This is a helpsheet that uses the circle/ring the formula method to stop students from the misconception of changing the subscripted formula. Students can use this to help them answer questions until they don’t need this scaffolding. There are a lot of balancing equation question sheets, but not many free methods. Hope this is useful. If you have found this useful, please comment, as it helps other TES user find useful resources. Thank you. If you want to see the full resource this is from (with help with half equations and state symbols) then click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/balancing-full-and-half-equations-inc-method-and-9-1-graded-questions-and-answers-12233404 For other science resources free and paid, please click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Thank you (again)

This a Chemistry resource aimed at KS4 (and upper KS3) with 6 different concept maps for students to complete. It includes 1. Atoms, Elements, 2.Development of the Atom, 3. Development of Periodic Table and 4. Groups 7 and 0, 5. Group 1 and Transition Metals and 6. Mass, size and Electronic Structure. Check out a free one (Development of the Atom) to try before you consider buying the full resource at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/development-of-a-model-of-the-atom-concept-mapping-worksheet-12191441 It gives students incomplete concept maps for them to complete and complete ones to check against. The complete ones have images to aid memory. It is based on AQA but can be used by other boards. It can be used in 1 lesson, but is better over a series of revision lessons, given as a graphic organiser, homework or as a plenary. The resource contains sheets for more or less able and answer sheets for students to peer or self assess. Please check out my shop for more free and paid for resources at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Please comment. I hope you find this resource useful.

This is a fun but educational Firework / Bonfire night resource aimed at KS3 and KS4, which teaches safety, flame tests, flame emission spectroscopy, energy stores, data handling and wavelength drawing. The lesson lasts approx 1 hour, longer if you do all the activities. It’s fun but educational. It contains: Technicians Notes/Ordering/Links to Hazcards Lesson Plan Answers to questions for self/peer marking. Student method and results table sheet Learning Objectives-related to the specification (just in case management suspect you are having fun for no good reason). (KS3/4) Safety Activity-Students are asked to suggest the precautions that need to be taken when carrying out this practical. (KS3) Practical-Simple flame test of 6 metal solutions (KS3/4) with method sheet and questions Energy Stores-Students have a fill in the gaps and a list of the energy stores to help them (KS4) Flame Emission Spectroscopy-This is a lining up activity, where students need to recognise which line is which metal. Asking the students to label each line with a letter to prove it (KS3/4) Waves-This simple activity asks them to judge the wavelength of waves to show the colour (KS3/4) Data-This activity is to test their evaluation skills using data on the metal salts they have just used and their inclusion in a firework.(KS3/4) Please check out my shop with free and paid resources at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Thank you and enjoy. Please comment if you find this resource useful.

This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts at least 1 hour. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including recognising hazards, safety, method, and analysing results. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students. Resource includes: 20 slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples) Student method/practical sheet that students can fill it in as it matches the ppt Two page guide sheet (Included free here, £1.50 from my shop. To see this sheet click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/required-practical-graphic-organiser-12181508) Apparatus list for technician Safety guide for teacher and technician Links to student safety sheets Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification A sheet that explains how the questions were graded If you would like to see a free sample similar to this before you buy, the Osmosis one is free here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/updated-osmosis-required-practical-planning-with-graded-with-9-1-exam-style-questions-and-answers-12181019 If you just want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-chemistry-required-practical-revision-questions-12197299 If you want all the Chemistry required Practicals, they are available as a bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-chemistry-required-practical-lessons-aqa-12446174 Please comment if you have found this useful. If you would like more required practical resources (or any other science resources) free and paid, please check out my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Thank you.

