Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on acids and alkalis. In this lesson students will learn about the properties of acids and alkalis, give some examples of common household acids and alkalis and explain the differences between dilute and concentrated solutions. Note: the Activate course which these lessons follow is unusually difficult for year 7 for this topic. We suggest using the mid-ability version of the comprehension questions in the last activity. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -Starter task -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: acid, alkali, solute, solution, solvent and corrosive) -Task boxes -Consolidation exercise -True or false discussion exercise -Next lesson Indicators https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12707120 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on indicators and pH. In this lesson students will learn how to use the pH scale to measure acidity and alkalinity, to describe how indicators can be used to measure how acidic or alkaline a solution is and to name some different types of indicators. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -Starter task -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: indicator, neutral, pH scale, Universal Indicator, red litmus paper and blue litmus paper) -Task boxes -Double-sided handout sheet task -Consolidation questions -Next lesson Neutralisation https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12710923 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on diffusion. In this lesson students will learn how to describe how particles spread out by diffusion, explain the factors which affect how quickly diffusion happens and give some examples of diffusion. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -A group reading task (literacy) -Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: fluid, concentration, diffusion, collide and oxygen) -A task box exercise -A handout sheet task -Note taking from an experiment to show how particle size affects diffusion rate -Answer slides included -Next lesson Gas Pressure https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12676255 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ short lesson on composite materials. In this lesson pupils will describe what a composite material is and explain, with examples, why composite materials are often better than their individual components alone. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keyword task (vocabulary: composite material, fibre, reinforced and CFRP) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12793864 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on neutralisation reactions. In this lesson students will learn what neutralisation means, some examples of uses for neutralisation reactions and how the pH changes during neutralisation reactions. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -Starter task -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: neutralisation, base, acid rain, acid lakes, acidic soil) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Data interpretation -A problem solving task -Next lesson Making Salts https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12711124 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on evaporation and distillation. In this lesson students will explain how evaporation can be used to separate substances, explain how distillation works and identify the correct method for separating different types of mixture. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: distillation, crystal and condenser) -Task boxes -Handout sheet -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson chromatography https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12789200 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on states of matter. In this lesson students will learn how to describe the properties of solids, liquids and gases. They will use the particle model to explain the properties of substances in each of the three states. These slides can be used as a stand-alone or incorporated into a practical lesson. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -A group reading task (literacy) -Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: compress, flow, matter, vibrate and state of matter) -A handout sheet task defining solids, liquids and gases and creating a factfile. -Questions and challenge questions -Answer slides included -Next lesson Melting and Freezing https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12977344 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on groups and periods of the periodic table. In this lesson students will use data patterns to predict the properties of elements and explain what is meant by a group and a period. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: groups, periods, transition metal, reactivity, atomic mass and atomic radius) -Labeling exercise -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Data interpretation (numeracy) with graph drawing extension -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Group 1 Elements https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12982261 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on solutions. In this lesson students will use the particle model to show how solutes are dissolved in a solvent and practice using key vocabulary to describe solutions. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: solution, solvent, solute, miscible and immiscible) -Task boxes -Identification (Solute or Solvent?) -Comprehension task -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Solubility https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12786674 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ short lesson on Earth and Atmosphere. In this lesson pupils will describe the layers of the earth, the composition of the atmosphere and practice using pie charts. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keyword task (vocabulary: atmosphere, crust, mantle, outer core and inner core) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Sedimentary Rocks https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12794488 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on evaporation and sublimation. In this lesson students will learn how to explain why liquids can evaporate below their boiling point, explain why we sweat and describe sublimation and deposition. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -A group reading task (literacy) -Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: boiling, evaporation, condensation, sublimation and deposition) -A task box exercise -A sorting task to summarize the difference between boiling and evaporation -A handout sheet on state change -Recall questions on particle theory and state change -Next lesson Diffusion https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12977379 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ Short lesson for practicing state changes vocabulary, describing how particle arrangement changes during state changes in very simple terms and a conceptual introduction to particles gaining and losing energy. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson is designed as an EAL supplementary to this topic bundle for building vocabulary; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12676566 It slots between lessons 2 and 3 and can also be used for SEND. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -A group reading task (literacy) -Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: melting, boiling, condensing, freezing and state of matter) -Labelling task -Identify -Task boxes -Recall questions on particle theory and state change www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete revision lesson for Chemistry C1c (Metals, Acids and Materials). This lesson covers the major topics from this unit and can be used to revise for end of topic tests or to address knowledge gaps identified in the end of topic assessments. In this lesson students will revise: -Metal reactions in acids, oxygen and water -Displacement reactions -Extracting metals from ore -Ceramics -Polymers -Composite materials -Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12790135 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the particle model. In this lesson students will learn how to use the particle model to explain why different materials have different properties. These slides can be used as a stand-alone or incorporated into a practical lesson. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -A group reading task (literacy) -Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: material, particle, substance, mixtures and properties) -Task boxes -A numeracy development task -A slide for taking notes on the three factors which give materials their properties -Answer slides included -Next Lesson States of Matter (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12660766) www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on Charge. In this lesson pupils will describe the structure of an atom, describe how objects can become charged and make predictions about what will happen with different charge combinations. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 2 KS3 course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keyword task (vocabulary: electron, proton, neutron, charge and electric current) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Comprehension questions -True of False -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Circuits and Current https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12797999 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Sir! Can we have a fun lesson before the break? Dr T: Absolutely! Hey! This is like all your other lessons- you just drew bunny ears on some of the test tubes! Dr T: Exactly. Fun. … Easter themed revision lesson for key stage 3 year 8 chemistry covering the topic of acids and alkalis. Happy Holidays! In this lesson students will revise: -Acids and alkalis -Indicators and pH -Neutralisation reactions -Acids and metals -Answer slides included for self-assessment www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on boiling and condensing. In this lesson students will learn how to describe in detail how substances boil and condense and to explain how we can use melting and boiling points to identify substances and check whether they are pure. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -A group reading task (literacy) -Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: distillation, pure substance, mass, conserved and force) -A task box exercise -A numeracy task to practice data interpretation and determining states of matter from melting and boiling points -A true or false recap activity -Answer slides included -Next lesson Evaporation and Sublimation https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12675915 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

NEW for 2024: Science skills programme for key stage 3. … A series of ten short activities (with self-assessment slides) designed to give students the opportunity to refresh and practice their general science skills. These can be delivered in lessons or as homework and are a great way to demonstrate that you are actively working to develop their fluency and scientific literacy. … Independent and dependent variables Control variables Predictions and hypothesis Choosing equipment Writing a method Risk assessment Recording data Processing data Displaying data Conclusions … Three different versions of the sheets for years 7, 8 and 9 All aspects of the sheets are fully editable Can be printed in gray scale Answer slides are included to allow students to self-assess … More from our science skills programme: Laboratory Skills https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13107713 Understanding Experiments https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13112267 Graphs and Tables https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13109182 Number Skills https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13133725

Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. Two part concentration calculations presentation with worked examples and accompanying worksheets for teaching and revision. This resource follows the AQA Chemistry GCSE syllabus. Check my shop for other courses and topics: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo Content Covered: Part 1: mass/volume and moles/volume Part 2: conversion and titration calculations www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo