make predictions about:
i) The number of proton environments in the molecule
ii) The different types of proton environment present from chemical shift values
Lesson 2: Proton NMR Spectroscopy (Part 2)
To analyse proton NMR spectra of an organic molecule to make predictions about:
i) The different types of proton environment present from chemical shift values
ii) The relative numbers of each type of proton present from the relative peak areas using integration traces or ratio numbers when required
iii) The number of non-equivalent protons adjacent to a given proton from the spin-spin splitting pattern, using the n+1 rule
iv) Possible structures for the molecule
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A 16 page pdf summary of all the organic synthesis reactions from the AS and A level AQA Chemistry specification. Students will be able to use this resource directly as part of their revision on organic synthesis/synthetic routes or can make flashcards from them. Reagents and reaction conditions are also included where applicable
Reaction summaries include:
nucelophilic substitution reactions* elimination reactions* free radical substitution reactions* electrophilic addition reactions* oxidation reactions* reduction reactions* ethanol production reactions* electrophilic substitution reactions* nucleophilic addition reactions* nucleophilic addition-elimination reactions* carbon-carbon bond formation reactions* reactions of carboxylic acids* reactions of acyl chlorides* reactions of acid anhydrides* polymerisation reactions* hydrolysis reactions* amine synthesis reactions* Biodiesel formation reactions* Transesterification reactions*
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