GCSE Chemistry - Diamond and Graphite

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging, and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind.
This lesson covers content from GCSE AQA Chemistry and Combined Science Trilogy.
It covers the properties, structure and bonding in graphite and diamond, as well as explaining the key properties of diamond and graphite (electrical conductivity, melting point, hardness) to its structure and bonding.

This lesson contains:

• Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes, delivery instructions and answers in “notes” section
• Bank of exam style questions on graphite and diamond taken from past AQA papers with mark schemes (PDF and editable versions)
• Printable images of graphite and diamond for students to annotate (PDF and editable versions)

Lesson resources contain:

• In-built challenge tasks throughout
• AFL mini-whiteboard tasks throughout
• In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities and alternative task for lower ability classes
• Colour coding throughout to aid EAL, SEN and other learners
• Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources
• Full answers to all questions (mostly automated into slides to make it easier for you to deliver)

Objectives:
Students will be able to…

• State some properties of diamond and graphite
• Compare the properties of diamond and graphite
• Compare the structure and bonding in diamond and graphite
• Explain the similarities and differences in the properties of diamond and graphite in terms of structure and bonding