Covers resources & sustainable development, alternative methods of extracting metals (bioleaching/phytomining), life cycle assessments (LCAs) and recycling, reducing use of resources, potable water, wastewater treatment and required practical - analysing and purifying water samples.

Information sheets for an active learning activity about alloys, accompanied by a research sheet/worksheet to fill in. This was designed with OCR 21st Century Science C4 (Material Choices - Improving the Properties of Materials) in mind, but alloys are covered on many syllabuses and this could easily be adapted. An answer table is included in the PowerPoint so you can get students to self-mark/correct. All images are used under a CC0 license (no attribution required, for personal or commercial use).

Revision sheet for paper 2 content for AQA Trilogy Chemistry. This was designed for the advance exam information for the 2022 exams (higher) but works well as general revision.

Worksheet for practising drawing displayed formulae of alkenes and their reaction products (including hydration producing alkanes, halogenation producing haloalkanes, and water producing alcohols). Used for AQA GCSE Separate Chemistry, Organic Chemistry topic.

Revision sheet for paper 2 content for separate/triple AQA Chemistry. This was designed for the advance exam information for the 2022 exams (higher) but works well as general revision.

Students arrange the models of the atom into a timeline and add the statements that describe each model.

Worksheet on naming salts and the reactions of acids and metals.

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Worksheet for practising drawing displayed formulae of alcohols and their reactions products, e.g. reactions with oxidising agents and sodium. Used for AQA Separate Chemistry, Organic Chemistry topic.

Information sheet and questions on phytomining and bioleaching. Used as a research task for Y11.

Electronic structure diagrams for the first 20 elements, up to and including Calcium. Feel free to use in any of your resources, either commercial or personal.

Students watch the demo of group 1 metals reaction with water, writing down their observations, then write the equations for these reactions and answer questions on them. Stretch task of writing symbol equations.

Worksheet covering electrolysis equipment, anions/cations and their movement, and the uses of electrolysis. I used this with an information hunt but you could use it with laptop research or as a revision summary sheet. Designed with OCR 21st Century Science in mind but could be used for most specifications.

Students use the information in the table to find out about the different rock types and fill in the table. I followed this up with: 'Write a guide for a Brownies/Scouts/Guides group to explain how they can decide whether a rock is sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic.‘ Stretch task: do this as a flow chart.’

Activity in which students sort the statements into categories according to which type of reaction they are. Print out the slide of statements and they write them in the appropriate column. There is a pre-made table for students who this would benefit, and one slide where the statements are pre-coloured into categories - they just need to figure out which colour of statements apply to which reaction. There is also a differentiated gap fill activity for students who would struggle to access the sorting activity, and an answer sheet for this.

Scaffolded worksheet that shows students how to answer questions on melting/boiling point and link these to structure and bonding. Includes examples for giant covalent, ionic, simple molecular and metallic. Students use their new skills to answer 4 real past exam questions. Good for revising C3 (Structure and Bonding).

3 tasks I set my Y7 and Y8 students for remote learning about the Rock Cycle. The students all drew the diagram of the rock cycle in their book. Higher ability annotated it with the clues AND added extra detail via the stretch questions, middle ability annotated without the stretch questions. I have included my attempt/modelling, which I attached to assist students with this task. Low ability drew a simpler diagram and copied & completed a gap fill (very low reading ages - some pre-reception). High and mid ability then wrote a story/created a storyboard to describe the journey of a piece of rock at point 1, all the way through the cycle to point 12. This was followed by a Kahoot challenge and an educake quiz. Rock Cycle Remote Learning 1 - higher ability Rock Cycle Remote Learning 2 - middle ability Rock Cycle Remote Learning 3 - lower ability I have attached them as both PPT and PDF in case students have difficulty opening PPT at home.

A table to help students work out the formulae of ions from different groups of the periodic table. Answers included.

A team challenge I created for my Y9 group at the end of C1 and C2, to recap both topics and to finish off the year. You could also use it at the start/middle of Y10 to recap what they have already done from GCSE. The challenges include making a model atom out of copper wire and mini marshmallows and modelling halogen displacement using lego bricks - you may wish to change these activities if you don’t have the resources to hand. The image I used in the corridor was a C1/C2 summary sheet (from TES). All images on the Element Zoo sheet are CC0 (free for commercial use, no attribution required). Enjoy!

Crossword on the periodic table. Designed with OCR 21st Century C2 (Chemical Patterns) in mind but works for other specifications.