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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!
20 well structured chemistry lessons covering topics in Module 4 of the OCR Specification: **Core Organic Chemistry **
*(Note: Lessons on Analytical techniques: IR and Mass spectroscopy are sold as a separate bundle in my shop) *
Lesson 1: Organic and Inorganic Compounds
To describe what organic and inorganic compounds are
2 To compare the strength of bonds in organic and inorganic compounds
To explain the molecular shape of carbon containing compounds
Lesson 2: Naming organic compounds
To know the IUPAC rules for naming alkanes and alkenes
To know the IUPAC rules for naming aldehyde, ketones and carboxylic acids
To construct structural or displayed formulae from named organic compounds and name organic compounds from the structural or displayed formulae
Lesson 3: Types of formulae
To know what is meant by the terms empirical and molecular formula
To compare the terms general, structural, displayed and skeletal formula
To construct organic compounds using either of the 6 types of formulae
Lesson 4: Isomers
To describe what structural isomers and stereoisomers are
To construct formulae of structural isomers of various compounds
To construct formulae of E-Z and cis-trans stereoisomers of alkenes
Lesson 5: Introduction To Reaction Mechanisms
To understand that reaction mechanisms are diagrams that illustrate the movement of electrons using curly arrows
To understand where curly arrows being and where they end
To identify and illustrate homolytic and heterolytic bond fission in reaction mechanisms
Lesson 6: Properties of Alkanes
To know alkanes are saturated alkanes containing sigma (σ)bonds that are free to rotate
To explain the shape and bond angle round each carbon atom in alkanes in terms of electron pair repulsion
To describe and explain the variations in boiling points of alkanes with different carbon chain lengths and branching in terms of London forces
Lesson 7: Combustion of Alkanes
To understand why alkanes are good fuels
To recall the equations (both word and symbol) for complete combustion of alkanes
To recall the equations (both word and symbol) for incomplete complete combustion of alkanes
Lesson 8: Free Radical Substitution of Alkanes
To know what a free radical is
To describe the reaction mechanism for the free-radical substitution of alkanes including initiation, propagation and termination
To analyse the limitations of radical substitution in synthesis by formation of a mixture of organic products
Lesson 9: The Properties of Alkenes
1.To know the general formula of alkenes
2. To explain the shape and bond angle around each carbon atom of a C=C bond
3. To describe how π and σ bonds are formed in alkenes
Lesson 10: Addition Reactions of Alkenes
To know what an electrophile is
To describe what an electrophilic addition reaction is
To outline the mechanism for electrophilic addition
Lesson 11: Addition Polymerisation
To know the repeat unit of an addition polymer deduced from a polymer
To identify the monomer that would produce a given section of an addition polymer
To construct repeating units based on provided monomers
Lesson 12: Dealing with Polymer Waste
To understand the benefits for sustainability of processing waste polymers by:
Combustion for energy production
Use as an organic feedstock for the production of plastics and other organic chemicals
Removal of toxic waste products such as HCl
To understand the benefits to the environment of development of biodegradable and photodegradable polymers
Lesson 13: Properties of Alcohols
To identify and explain the intermolecular forces that are present in alcohol molecules
To explain the water solubility of alcohols, their low volatility and their trend in boiling points
To classify alcohols as primary, secondary or tertiary alcohols
Lesson 14: Oxidation of Alcohols
To know that alcohols can undergo combustion reactions in the presence of oxygen
To know alcohols can be oxidised by an oxidising agent called acidified potassium dichromate
To know the products and reaction conditions for the oxidation of primary alcohols to aldehydes and carboxylic acids
To know the products and reaction conditions for the oxidation of secondary alcohols to ketones
Lesson 15: Other Reactions of Alcohols
To know the elimination of H2O from alcohols in the presence of an acid catalyst and heat to form alkenes
To know the substitution of alcohols with halide ions in the presence of acid to form haloalkanes
Lesson 16: Haloalkanes and their Reactions (part 1)
To define and use the term nucleophile
To outline the mechanism for nucleophilic substitution of haloalkanes
Lesson 17: Haloalkanes and their Reactions (part 2)
To explain the trend in the rates of hydrolysis of primary haloalkanes in terms of the bond enthalpies of carbon-halogen bonds
To describe how the rate of hydrolysis of haloalkanes can be determined by experiment using water, ethanol and silver nitrate solution
Lesson 18: Haloalkanes and the environment
To know how halogen radicals are produced from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the action of UV radiation
To construct equations for the production of halogen radicals from CFCs
To construct equations for the catalysed breakdown of ozone by Cl. and other radicals (NO.)
