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Engaging lessons, revision materials and activities for students of all ages. I studied for a Degree and D.Phil in chemistry at St John's College, Oxford and enjoy a teaching career inspiring and enthusing the next generation.
AQA A-level Chemistry - glossary and mind map activity for atomic structure and amounts of substance
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AQA A-level Chemistry - glossary and mind map activity for atomic structure and amounts of substance

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Mind maps linking key definitions for new specification AQA A-level Chemistry Unit 3.1.1 Atomic Structure Unit 3.1.2 Amount of substance Cut and stick a comprehensive glossary onto a pre-prepared mind map showing the connections between the concepts and definitions in the topic. How many marks do your students lose because they cannot correctly interpret the question or use the incorrect terminology in the definitions? This activity is best printed A3 so the definitions can be easily read. Students can then prepare their own mind map definitions sheet by cutting and sticking the relevant definitions onto the mind map. Make it more or less difficult by adjusting the mind maps to contain more or less information to help them.
A-level chemistry definitions FLASHCARD bundle Year 1 and 2
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A-level chemistry definitions FLASHCARD bundle Year 1 and 2

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This bundle contains flashcards for the complete A-level chemistry syllabus. Based on AQA but should be consistent across the majority of A-level exam specifications. The flash cards can be printed single sided then folded and glued to make a flashcard set or could also made into booklets. I hand the cards out at the start of each topic and then do definitions tests weekly on the topic of the week. Also included is a BONUS revision sheet on the chemistry Ks!
AQA Chemistry Revision Mats/Grids FOUNDATION Unit 9 & 10 Atmosphere, Resources, LCA, Recycling, H2O
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AQA Chemistry Revision Mats/Grids FOUNDATION Unit 9 & 10 Atmosphere, Resources, LCA, Recycling, H2O

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AQA GCSE Combined Science Chemistry - **FOUNDATION TIER ** These simple revision mats can be printed A3 with a single sheet forming a revision activity for an entire topic. Include a mixture of cloze word fact sections with recall and exam style questions. Now with free suggested answer sheets to support non-specialists or parents/students revising. Provided as Powerpoint and PDF. These 12 printable A3 mats cover the following content Unit 9 - Chemistry of the atmosphere (6 mats) The composition and evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere The proportions of different gases in the atmosphere The Earth’s early atmosphere How oxygen increased How carbon dioxide decreased Carbon dioxide and methane as greenhouse gases Human activities which contribute to an increase in greenhouse gased in the atmosphere Global climate change The carbon footprint and its reduction Common atmospheric pollutants and their sources Atmospheric pollutants from fuels Properties and effects of atmospheric pollutants Unit 10 - Using resources (6 mats) Using the Earth’s resources Potable water Waste water treatment Alternative methods of extracting metals Life cycle assessment Recycling Ways of reducing the use of resources.
KS4 GCSE Chemistry - Structure and Properties of Ionic Compounds Worksheets and Mark Schemes
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KS4 GCSE Chemistry - Structure and Properties of Ionic Compounds Worksheets and Mark Schemes

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Two GCSE chemistry worksheets with mark schemes covering ionic structure and bulk properties of ionic compounds. Accompanying PowerPoint slides that can be incorporated into your lesson. The resources are Worksheets 5 and 6 and Powerpoint 3 from my scheme of work for KS4 Bonding, Structure and Properties. These worksheets could be used for any exam board and for double or triple science and contain a range of challenges and space for feedback and reflection. Parent and student friendly markschemes so you can use these to support your learning. The scheme of work is included here so you can see the other resources available. If you like these, why not check out the full bundle! Thank you for your interest.
KS4 GCSE Chemistry - Giant Covalent Structures, Carbon Allotropes and Polymers - Worksheets and MS
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KS4 GCSE Chemistry - Giant Covalent Structures, Carbon Allotropes and Polymers - Worksheets and MS

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Two GCSE chemistry worksheets with mark schemes covering giant covalent structures, carbon allotropes, polymers and macromolecules. Accompanying PowerPoint slides that can be incorporated into your lesson. The resources are Worksheets 9-10 and Powerpoint 5 from my bundle on KS4 Bonding, Structure and Properties. Parent and student friendly mark schemes so you can use these to support your learning. These worksheets could be used for any exam board and for double or triple science and contain a range of challenges and space for feedback and reflection. The scheme of work is included here so you can see how this fits into the unit and the other resources available. If you like these, why not check out the full bundle! Thank you for your interest.
GCSE Chemistry 'Big Ideas' Part 1 - Structure, Bonding and the Properties of Substances AQA, OCR, Edexcel
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GCSE Chemistry 'Big Ideas' Part 1 - Structure, Bonding and the Properties of Substances AQA, OCR, Edexcel

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‘Big ideas’ in chemistry is about identifying and systematically teaching the overarching principles and crucial concepts your students need to become outstanding chemists. Many resources and books are produced with a single exam specification in mind which can leave your students with better knowledge in some areas than others and can make changing exam boards more difficult due to costs of resourcing. Liberate yourself from the exam specification and teach this amazing subject holistically ensuring your students have the detailed knowledge they need to gain confident mastery and an ability to apply their knowledge in unfamiliar scenarios. ‘Big ideas’ enables easier transfer between exam boards for students and teachers (especially non-specialists), and ‘connections’ enables you to place your own emphasis during teaching on concepts important to the actual exams your students will be sitting.
AQA Chemistry Revision Mats/Grids FOUNDATION Unit 3 & 4 Quantitative, Metals, Acids, Electroylsis
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AQA Chemistry Revision Mats/Grids FOUNDATION Unit 3 & 4 Quantitative, Metals, Acids, Electroylsis

