These are the resources for a unit on substances, acids, alkalis, indicators and neutralisation. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

This is the free version of a board game that I use with KS3 and KS4 students to revise for their end of unit tests or exams. For the teacher this is quick and easy revision activity that requires a one-time set up and then it can be used time and time again! Very little effort is required by you and the students can happily spend all lesson playing the game (if you let them) leaving you free to do what you fancy! My students love it and I get chance to sit down with the students who need extra help, or catch up on a bit of marking. To get started: • Print the board game on white A3 paper. • Print the question cards on blue paper/card, cut them up and pop them in little bags. • Print the hazard cards on yellow paper/card, cut them up and pop them in little bags. • Laminate the board game (optional but makes the game last longer) • Get a little stash of counters or items that could be used as the player pieces e.g. coloured paper circles, novelty rubbers, little model etc • Get some dice. For a class of 30 I’ve found that 6 groups of 5 work quite well, therefore you’d need 6 game boards and 6 packs of cards. How to play: This game is suitable for 2-6 players, you need one di and each player needs a counter (coloured tokens or paper circles will do). • The players put their counter on the start square, take turns to roll the dice and move across the game board. • The aim of the game is to be first to get to the end of the board. • If the players land on a YELLOW square they should pick up a yellow hazard card. • If the players land on a BLUE square the person to their left should pick up a blue question card and ask the player the question on the card, if the player gets it right they can move two spaces forward, if they get it wrong they stay where they are. The question cards have the correct answer either shown at the bottom or highlighted in bold. These are the rules my students came up with but feel free to alter them to suit your needs. For each unit taught I’ve made my own quiz cards so the students can test themselves on the unit content, I have quite a few different units which I am in the processing of uploading to TES now. Keep your eyes peeled for the bundles I am putting together.

These are the resources for Chemistry unit C1.2 on limestone, quarrying, and the limestone cycle. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. HA= high ability LA= low ability In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

This is a resource pack for balancing chemical equations. I have made a range of resources for the calculations that AQA GCSE students will be expected to complete for the new Chemistry specification (8462). The resources packs contain 1. PowerPoint showing the key stages/background information on the calculation. 2. Word document worksheet with some questions for the students to attempt, whenever possible these are based on exam questions. 3. Word document with the questions on with space left for working out the answer. 4. WMV video clip this format is playable in most programs, such as RealPlayer, MPlayer, Windows Media Player, and the VLC Media Player. The video clip goes through the stages of the calculations on the worksheet, this is extremely useful for students (and teachers) who are struggling to see where the answer comes from. 5. Word document containing just the answers. There are a total of 13 resource packs for the balancing chemical equations calculations. This is Resource pack 1 and it is free. If you find the Resource Packs helpful and want more of the same the rest of the resource packs can be purchased from TES at: 2. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-2-11354808 3. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-3-11354813 4. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-4-11354814 5. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-5-11354818 6. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-6-11354822 7. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-7-11354823 8. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-8-11354825 9. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-9-11354826 10. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-10-11354830 11. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-11-11367403 12. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-12-11367404 13 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-13-11367406 I have also made a bundle which is available for a reduced price containing all of the resource pack for this type of calculation. This is available to purchase at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-bundle-11354835

This is a newer unit that I have created from numerous resources, and includes: Rock Types- igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. The Rock Cycle Properties of materials metals and non-metals The Reactivity Series Displacement and reactions Extracting metals from their ores Matching materials to their properties. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills and understanding of modelling concepts In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. LA after a powerpoint's name means it is for Low Abilities HA after a powerpoint's name means it is for High Abilities I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

Just a quick spread sheet that shows each lesson title in each unit in AQA's new (accredited in 2016) courses for Biology (8461), Chemistry (8462)and Physics (8463). This could be used as a route through the GCSE used to inform planning, I actually made it to tick off the work covered so far so that whoever picks up my classes knows what they have already done. The required practical's are highlighted in orange. The triple science content is bordered in blue.

