Predominately a Chemistry teacher, although I dabble with Biology and Physics too. Most of my schemes of work were planned for either AQA or iGCSE schemes of work at KS4 and the IB at KS5 (although I have no official affiliation with the IB)
Predominately a Chemistry teacher, although I dabble with Biology and Physics too. Most of my schemes of work were planned for either AQA or iGCSE schemes of work at KS4 and the IB at KS5 (although I have no official affiliation with the IB)
This unit was delivered to cover unit 8 of the IB - Acids and Bases, however it would be suitable for most post-16 programs of study.
It begins by recapping the subjects that students should be familiar with from GCSE, before building into more advanced topics. Each PowerPoint comes with a ´student version´ which has gaps for the students to complete, and contains several exercises for students to do. I have also included past paper questions and answer schemes.
Topics covered are:
- What are acids and bases?
- Bronsted Lowry acids and bases (and conjugate acids and bases)
- Amphiprotic and amphoteric substances
- Lewis acids and bases
- Reactions of acids with metals, metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal carbonates and metal hydrogencarbonates, bases and alkalis
- Making salts
- What is pH and how to calculate the pH of both acids and bases
- Using the dissociation constant of water to calculate pH
- Acid deposition - how it occurs and how it can be treated
- Calculations involving Ka, pKa, Kb, pKb, pH and pOH
- Using the relationships Kw = Ka x Kb and pKa + pKb = pKw
- Titration curves for titrations involving any combination of strong and weak acids and bases
- Indicators - how to select a suitable indicator for a titration
- How to calculate the pH of salt solutions
- Buffers - what are they, how are they made and how do they work (including calculations)
This unit was delivered to cover unit 9 of the IB -Redox Processes, however it would be suitable for most post-16 programs of study.
It begins by recapping the subjects that students should be familiar with from GCSE, before building into more advanced topics. Each PowerPoint comes with a ´student version´ which has gaps for the students to complete, and contains several exercises for students to do. I have also included past paper questions and answer schemes.
Topics covered are:
Reduction and Oxidation
Oxidation states and how to determine them
Naming compounds using oxidation states
Oxidising and reducing agents
Half equations in molten substances
Half equations in acidic solutions
The activity series
Redox titrations
Winkler method to determine biochemical oxygen demand
Voltaic Cells
Electrolytic Cells
Cell potentials
The standard hydrogen electrode
Ecell and spontaneity
Working out cell potentials
Polarity and direction of electron flow
The electrochemical series
Electrolysis of aqueous solutions
The effect of the nature of electrodes on the products
Electroplating
Electrolysis of water
Quantitative electrolysis
This PowerPoint was planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Organic Chemistry, and covers some of the necessary content for the Higher Level topics. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are the fully completed PowerPoint, a student version of the PowerPoint with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics covered include:
- Cis-trans isomerism
- Conformational isomerism
- Optical isomerism
- Optical Isomers and Plane-polarised light
- Racemic mixtures
- Diastereoisomers
These two PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Organic Chemistry, and covers some of the necessary content for the Higher Level topics. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics covered include:
- Nucleophilic Substitution mechanisms of primary, tertiary and secondary halogenoalkanes
- Factors affecting the rate of nucleophilic substitution
- Electrophilic Addition mechanisms
- Markovnikov´s Rule
- Electrophilic subtitution mechanisms
- Reduction Reactions
- Reaction pathways and synthetic routes
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.2 and B.7
It includes 2 full PowerPoints, along with a student versions to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete. It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
- 2 amino acids and their behaviour as zwitterions
- Gel electrophoresis
- Paper chromatography
- Peptides
- Hydrolysis of peptides
- Proteins - primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures
- Acid-base properties of amino acids and proteins
- Acid-base buffers
- Enzymes
- Induced fit theory
- Non competitive and competitive inhibition
- The Michaelis-Menten equation
- Protein Assays
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.5
It includes a full PowerPoint, along with a student version to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete. It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
- Vitamins
- Preventing deficiencies
- Water and fat solubilities of vitamins
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D
- Decomposition of vitamins
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.4. It may also be suitable for other Biochemistry topics in another syllabus
It includes a full PowerPoints, along with a student version to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete. It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
- Monosaccharides
- Reducing sugars
- Disaccharides
- Polysaccharides
- Starch, glycogen and cellulose
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.1
It includes a full PowerPoint, along with a student version to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete.