Lesson 19: Practical skills for organic synthesis
To demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of the use of Quickfit apparatus for distillation and heating under reflux
To understand the techniques for preparation and purification of an organic liquid including:
Lesson 20: Synthetic routes in organic synthesis
To identify individual functional groups for an organic molecule containing several functional groups
To predict the properties and reactions of an organic molecule containing several functional groups
To create two-stage synthetic routes for preparing organic compounds
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A structured Year 13 KS5 lesson ( lesson 2 of 2) on Concentration-Time Graphs. Lesson includes starter activity, worked examples and Afl quiz
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To deduce zero & first order reactants from concentration-time graphs
To calculate the rate constant of a first order reactant using their half-life
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on the acid dissociation constant Ka
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To understand the acid dissociation constant, Ka, as the extent of acid dissociation
To know the relationship between Ka and pKa
To convert between Ka and pKa
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and plenary task all with answers on Neutralisation & Titration Curves
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To interpret titration curves of strong and weak acids and strong and weak bases
To construct titration curve diagrams of strong and weak acids and strong and weak bases
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on the pH of weak acids
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
To analyse the limitations of using approximations to Ka related calculations for ‘stronger’ weak acids
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on IR Spectroscopy. Suitable for OCR AS Chemistry.
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
To understand the absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric gases containing C=O, O-H and C-H bonds, their suspected link to global warming and resulting changes to energy uses
2)To understand how infrared spectroscopy works
3)To understand the application of infrared spectroscopy
To interpret IR spectra
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on Covalent and Dative Covalent Bonding
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
To know covalent bonding as electrostatic attraction between a shared pair of electrons and the nucleus
To construct dot and cross diagrams of molecules and ions to describe single and multiple covalent bonding
To apply the term average bond enthalpy as a measurement of covalent bond strength
To know what a dative covalent bond is
To construct dot and cross diagrams of molecules and ions to describe dative covalent bonding
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A complete KS5 lesson including starter activity, main work task and answers on acid-base titration procedures
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
Outline the techniques and procedures used when preparing a standard solution of required concentration
Outline the techniques and procedures used when carrying out acid–base titrations
Determine the uncertainty of measurements made during a titration practical
All tasks have worked out answers which will allow students to self assess their work in the lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and practice questions with answers on The Structure of The Periodic Table
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know how the periodic table is arranged
To describe the periodic trend in electron configurations across periods 2 and 3
To classify elements into s, p and d blocks
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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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on Metallic Bonding and Structure
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To describe the structure of metals
To explain metallic bonding as strong electrostatic attraction between cations and delocalised electrons
To explain the physical properties of giant metallic structures
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on Amino Acids And Their Reactions
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know the general formula for an α-amino acid as RCH(NH2)COOH
To understand the following reactions of amino acids:
(i) reaction of the carboxylic acid group with alkalis and in the formation of esters
(ii) reaction of the amine group with acids
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on Chirality
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know that optical isomerism is an example of stereoisomerism, in terms of non- superimposable mirror images about a chiral centre
To identify chiral centres in a molecule of any organic compound.