This activity is about getting the students to think outside the box and to design a new item based on a new material that has an unusual property. I usually start the lesson by showing the students a youtube video on Accidental Discoveries by gzfraud. Which gives the students an idea of how many discoveries were made by accident. Then presenting them with the scenario shown on the Powerpoint. D30 is a product which uses the unusual property of ‘turning sold when hit’ to create a range of protective wear that can take large impact without it or the item its protecting being damaged. This activity is perfect for end of term as it can fit anywhere in a unit and provides a fun yet scientific end of term activity. The students enjoy it best when its done as a competition. This may also be appropriate for STEM days.

These are the resources for Chemistry unit C1.1 on atomic structure, electron structure, the periodic table, reactivity and ions. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. HA= high ability LA= low ability In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a unit on the states of matter, separation techniques and particle theory. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for Chemistry unit C1.3 on properties of metals, metal ores, extracting metals, purification of metals, copper and alloys. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. HA= high ability LA= low ability In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 GCSE students who are studying energy changes in reactions, exothermic reactions, endothermic reactions, oxidation reactions, rate of change, rate of reaction, graph plotting and analysing practical data and results. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/exothermic-endothermic-energy-changes-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11398305 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme, with exemplar answers in. There are a range of suitable answers for some of the questions and the graph scales may vary from student to student, so this mark scheme should be used to inform your marking but should be considered open to interpretation. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 6. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. 7. JPEG images showing a hand-drawn versions of the graph, this may also be useful for students who aren't confident in starting to plot graphs. This is based on an old worksheet, some elements of this task are rather tricky and would probably be best for med - high ability KS4. The graph plotting could be done on computers. This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A however I have removed these grades so that you can use the old or new grading system.

Chemical Calculations- Reacting Masses This is a resource pack for the Reacting Masses calculations. I have made a range of resources for the calculations that AQA GCSE students will be expected to complete for the new Chemistry specification (8462). The resources packs contain 1. PowerPoint showing the key stages/background information on the calculation. 2. Word document with a printout showing the stages to complete the calculation. 3. Word document worksheet with some questions for the students to attempt, whenever possible these are based on exam questions. 4. WMV video clip this format is playable in most programs, such as RealPlayer, MPlayer, Windows Media Player, and the VLC Media Player. The video clip goes through the stages of the calculations on the worksheet, this is extremely useful for students (and teachers) who are struggling to see where the answer comes from. 5. Word document containing just the answers. There are a total of 8 resource packs for the Reacting Masses calculations. If you find the Resource Packs helpful and want more of the same the rest of the resource packs can be purchased from TES at: 1. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-reacting-masses-1-free-sample-11356990 2. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-reacting-masses-2-11357025 3. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-reacting-masses-3-11357027 4. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-reacting-masses-4-11357030 5. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-reacting-masses-5-11357033 6. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-reacting-masses-6-11357034 7. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-reacting-masses-7-11357036 8. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-reacting-masses-8-11357041 I have also made a bundle which is available for a reduced price containing all of the resource pack for this type of calculation. This is available to purchase at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-reacting-masses-bundle-11357050

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3/4 students who are studying displacement reactions, reactivity, models in science, analogies in science, reactions of metals, elements, compounds and chemical reactions. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/explaining-displacement-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11353203 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task, and background on what analogies/models are. 2. Word document task printout for the students to stick in their books this includes a level ladder so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 3. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 This is based on an APP task. This task is suitable for students at KS3 Grade 3-7, however could also be appropriate for year 9 students starting the GCSE course.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying limestone, building materials, matching properties to uses, thermal decomposition and method writing. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thermal-decomposition-of-carbonates-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11347047 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 5. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. This is based on an old AQA Chemistry Exam Paper. This task is good for training students to answer long questions i.e. 6 mark questions at GCSE, or preparing students from writing pieces of coursework that require method writing skills. This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A*, however I have removed some of these grades so that you can use the old or new grading system.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying hydrocarbons, fuels, alkanes, how number of carbons in a molecule affects properties, combustion, graph plotting and data handling. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/energy-release-per-carbon-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11353565 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task, including a recap of naming alkanes and fractional distillation. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books; one version has just the task, and the other version has both the task and level ladder merged together on one page. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 6. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. 7. JPEG images showing a several hand-drawn versions of the graph, this may also be useful for students who aren't confident in starting to plot graphs. I've included sketches of the extrapolation of the data from the line of best fit, and highlighted the anomalous result This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A*, I have left these on however these can be so that you can use the old or new grading system.

This is a resource pack with a range of level ladders for marking practical investigations. Each word document contains a slightly different arrangement of assessment points so hopefully you will be able to pick the most suitable for your investigation. See the descriptions below... 1. This assesses all sections of a practical investigation including method writing, identifying variables, plotting graphs, writing conclusions and evaluations. 2. This assesses just method writing and is set out in a similar style to KS4 coursework method writing mark schemes such as ISA’s. 3. This assesses method writing and identification of variables. 4. This assesses method writing, identification of variables, and graph plotting (most appropriate for line graphs rather than bar). 5. This assesses graph plotting, writing conclusions and evaluations. NEW RESOURCE ADDED! 6. This is a level ladder for method writing, and gives the students a percentage of how 'AWESOME' their method is. I made this as schools are still wrapping their heads around the new GCSE levels and the consequent impact on KS3 levels.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3, or low level KS4 students who are studying chemical reactions, specifically the reaction between metals and acids, this assessment investigates the link between the size of magnesium added to an acid and the volume of hydrogen gas produced. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/model-cells-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11350637 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books with just the task on, there is also a word document with both the task and level ladder combined onto one sheet to reduce printing. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at… https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 6. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. 7. JPEG images showing a several hand-drawn versions of the graph, this may also be useful for students who aren't confident in starting to plot graphs. I've included sketches of the extrapolation of the data from the line of best fit, and highlighted the anomalous result. This involves the students plotting some given results on a graph, identifying variables, extrapolation from a line of best fit and evaluating their work. This task is suitable for KS3 students at level 3-7, however this could be adapted for KS4 students.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying saturation, vegetable oils, bromine water test, uses of halogens, and oils in foods I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/saturation-of-oils-and-bromine-water-test-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11374624 The resource pack comes with several parts; This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task, which includes the questions and level ladder. 2. Word document task printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout containing just the level ladder so that students can tick off their progress as they go, this could also be suitable for peer/teacher assessment. 4. Word document containing both the task and the level ladder, by combining these two sheet you can save printing however the work sheet is very ‘busy’ and may be too much to take in at one go for some learners. 5. Word document containing the answers to the task questions and some notes for the teacher regarding common mistakes and hints to help push the students 6. Word document writing frame for students who struggle to get started and would benefit from extra support. 7. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 This task is suitable for students at KS4 Grade E-A*, I have left the 'old' grading system on these resources however you can easily overwrite these for the new 1-9 grading system.

Last lesson we looked at at the how to do the calculations that scientists use to determine the volumes of gases. In this lesson we will discover how carbon is reused and recycled in the atmosphere and environment. This lesson is delivered over YouTube but has some accompanying resources. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMozRv0mc6Q&list=PLRQqpdTTanY_8L_9hEq5CnpU_rNoacQlP&index=11 The review of work set in this lesson can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_knKyiV0PM&list=PLRQqpdTTanY_8L_9hEq5CnpU_rNoacQlP&index=12 The full resource pack for this including an automarker can be found at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/carbon-cycle-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11346610 I teach the AQA GCSE Chemistry course, including both double (8464) and triple (8462) award, and as such most of these resources will be specific to that course, however they may also be useful for other specifications.