Topics covered are:
- Metabolism
- Biochemical reactions in terms of oxidation and reduction
- Respiration
- Photosynthesis
- Hydrolysis and Condensation reactions
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!
This unit was planned as part of the iGCSE metals and metal extraction scheme of work.
The unit contains powerpoints, experiments, worksheets, activities and an assessment.
Topics covered include:
- Properties and uses of metals
- Reactions of metals with water, oxygen and acid
- Reactivity Series
- Extraction of metals
- The Blast Furnace
- Alloys and Steel
- Electrolysis of molten substances and aqueous solutions
- Extraction of Aluminium
- Electrolysis of brine
- Purification of copper
10 homework projects for the Exploring Science 8 and 9 schemes of work on:
8A - Food and Digestion
8C - Microbes and Disease
8E - Classifying Elements
8I - Heating and Cooling
9B - Health and Fitness
9C - Plants
9E - Metals and their reactions
9G - Environmental Chemistry
9I - Electricity in the home
9L - Pressure
Each project comes with a level ladder style success grid for students to maximise their learning
These two PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Periodicity, including Transition Metal Chemistry and the Chemistry behind coloured complexes, and cover the necessary content for both the Higher Level topics. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics included are:
- Electronic structures of the Transition Metals
- Electronic structures of Transition Metal ions
- The definition of a Transition Metal
- Properties of Transition Metals
- Variable oxidation states and the trend in First Ionisation Energies
- Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism
- Complex Ions
- Transition Metals as catalysts
- How colour occurs in compounds
- Ligand Field Theory
- Which Transition Metals are coloured and which are colourless and why
- Factors which affect colour - including identity of the metal, charge on the metal and identity of the ligand
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers all the topics at HL. It would also be suitable for other schemes of work.
It includes 4 full PowerPoints, along with student versions to use as notes, which have spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete.
It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
Proteins
- 2 amino acids and their behaviour as zwitterions
- Gel electrophoresis
- Paper chromatography
- Peptides
- Hydrolysis of peptides
- Proteins - primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures
- Acid-base properties of amino acids and proteins
- Acid-base buffers
- Enzymes
- Induced fit theory
- Non competitive and competitive inhibition
- The Michaelis-Menten equation
- Protein Assays
Nucleic Acids
- Nucleic Acids
- Nitrogeneous Bases and Nucleotides
- ATP
- The structure of DNA
- DNA profiling
- DNA replication
- Transcription
- Genetic Engineering
Biological Pigments
- Coloured compounds and biological pigments
- Carotenes
- Porphyrins
- Haemoglobin
- Factors affceting oxygen uptake in haemoglobin
- Foetal haemoglobin
- Cytochromes
- Chlorophyll
- Anthocyanins
- Melanin
Stereochemistry in Biomolecules
- Stereoisomerism
- 2-amino acids
- Fischer and CORN projections
- Stereochemistry in Carbohydrates
- Stereochemistry cyclic forms of monosaccharides
- Stereochemistry in cellulose
- Stereochemistry in fatty acids
- Stereochemistry in retinal and vision chemistry
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers all the topics at SL. It would also be suitable for other schemes of work.
It includes 6 full PowerPoints, along with student versions to use as notes, which have spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete.
It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
Introduction to Biochemistry
- Metabolism
- Biochemical reactions in terms of oxidation and reduction
- Respiration
- Photosynthesis
- Hydrolysis and Condensation reactions
Proteins
- 2 amino acids and their behaviour as zwitterions
- Gel electrophoresis
- Paper chromatography
- Peptides
- Hydrolysis of peptides
- Proteins - primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures
- Acid-base properties of amino acids and proteins
- Acid-base buffers
- Enzymes
- Induced fit theory
- Non competitive and competitive inhibition
- The Michaelis-Menten equation
- Protein Assays
Lipids
- Fatty acids
- Triglycerides
- Calculating the iodine number
- Hydrolysis of triglycerides
- Rancidity of fats
- Energy values of fats
- Phospholipids
- Steroids (including cholesterol)
- Sex hormones
- Anabolic steroids
Carbohydrates
- Monosaccharides
- Reducing sugars
- Disaccharides
- Polysaccharides
- Starch, glycogen and cellulose
Vitamins
- Preventing deficiencies
- Water and fat solubilities of vitamins
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D
- Decomposition of vitamins
Environmental Impacts of Biochemistry
- Xenobiotics
- Metabolism of xenobiotics
- DDT
- PCBs
- Heavy metal toxicity
- Pharmaceutically active compounds and detergents
- Host-guest complexes
- Polymers
- Green Chemistry
This PowerPoint was planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Medicinal Chemistry, and covers the necessary content for the D.3 section. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are the fully completed PowerPoint, a student version of the PowerPoint with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions, with markschemes.
Topics covered include:
- Morphine: Structure and action; side effects; withdrawal
- How opiates cross the blood-brain barrier
- Diamorphine
This PowerPoint was planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Medicinal Chemistry, and covers the necessary content for the D.5 section. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are the fully completed PowerPoint, a student version of the PowerPoint with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions, with markschemes.
Topics covered include:
- The differences between viruses and bacteria
- The structure of viruses
- How viruses reproduce and replicate
- How viruses are treated by interrupted stages of the replication process
- Oseltamivir and Zanamivir - structure and action
- HIV and AIDS
- Treatment of HIV and AIDS
This PowerPoint was planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Medicinal Chemistry, and covers the necessary content for the all of the Standard and Higher Level units. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
It includes 9 full PowerPoints, along with student versions to use as notes, which have spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete.
It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
Pharmaceutical Products and Drug Design
- Routes of drug administration
- Theraputic Effects of Drugs
- The Placebo Effect
- Side Effects
- Calculation of the Therapeutic Index
- The Therapeutic Window
- Bioavailability
- Tolerance and Addiction
- Drug Action
- Drug Development by both Drug Design and Drug Discovery
Aspirin and Penicillin
- History of Aspirin
- Method of Producing Aspirin
- Calculating the % Yield of Aspirin produced from Salicyclic Acid
- Effects of Aspirin
- Soluble Aspirin
- Development of Penicillin
- Structure of Penicllin
- How Penicillin Works
- Antibiotic Resistance
Opiates
- Morphine: Structure and action; side effects; withdrawal
- How opiates cross the blood-brain barrier
- Diamorphine
pH regulation of the stomach
- The need for stomach acid
- pH calculations to determine the concentration of acid in the stomach
- Antacids: equations for their reactions with stomach acid; side effects; calculation of quantity of acid neutralised
- Regulation of acid production using both H2-histamine receptor blockers (Zantac) and proton pump inhibitors (Omeprazole and Esomeprazole)
- Acid-base buffers: definition and calculations
- Hydrogencarbonate and carbonate buffers
Antivirals
- The differences between viruses and bacteria
- The structure of viruses
- How viruses reproduce and replicate
- How viruses are treated by interrupted stages of the replication process
- Oseltamivir and Zanamivir - structure and action
- HIV and AIDS
- Treatment of HIV and AIDS
Environmental impacts of Biochemistry
- Effects of PACs on the environment
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Nuclear Waste (both LLW and HLW)
- Chlorinated solvent waste
- Supercritical fluid waste
- Green Chemistry
- Biotechnologies in Green Chemistry
Taxol
- The Discovery of Paclitaxel
- Isolation of Taxol
- Structure of Taxol
- Semi-synthetic production of Taxol
- Clinical use of Taxol
- The use of chiral auxiliaries to produce one enantiomer of Taxol
- Confirmation of the purity of a single enantiomer drug
- Thalidomide
Nuclear Medicine
- The use of radionuclides in medicine
- Types of ionising radiation
- Radiotherapy
- Radioactive Decay
- Targeted alpha therapy
- Boron neutron capture therapy
- Use of gamma emitters in radiotherapy
- Radiodiagnostics
- Positron Emission Tomography
- Use of Technetium-99m
- Half life and decay constant calculations
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Drug Detection and Analysis
- Worked example of the identification of aspirin by NMR, IR and Mass Spectrometry
- Worked example of the identification of an unknown compound from NMR, IR and Mass Spectrometry
- Extraction and purification of organic products
- Worked example of hormone concentration using partition coefficients
- How polarity affects the partition coefficients
- Raoult´s Law
- Fractional Distillation
- Drug detection in sports
- Drug detection in forensic science
- Chemistry of breathalyzer tests
- HPLC and Gas chromatography
This PowerPoint was planned as part of the Higher Level IB scheme of work on Medicinal Chemistry, and covers the necessary content for the D.8 section. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are the fully completed PowerPoint, a student version of the PowerPoint with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions, with markschemes.
Topics covered include:
- The use of radionuclides in medicine
- Types of ionising radiation
- Radiotherapy
- Radioactive Decay
- Targeted alpha therapy
- Boron neutron capture therapy
- Use of gamma emitters in radiotherapy
- Radiodiagnostics
- Positron Emission Tomography
- Use of Technetium-99m
- Half life and decay constant calculations
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
This PowerPoint was planned as part of the Higher Level IB scheme of work on Medicinal Chemistry, and covers the necessary content for the D.7 section. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses referring to Taxol or the use of chiral auxiliaries.
Included are the fully completed PowerPoint, a student version of the PowerPoint with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions, with markschemes.
Topics covered include:
- The Discovery of Paclitaxel
- Isolation of Taxol
- Structure of Taxol
- Semi-synthetic production of Taxol
- Clinical use of Taxol
- The use of chiral auxiliaries to produce one enantiomer of Taxol
- Confirmation of the purity of a single enantiomer drug
- Thalidomide
These PowerPoints were planned as part of the Standard Level IB schemes of work on Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, and covers the necessary content for the all of the Standard Level units. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
It includes 12 full PowerPoints, along with student versions to use as notes, which have spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete.
It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
Pharmaceutical Products and Drug Design
- Routes of drug administration
- Theraputic Effects of Drugs
- The Placebo Effect
- Side Effects
- Calculation of the Therapeutic Index
- The Therapeutic Window
- Bioavailability
- Tolerance and Addiction
- Drug Action
- Drug Development by both Drug Design and Drug Discovery
Aspirin and Penicillin
- History of Aspirin
- Method of Producing Aspirin
- Calculating the % Yield of Aspirin produced from Salicyclic Acid
- Effects of Aspirin
- Soluble Aspirin
- Development of Penicillin
- Structure of Penicllin
- How Penicillin Works
- Antibiotic Resistance
Opiates
- Morphine: Structure and action; side effects; withdrawal
- How opiates cross the blood-brain barrier
- Diamorphine
pH regulation of the stomach
- The need for stomach acid
- pH calculations to determine the concentration of acid in the stomach
- Antacids: equations for their reactions with stomach acid; side effects; calculation of quantity of acid neutralised
- Regulation of acid production using both H2-histamine receptor blockers (Zantac) and proton pump inhibitors (Omeprazole and Esomeprazole)
- Acid-base buffers: definition and calculations
- Hydrogencarbonate and carbonate buffers
Antivirals
- The differences between viruses and bacteria
- The structure of viruses
- How viruses reproduce and replicate
- How viruses are treated by interrupted stages of the replication process
- Oseltamivir and Zanamivir - structure and action
- HIV and AIDS
- Treatment of HIV and AIDS
Environmental impacts of Biochemistry
- Effects of PACs on the environment
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Nuclear Waste (both LLW and HLW)
- Chlorinated solvent waste
- Supercritical fluid waste
- Green Chemistry
- Biotechnologies in Green Chemistry
Introduction to Biochemistry
- Metabolism
- Biochemical reactions in terms of oxidation and reduction
- Respiration
- Photosynthesis
- Hydrolysis and Condensation reactions
Proteins
- 2 amino acids and their behaviour as zwitterions
- Gel electrophoresis
- Paper chromatography
- Peptides
- Hydrolysis of peptides
- Proteins - primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures
- Acid-base properties of amino acids and proteins
- Acid-base buffers
- Enzymes
- Induced fit theory
- Non competitive and competitive inhibition
- The Michaelis-Menten equation
- Protein Assays
Lipids
- Fatty acids
- Triglycerides
- Calculating the iodine number
- Hydrolysis of triglycerides
- Rancidity of fats
- Energy values of fats
- Phospholipids
- Steroids (including cholesterol)
- Sex hormones
- Anabolic steroids
Carbohydrates
- Monosaccharides
- Reducing sugars
- Disaccharides
- Polysaccharides
- Starch, glycogen and cellulose
Vitamins
- Preventing deficiencies
- Water and fat solubilities of vitamins
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D
- Decomposition of vitamins
Environmental Impacts of Biochemistry
- Xenobiotics
- Metabolism of xenobiotics
- DDT
- PCBs
- Heavy metal toxicity
- Pharmaceutically active compounds and detergents
- Host-guest complexes
- Polymers
- Green Chemistry
