This PowerPoint (including an independent learning activity) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the structure of atoms and the characteristics of protons, neutrons and electrons. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This full lesson PowerPoint (including practical activity) can be used to teach a broad range of abilities about evaporation and boiling, and how to evaporate the solvent from a solution. This lesson assumes that students have already had a lesson to train them in lighting and using Bunsen burners. If this has not been done, I have a suitable lesson available in my shop entitled “Science Practical Skills - Using Bunsen Burners”. 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 will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about how and why ions form and how they bond to form new compounds. You will also need to download the FREE “SC5a Ionic Bonding worksheet” from my shop The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with independent and practical learning activities) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about the many energy stores and transfers that exist. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with independent learning activities) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about fossil fuels, how they form, and what the issues are 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.

Full lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about environmental variation, including daily and seasonal changes. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about everyday examples and real-world applications of refraction. This lesson does not teach about the basic principles of refraction. It is a follow-up lesson designed to be delivered after my practical lesson on Refraction of Light. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical task) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about simple explosions and the difference between chemical and physical changes. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This full lesson PowerPoint (including practical activity) can be used to teach a broad range of abilities about mixtures and how to separate certain mixtures using filtration. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. When doing this lesson, it will benefit students if they have already had some experience of naming equipment and / or drawing scientific diagrams. If this has not been done, I have a suitable lesson available in my shop entitled “Science Practical Skills - Equipment and Safety”. I have also included my Overview and Equipment document for the whole 7E topic. All lessons listed in the document are available from my shop.

This full lesson PowerPoint and worksheet (with answers) will allow you to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson on Molar Volumes of Gases. The resource is easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and is appropriate for Triple Science classes, Higher tier only.

This full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical tasks) will allow you to teach two lessons to a broad range of abilities about the extraction of metals from their ores. This is an important topic at GCSE level so it’s a good idea to provide an early introduction during Key Stage 3. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. Also included is an outline and equipment list for this whole topic; the other lessons are available to buy individually and as a bundle from my shop, OnSpecScience.

This PowerPoint (with suggested practical activity) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the three states of matter, conversions between these states and how to prepare/interpret a heating curve. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about how to name ionic compounds and predict their formulae, including using of brackets to write the formula for compounds containing polyatomic ions. You will need to download the FREE resource, “SC5b Ionic Formulae worksheet” which is available from my shop. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical tasks) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about catalysts and the difference between endothermic and exothermic reactions. These are important topics at GCSE level so it’s a good idea to provide an early introduction during Key Stage 3. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This full lesson PowerPoint is designed to teach Year 7 students about Bunsen burners and how to light and use them safely. This is the third in a series of three lessons I have planned which focus solely on teaching students about the basics of safe and accurate practical work. Visit my shop to find the other lessons in this series: Year 7 Equipment and Safety Year 7 Measuring Skills Plus a whole catalogue of other KS3 Science and KS4 Chemistry lessons.

Full Lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Biology lesson on Efficient Transport and Exchange Systems including the new content on surface area to volume ratio. 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.

This PowerPoint (including a suggested practical investigation) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the properties of ionic substances and why they exist. For the practical task you will need to download the FREE resource “SC5c Testing Ionic Compounds method” from my shop, OnSpecScience. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This full lesson PowerPoint (plus independent learning activity and worksheet) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about plant and animal cells, organelles and their functions. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This full lesson PowerPoint will allow you to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson on Chemical Cells and Fuel Cells. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for TRIPLE SCIENCE ONLY, Foundation and Higher tiers. Please note that this lesson covers the Edexcel Chemistry Paper 1 content on chemical cells and hydrogen fuel cells. “Recall that a chemical cell produces a voltage until one of the reactants is used up” “Recall that in a hydrogen–oxygen fuel cell hydrogen and oxygen are used to produce a voltage and water is the only product” “Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of fuel cells for given uses” This lesson does not cover the Paper 2 content comparing and contrasting hydrogen and petrol as fuels. For that content, see my lesson SC20f on Cracking and Alternative Fuels.

Full Lesson PowerPoint (including suggested practical task) sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Biology lesson on Microscopes, focusing on many of the magnification calculations and other numeracy elements that are key to the 9-1 specification. 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.