I made a simple Venn diagram to put these into context. Students find this area difficult.

I set this to a funky beat, in an attempt to aid memory. Play it over and over again. If it’s too large to download, you could play it directly from this page, pressing the fill screen button. Why not play it at the end of many lessons, getting students to chant the names of the functional groups as they appear? A real process of learning.

A very simple information sheet to cover the update of the definition of the mole, since most textbooks will now be out of date.

A simple explanatory sheet for this thorny issue.

A simple cut and stick exercise to consolidate. In black and white. Students love cut and stick exercises.

Simple, black and white.

I have made a little movie to simply distinguish between SN1 and SN2. It is similar my youtube video shown ( no music though- if you want that, just use the youtube!) I have not added commentary, leaving that to the teacher. If required, I could add it. Update: now sn1 improved so it is more simultaneous. Please note: in order to provide a rich interactive experience, my interactive resources are mini-web sites local to your computer. After unzipping, they comprise a folder containing the main .html file and another folder containing the graphic resources and my coding to make the resource work. Double click on the .html file and the resource will work. If, however , you move or delete any of the files from this hierarchy, the resource will not work.

Match the definition to the word. Words taken for AQA GCSE science ‘how science works’ Please note: this can be printed on two sides of the same sheet, because the definitions are on the same side- no need to keep turning over. Update: I have now included a simple presentation with the definitions.

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

One of a series.

Remdesivir is a novel antiviral drug in the class of nucleotide analogs. It has been shown to prevent the coronovirus, an RNA virus, from reproducing. Part of the Practicexamques series.

The clunkiest video ever produced…

A simple, very much introductory worksheet on this topic. Information on the front, a few questions on the back.

Short , overly simplistic, clunky representation of covalent bond at GCSE level. Me experimenting again. It’s a big file, so it’s probably best just to use the link to Youtube on this page.

This is really just a learning document for me to try out some software. It’s a mess , frankly, but use if you wish. PS. the youtube version is of higher resolution. This can be accessed from this page.

Exam boards often take unknown substances and ask students to apply their understanding of chemistry to them. To provide practice answering this type of question, I am developing a series of worksheets with this type of question. The series is called Practicexamquest.

Exam boards often take unknown substances and ask students to apply their understanding of chemistry to them. To provide practice answering this type of question, I am developing a series of worksheets with this type of question. The series is called Practicexamquest.

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Exam boards often take unknown substances and ask students to apply their understanding of chemistry to them. To provide practice answering this type of question, I am developing a series of worksheets with this type of question. The series is called Practicexamquest.

Exam boards often take unknown substances and ask students to apply their understanding of chemistry to them. To provide practice answering this type of question, I am developing a series of worksheets with this type of question. The series is called Practicexamquest. There are six questions.