Update, I have now included modified instructions for home use. This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts at least 1 hour. The ppt carries the students through the practical including safety, method, errors and analysing results. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students. Resource includes: 15 slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples) Student method/practical sheet that students can fill it in as it matches the ppt Two page guide sheet (Included free here, £1.50 from my shop. To see this sheet click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/required-practical-graphic-organiser-12181508) Apparatus list for technician Safety guide for teacher and technician Links to student safety sheets Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification A sheet that explains how the questions were graded It is available in a bundle with 8 other “home use” required practicals here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/nine-required-practicals-for-home-use-12461001 If you would like to see a free sample similar to this before you buy, the Osmosis one is free here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/updated-osmosis-required-practical-planning-with-graded-with-9-1-exam-style-questions-and-answers-12181019 If you just want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-chemistry-required-practical-revision-questions-12197299 If you want all the Chemistry required Practicals, they are available as a bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-chemistry-required-practical-lessons-aqa-12446174 Please comment if you have found this useful. If you would like more required practical resources (or any other science resources) free and paid, please check out my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Thank you.

This Chemistry resource is used with KS4 students, it is designed to ask 9-1 exam style questions on differences between Transition Metals and Group 1. It lasts approximately 1 hour. It encourages students to use keywords and link concepts together. It includes answers for peer or self assessment. If you would like to try a free sample of a similar lesson to this before you buy, check out: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/atoms-elements-mixtures-compounds-revision-lesson-12190880 This resource is available as a BUNDLE with 5 other lessons that cover the other parts of the Atomic Structure and Periodic Table at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/atomic-structure-and-periodic-table-revison-pack-12193157 It is a complete lesson with: Starter: Matching keyword to definition Poster/Graphic Organiser of all the Keywords and definitions for this part of the course to help with: Main activity 1: Comparing and Contrasting using Venn Diagram Main activity 2: Completing a concept map to help make links between words Main activity 3: 7 sheets of questions of adapted AQA past paper questions with answer sheet Plenary: Tick list for evaluation linked to the specification and the questions in activity 3. It is a lesson to: Improve literacy Increase use of keywords Aid Understanding by correct definitions Revision of all parts of this part of the specification (so AQA don’t catch us out…) Link key words and concepts in the student’s minds Provide visual stimuli I hope you find this resource useful, for more Periodic table resources, please check out my shop with FREE and paid resources at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Please comment if you have found this resource useful Thank you

This Chemistry resource is used with KS4 students, it is designed to ask 9-1 exam style questions on differences between Halogens and Noble gases. It lasts approximately 1 hour. It encourages students to use keywords and link concepts together. It includes answers for peer or self-assessment. If you would like a free sample of a similar lesson to try before you buy, check out: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/atoms-elements-mixtures-compounds-revision-lesson-12190880 This resource is available as a BUNDLE with 5 other revision lessons that cover the other parts of the Atomic Structure and Periodic Table at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/atomic-structure-and-periodic-table-revison-pack-12193157 It is a complete lesson with: Starter: Matching keyword to definition Poster/Graphic Organiser of all the Keywords and definitions for this part of the course to help with: Main activity 1: Classifying Spoof Elements into group 7 and 0 Main activity 2: Completing a concept map to help make links between words Main activity 3: 4 sheets of questions of adapted AQA past paper questions with answer sheet Plenary: Tick list for evaluation linked to the specification and the questions in activity 3. It is a lesson to: Improve literacy Increase use of keywords Aid understanding by correct definitions Revision of all parts of this part of the specification (so AQA don’t catch us out…) Link key words and concepts in the student’s minds Provide visual stimuli I hope you find this resource useful. Please check out other free and paid for resources at my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Please comment with any improvements or suggestions for further resources. Thank you

This Chemistry GCSE KS4 lesson has 9-1 graded exam style questions and model answers on physical and chemical properties linked to their uses. It lasts approx 1 hour. This lesson contains all you need to teach the Transition metals part of the Chemistry AQA Triple Science course (can be adapted easily for other courses) It contains: Lesson Plan with differentiation. Worksheets including Keywords and Meanings Helpsheet. Assessment Questions based on AQA questions. There are 4 questions 1-2, 3-5, 4-6 and 7-9 Answers (printable) and projectable Suggestions for practical and demonstrations work Card sorts and Collaborative learning Mind Map for students to complete Also included is an Interactive Power Point/Graphic Organiser/Display of the keywords and definitions. Also included a little powerpoint (with worksheet included) that animates how why the transition metal have different number of ions for those interested (Extension Activity) It also has pdf versions of every file for printing. Please comment. Please visit my shop for more resources free and paid: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 I hope you find this resource useful

This resources consists of photographs and exam style questions with a completed graphic organiser helpsheet. This is aimed at AQA students to encourage them to practice exam style questions on required practicals anytime during the lesson. The questions are specifically generic so they can be asked about almost any of the practicals and consequently they do not need to go next to any particular one, producing over 400 combinations of questions with images. The questions are colour coded for different levels with Red-Hard, Orange-Medium and Green-Easier (one could say differentiated, but one would be stretching the truth). Also included is the required practical placemat (worth a whole £1!) to help your students answer the questions on the display. Suggestions for Activities: I generally sit my students round the display and then ask them to chose a question and I (or another student) choose a practical or vice versa. Then we discuss the answer as a class or nominate another student or practical or question, (or stick them round my board and let the display soak into their minds through osmosis / diffusion or ask a question as a plenary) The set of images and questions can be printed smaller and students and given to groups of students who turn them face down and turn two over, an image and a question, which they then answer. This game works well and makes the question and required practical more random (like the exam). Font size is set at 80 pt so that it can be seen at about 10 feet away (Approx 72 pt per 10 ft of distance is the rule) I hope you find this resource useful Thank you for reading this far. Please comment. My shop with free and paid resources is at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193

Updated to include a Chemistry version on Thiosulfate and a Physics based on IV Characteristics This organiser is designed to help students before, during or after the required practical activites. It is designed to be used with KS4, but may be used with higher ability KS3. It covers all of AQA’s glossary of key terms and working scientifically that links with the required practcials. It cover approx 40 of the keywords associated with the Required Practical part of the course. Terms covered: Accuracy, calibration, data, error, measurement error, anomalies, random error, systematic error, zero error, evidence, fair test, hypothesis, interval, precision, prediction, range, repeatable, reproducible, resolution, resolution, sketch graph, true value, uncertainty, validity, valid conclusion, variables, categoric, continuous, control, dependent, independent, risk, hazard and control. Included are an Animated Power Point where each box appears in order. A colour coded Power Point (for editing) and PDF version and black and white versions. There are three versions, one based around Osmosis to be used during Biology required practicals and one based around Thiosulfate to be used during Chemistry Required Practicals and one based around IV Characteristsics. To see a basic version of this (but with no examples) click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-required-practical-graphic-organiser-placemat-aqa-12449119 To see how they are used check out the free Osmosis Required Practical (but with this resource taken out): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/osmosis-required-practical-lesson-with-instructions-for-home-use-12181019 Please also check out the free IV Characteristics Required Practical (but with this resource taken out): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/i-v-characteristics-required-practical-lesson-12199364 Designed to help students understanding of key words and as a help sheet to answer questions on the Required Practicals/How Science Works part of the exam. It can be given to students as a helpsheet/placemat when planning/analysing required practicals or as a homework aid/help sheet or placed on the wall as a large Poster(s). It is also numbered so that students follow the correct order when planning the practicals. More required free and paid required practical resources can be downloaded from my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Please comment. I hope you find it useful.

This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts at least 1 hour. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including recognising hazards, safety, method and analysing results. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students. Resource includes: 15 slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples) Student method/practical sheet that students can fill it in as it matches the ppt Two page guide sheet (Included free here, £1.50 from my shop. To see this sheet click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/required-practical-graphic-organiser-12181508) Apparatus list for technician Safety guide for teacher and technician Links to student safety sheets Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification A sheet that explains how the questions were graded If you would like to see a free sample similar to this before you buy, the Osmosis one is free here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/updated-osmosis-required-practical-planning-with-graded-with-9-1-exam-style-questions-and-answers-12181019 If you just want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-chemistry-required-practical-revision-questions-12197299 If you want all the Chemistry required Practicals, they are available as a bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-chemistry-required-practical-lessons-aqa-12446174 Please comment if you have found this useful. If you would like more required practical resources (or any other science resources) free and paid, please check out my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Thank you.

This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts at least 1 hour. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including recognising hazards, safety, method, analysing results, recognising types of errors, and how to determine the concentration of the acid in mol/dm3 and g/dm3. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students. Resource includes: 25 slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples) Student method/practical sheet that students can fill it in as it matches the ppt Two page guide sheet (Included free here, £1.50 from my shop. To see this sheet click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/required-practical-graphic-organiser-12181508) Apparatus list for technician Safety guide for teacher and technician Links to student safety sheets Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification A sheet that explains how the questions were graded If you would like to see a free sample similar to this before you buy, the Osmosis one is free here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/updated-osmosis-required-practical-planning-with-graded-with-9-1-exam-style-questions-and-answers-12181019 If you just want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-chemistry-required-practical-revision-questions-12197299 If you want all the Chemistry required Practicals, they are available as a bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-chemistry-required-practical-lessons-aqa-12446174 Please comment if you have found this useful. If you would like more required practical resources (or any other science resources) free and paid, please check out my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Thank you.

This is a simple list of the rules for applying Oxidation States, with examples for students to understand the rules. It is a sheet from the full lesson that can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/oxidation-states-lesson-as-level-12421177 Please check out my shop for more free (and paid) resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Please Comment Thank you.

This is a sheet with the stages of a Time of Flight (TOF) Mass Spectrometer, including the main stages Vapourisation, Acceleration, Ion Drift, Electric Field, Detector and Mass Spectrum. It is available as a pdf. For the full resource on Mass Spectrometry and the Calculations click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/mass-spectrometer-tof-and-isotope-calculations-12386980 For a range of free and paid resources (mainly GCSE at the moment) please take a look at my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Please comment if you find it useful. Thank you.

This Chemistry resource is aimed at KS3 (or lower ability KS4). It last an hour approximately and has 4 group challenges and a whole class challenge at the end. It includes audio instructions from the Periodic Table Master who challenges the students to solve his fiendish clues and try to escape where none have done before. Please use this resource responsibly as it’s a bit scary. If you want a less scary version try: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/fun-periodic-table-and-elements-lesson-12194324 It includes: Lesson Plan with ideas for how to increase the atmosphere in the room (it doesn’t need a lab) Clues for students to find elements, their symbols and their position on the Periodic Table in terms of periods and groups. It also uses their knowledge of reactivity of groups 1 and 7 for solving some of the clues. Sound of the voice of the Periodic Table master to increase the realism. An evaluation at the end to judge which parts of the escape room (curriculum) they found easy/hard. Please comment. I hope you find this resource useful. Thank You.

This Chemistry GCSE resource is aimed at KS4 AQA. It includes 9-1 exam style questions and lasts approximately 1 hour. It encourages students to use keywords and link concepts together. It includes model answers for peer or self-assessment. If you would like a free sample of a similar lesson to try before you buy, check out: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/atoms-elements-mixtures-compounds-revision-lesson-12190880 This resource is available as a BUNDLE with 5 other lessons that cover the other parts of the Atomic Structure and Periodic Table at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/atomic-structure-and-periodic-table-revison-pack-12193157 It is a complete lesson with: Starter: Matching keyword to definition Poster/Graphic Organiser of all the Keywords and definitions for this part of the course to help with: Main activity 1: Matching words, images and definitions Main activity 2: Completing a concept map to help make links between words Main activity 3: 4 sheets of questions of adapted AQA past paper questions with answer sheet Plenary: Tick list for evaluation linked to the specification and the questions in activity 3. It is a lesson to: Improve literacy Increase use of keywords Aid Understanding by correct definitions Revision of all parts of this part of the specification (so AQA don’t catch us out…) Link key words and concepts in the student’s minds Provide visual stimuli This resource is available as a BUNDLE with 5 other lessons that cover the other parts of the Atomic Structure and Periodic Table at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/atomic-structure-and-periodic-table-revison-pack-12193157 I hope you find this resource useful. For other free and paid resources, please check out my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Please comment with any improvements or suggestions for further resources. Thank you

