Worksheet to go with my lesson on "Alkali Metals (Group 1)", or to go with any alkali metals demo.

My shop - OnSpecScience - offers a range of free and paid resources covering KS3 Science and KS4 Chemistry. This document tells you which Year 8 lessons I have available for you to try for free. If you like them, please leave a review and consider buying some of my other lessons. I guarantee they will reduce workload and help to give you your life back :-)

To go with my lesson on Fractional Distillation of Crude Oil.

To go with my Year 8 lesson on "Weathering and Erosion ".

To go with my lessons on “Variation: continuous and discontinuous” and “Variation: data analysis”.

To go with my lesson "Germination and Growth in Plants".

This provides an overview of all lessons needed to complete the Edexcel 9-1 Combined Science and Chemistry (Triple Science) courses. The document outlines what to teach in each lesson (sufficient to fully cover the new specification) and lists equipment for practical lessons wherever needed. Importantly, this document highlights which lessons are Higher Tier only and which are Triple Science only (many schools struggle to grasp this fully). I have found this order of teaching to be effective for gradually building skills and knowledge across two years. Moreover, it nicely breaks up the theory and practical-based topics. Please leave a brief review if you find this overview useful - thanks! BTW, all of these lessons have PowerPoints that can be purchased from my shop and the worksheets are generally available for free (unless copyright protected). Almost all of my lessons are also available in discounted bundles, just browse my shop - OnSpecScience.

This full lesson PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the skeleton and its importance, plus additional components of the musculoskeletal system and the issues that can arise with them. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. This is one of several lessons that I offer for free so users can sample my work before deciding to pay for further resources. The other free lessons that I offer are detailed in the attached document “Year 7 Science lessons checklist”. If you find these lessons useful, please leave constructive reviews and take a look at the many discounted bundles that I offer across KS3 and KS4.

Full Lesson PowerPoint (plus equipment list and worksheet) sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry Core Practical on Combustion of Alcohols. The resource is easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and is appropriate for TRIPLE SCIENCE ONLY, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This full lesson PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about what causes sound and why sounds vary in pitch and volume. As well as containing the required worksheet, this package also contains an outline and equipment lists for the rest of the Sound topic. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. This is one of several lessons that I offer for free so users can sample my work before deciding whether to pay for further resources. The other free lessons that I offer are detailed in the attached document “Year 7 Science lessons checklist”. If you find these lessons useful, please leave constructive reviews and take a look at the many discounted bundles that I offer across KS3 and KS4.

This full lesson PowerPoint (plus suggested practical activity and independent learning tasks) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the ways that particles are arranged in solids, liquids and gases. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. This is one of several lessons that I offer for free so users can sample my work before deciding to pay for further resources. The other free lessons that I offer are detailed in the attached document “Year 7 Science lessons checklist”. If you find these lessons useful, please leave constructive reviews and take a look at the many discounted bundles that I offer across KS3 and KS4.

This PowerPoint (plus worksheet) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about how to calculate relative formula masses and empirical formulae. The resource is required learning for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course, Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tier. It is accessible for students and easy to follow for teachers. Follow-up lessons on Calculations involving Mass (including a practical lesson on Empirical Formula) are available from my shop. They can be purchased individually or, alongside this lesson, as part of a whole-topic bundle.

This full Lesson PowerPoint will allow you to introduce the concept of Electrolysis and examine a few common examples of electrolysis reactions (including suggested practical activity). The resource is easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers. **For Higher-tier students, this lesson should be followed by my subsequent lesson “Electrolysis and Half-equations” to ensure all points on the specification are met. **

This full lesson PowerPoint (including practical activity) can be used to introduce a broad range of abilities to circuit diagrams, circuit building and measuring current in circuits. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. I have also included my Overview and Equipment document for the whole 7J topic. All lessons listed in the document are available from my shop.

This full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical tasks) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the differences between series and parallel circuits. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This PowerPoint allows two lessons to be taught in which students build circuits, observe changes in current, then answer (and mark) in-depth analysis questions about the experiment. The format of the lesson is designed to begin embedding core practical analysis skills at an early age. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This PowerPoint allows two lessons to be taught in which students observe several separation techniques, answer (and mark) in-depth analysis questions, then use the same techniques to process rock salt and produce a purer form of table salt. The format of the lesson is designed to begin embedding core practical analysis skills at an early age. This lesson is best taught at the end of the Year 7 Mixtures and Separations topic. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This PowerPoint is designed to introduce the Law of Conservation of Mass, closed systems and looks at simple examples of conservation of mass in solutions and chemical reactions. This lesson is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is required learning for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers. Be aware: this resource covers the basics; it does not deal with more complex ideas linked to conservation of mass (e.g., reacting masses) as they are covered in a later lesson. As such, this content may take a whole lesson to cover with weaker students but will be completed very quickly with higher-ability / motivated students. Follow-up lessons on Calculations involving Mass are available from my shop individually or, alongside this lesson, as part of a whole-topic bundle.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical activities) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about current and voltage in electrical circuits. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. In theory, this should be one lesson re-capping Year 7 knowledge on how voltage and current are measured and how they behave differently in series and parallel circuits. In practice, many students are not great at building or understanding circuits as they have had limited practice at it, so they struggle in Years 10 and 11. The aim of this double lesson (plus my follow-up lesson on resistance) is therefore to recap and extend Year 7 Electricity, while giving extended practice at building circuits and focusing on accurately connecting ammeters and voltmeters. Hopefully this will leave students better prepared for GCSE Physics.