To construct 3D diagrams of optical isomers including organic compounds and transition metal complexes
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A complete lesson including starter activity, risk assessment and post practical plenary questions on Chemistry Required Practical :Preparing a pure, dry sample of a soluble salt from an insoluble oxide or carbonate
Lesson includes lab report for students to fill in
By the end of this lesson KS4 students should be able to:
→ Describe a practical procedure for producing a salt from a solid and an acid
→ Explain the apparatus, materials and techniques used for making the salt
→ Describe how to safely manipulate apparatus and accurately measure melting points
This lesson should be taught as a practical lesson
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A well structured lesson including starter activity and mini AfL questions on relative atomic mass and relative formula mass. Suitable for AQA GCSE Chemistry and Combined Science (higher tier and foundation)
The lesson begins with a short starter task (DO NOW) on understanding the numbers in the periodic table
By the end of this lesson KS4 students should be able to:
To identify the relative atomic mass of an element from the periodic table
To be able to define the term relative atomic mass
To calculate relative formula masses from atomic masses
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 complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS5 lesson on isomers (structural isomers and stereoisomers). Suitable for the OCR specification
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
To describe what structural isomers and stereoisomers are
To construct formulae of structural isomers of various compounds
To construct formulae of E-Z and cis-trans stereoisomers of alkenes
Students will be able to take rich notes on isomers, building on their KS4 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding on isomers by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks with answers included on Standard Electrode & Cell Potentials (Part 1 of 2)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
**To describe techniques and procedures used for the measurement of :
**i) Cell potentials of metals or non-metals in contact with their ions in aqueous solution
**ii) Ions of the same element in different oxidation states in contact with a Pt electrode
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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A structured KS5 lesson (Part 1 of 2) including starter activity, AfL work tasks and practice questions with answers on Group 2 Elements
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
Know group 2 elements lose their outer shell s2 electrons to form +2 ions
State and explain the trend in first and second ionisation energies of group 2 elements and how this links to their relative reactivities with oxygen, water and dilute acids
Construct half equations of redox reactions of group 2 elements with oxygen, water and dilute acids and to identify what species have been oxidised and reduced using oxidation numbers
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3 Full Lesson Bundle (including a FREE revision lesson!) on Buffer Solutions. This bundle covers the OCR 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 strong alkalis
To explain the role of the conjugate acid-base pair in an acid buffer solution such as how the blood pH is controlled by the carbonic acid–hydrogencarbonate buffer system
**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 the pH of a weak acid-strong alkali buffer solution
To calculate equilibrium concentrations, moles or mass of the components of a weak acid- strong alkali buffer solution
Part 4: BONUS Revision Lesson
To review how to calculate the pH of a buffer solution containing a weak acid and a strong alkali
To review how to calculate the pH of a buffer solution containing a weak acid and the salt of the weak acid
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Two lesson bundle covering the three types of intermolecular forces for the OCR Specification (but also applicable to AQA and Edexcel specification)
Lesson 1: Intermolecular Forces (Part 1) covers London forces and Permanent Dipole-Dipole Interactions. In lesson 1 students will:
Understand intermolecular forces based on induced-dipole interactions and permanent dipole-dipole interactions
Explain how intermolecular forces are linked to physical properties such as boiling and melting points
Compare the solubility of polar and non-polar molecules in polar and non-polar solvents
Lesson 2: Intermolecular Forces (part 2) covers Hydrogen Bonding. In lesson 2 students will:
Understand hydrogen bonding as intermolecular forces between molecules containing N, O or F and the H atom of –NH, -OH or HF
Construct diagrams which illustrate hydrogen bonding
Explain the anomalous properties of H2O resulting from hydrogen bonding
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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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on the synthesis of hydroxynitriles. Suitable for AQA A level Chemistry.
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know how to name hydroxynitriles
To understand the steps of the nucleophilic addition reaction mechanism to form hydroxynitriles
To be able to explain how a racemic mixture of hydroxynitriles can be produced
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