This full lesson resource helps students to balance full and half equations and apply state symbols with 9-1 graded exam style plenary questions (F and H). It lasts about 1.5 hours. This resource is linked to the AQA specification and has 9-1 graded learning objectives linked to the content. (Update: Now included at no extra cost is my Empirical Formula from Models lesson) It includes: 33 page ppt which explains using a balancing full equations using the circle the formula method, to avoid the misconception to change the formula (see https://twitter.com/MrTSci409/status/1116405433684713472) 3 Helpsheets (Full/Half/State symbols) for students to refer to when completing the questions 46 Equations to balance (30 full and 16 half) with ANSWERS for students to self/peer assess All equations are taken from the AQA Specification (let me know if I’ve missed any out!) Plenary questions (F and H) graded with answers A gratuitous use of colour to help understand how and why equations are balanced. For a free help sheet on how to balance equations from this resource, click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/balancing-equations-help-sheet-12233425 The Empirical formula from Models lesson details are: This is a full lesson lasting about 1 hour. It includes a Power Point which covers ratios, simplifying formulas into empirical formulas and understanding models of ions. It includes a starter, seven white board practice questions, seventeen question sheet on simplifying formulas, seven question sheet on models and a plenary. It’s a lesson designed to cover an often neglected part of the course… I’ve also included a Power Point with all the models and others I’ve used in the lesson in case you want to design a few more of your own… A shortened version of this is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/empirical-formula-from-models-12238973 For more resources (free and paid), please visit: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 A hope you find this resource helpful. Please comment if you do.

This resource is a graded (levelled) collection of all the questions from the recent AQA paper (F and H 2019) divided into Foundation and Higher and all 10 AQA topics: Atomic structure and the periodic table, Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter, Quantitative chemistry, Chemical changes, Energy changes, The rate and extent of chemical change, Organic chemistry, Chemical analysis, Chemistry of the atmosphere and Using resources. Each question has been summarised, graded, coded (from the specification) and colour coded for AO1, 2 or 3. This can be used when planning/revising with students so they have an idea what grade they are working at. A sample (free) is here to check out, before you decide whether to buy or not: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/periodic-table-and-atomic-structure-9-1-grade-descriptor-revision-12231830 For a list of grades and how I decided on the grading (free), click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/9-1-gcse-grade-descriptors-science-12217480 For more resources free and paid for, please check out: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193 Thank you. Please comment if you have found this useful.

This lesson is educational (but fun) that can be used as a normal lesson, but also as an end of term revision lesson. It is aimed at KS3 or lower ability KS4. It lasts approximately 1 hour and has 4 group challenges and a whole class challenge at the end. No knowledge of the Periodic table needed, but if they have, it can be used as a revision lesson. It is a science lesson version of my Escape Room Periodic Table lesson (for the same price) that can be found here (be careful it’s a bit scary): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/elements-and-the-periodic-table-escape-room-challenge-12193939 It includes: Lesson Plan (it doesn’t need a lab) Clues for students to find elements, their symbols and their position on the Periodic Table in terms of periods and groups. Problem solving challenges Fun Game of Splat at the end. It also uses their knowledge of reactivity of groups 1 and 7 for solving some of the clues. Please comment. I hope you find this resource useful. Thank You.