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AQA GCSE Combined Science - **FOUNDATION TIER ** These simple revision mats can be printed A3 with a single sheet forming a revision activity for an entire topic. Include a mixture of cloze word fact sections with recall and exam style questions. Now with free suggested answer sheets to support non-specialists or parents/students revising. Provided as Powerpoint and PDF. These 12 printable A3 mats cover the following content Unit 3 Quantitative Chemistry (3 mats) Conservation of mass and balanced chemical equations Relative formula mass Mass changes when a reactant or product is a gas Chemical measurements Concentrations of solutions Unit 4 Chemical Changes (9 mats) The reactivity of metals The reactivity series Extraction of metals and reduction Reactions of acids with metals Neutralisation of acids and salt production Soluble salts The pH scale and neutralisation Electrolysis of molten ionic compounds Electrolysis in aqueous solution Using electrolysis to extract metals
AQA GCSE chemistry - Unit 1 - Lesson 16 The transition elements and comparison with group 1
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AQA GCSE chemistry - Unit 1 - Lesson 16 The transition elements and comparison with group 1

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4.1.3 Properties of transition metals (chemistry only) PowerPoint lesson covering the transition elements and a comparison between the transition elements and group 1 with worksheet and answers. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! The accompanying worksheet allows students to practice and for you to give feedback and help them to improve. The answers are included to help the busy teacher or non-specialist. Fully resourced with PowerPoints, worksheets and lesson activities and key facts and opportunities for improvement and redrafting throughout.
Revise GCSE 2022 AQA Chemistry - Full revision resource for Paper 1H notes, questions and activities
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Revise GCSE 2022 AQA Chemistry - Full revision resource for Paper 1H notes, questions and activities

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This is a Higher Tier Chemistry resource containing concise revision notes, activities and exam style questions with mark schemes that have been created to be specific to the Paper 1H 2022 Advance information from AQA. Cornell note style booklet with ribbon for students to take their own notes as they use the booklet to revise or as you deliver the revision session. Each booklet should take about 1 hour to complete. Structure your revision around these and spend less time making notes and more time practicing applying your knowledge. This bundle contains ALL the booklets to help students to prepare for the major focus of the content of Paper 1H. AQA Advance Information 2022 • 4.1.2 The periodic table • 4.2.1 Chemical bonds, ionic, covalent and metallic • 4.2.2 How bonding and structure are related to the properties of substances • 4.2.3 Structure and bonding of carbon • 4.3.2 Use of amount of substance in relation to masses of pure substances • 4.4.1 Reactivity of metals • 4.4.2 Reactions of acids • 4.4.3 Electrolysis • 4.5.1 Exothermic and endothermic reactions Required practical activities that will be assessed: • Required practical activity 1: preparation of a pure, dry sample of a soluble salt from an insoluble oxide or carbonate, using a Bunsen burner to heat dilute acid and a water bath or electric heater to evaporate the solution. • Required practical activity 2: determination of the reacting volumes of solutions of a strong acid and a strong alkali by titration. • Required practical activity 4: investigate the variables that affect temperature changes in reacting solutions such as, eg, acid plus metals, acid plus carbonates, neutralisations, displacement of metals.
AQA GCSE chemistry - Unit 2 -Nanoscience, particle size, dust and surface area to volume ratio
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AQA GCSE chemistry - Unit 2 -Nanoscience, particle size, dust and surface area to volume ratio

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Thinking small - do you really understand dust? This lesson is an activity loaded and practically based introduction to nanoscience which encourages students to explore the meaning of the word small. By participating in a range of activities they will gain an understanding of the scale of different objects. This lesson is designed to be accessible to a range of abilities and requires only basic practical equipment. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! The accompanying worksheet allows students to practice and for you to give feedback and help them to improve. The answers are included to help the busy teacher or non-specialist. These resources have been prepared for the new GCSE science examination specifications that are new for first teaching in 2016. Get ahead with year 9 or use to plan your schemes of work for September. Buy individual resources or a set of lessons. Fully resourced with Powerpoints, worksheets and lesson activities and key facts and opportunities for improvement and redrafting throughout.
AQA GCSE Chemistry Unit 3 - Quantitative, yield, mass, moles, gas volumes, limiting reactant
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AQA GCSE Chemistry Unit 3 - Quantitative, yield, mass, moles, gas volumes, limiting reactant

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Resources to support teaching unit 3 - Quantitative Chemistry the new AQA 2016 syllabus. Powerpoints, worksheets and activities including mark schemes, powerpoint and pdf files Massive set of resources to teach this huge and technical unit. Structured questions novel examples and engaging materials to liven up a relatively dry topic. Conservation of mass and balanced equations Chemical measurements and mass changes Reacting masses and mole calculations Balancing equations using reacting masses Limiting reactants Concentration in solution Making up a volumetric solution Gas volumes and molar gas volume Balloons and gas volume Yield and atom economy
AQA GCSE chemistry - Unit 4 - Lesson 1-3  Reactivity of metals powerpoints and worksheets
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AQA GCSE chemistry - Unit 4 - Lesson 1-3 Reactivity of metals powerpoints and worksheets

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This is a well resourced bundle of materials to teach the reactivity of metals. Reactions of metals with oxygen Reactions of metals with water (alkali metals) and acids (group 2) Formulating the reactivity series Alkali metals Description of metals reacting by losing electrons Preparation and differentiated worksheets Metal displacement and redox reactions OIL RIG Includes full lesson powerpoint that should cover approximately three lessons and supporting resources in word and pdf format. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! The accompanying worksheet allows students to practice and for you to give feedback and help them to improve. These resources have been prepared for the new GCSE science examination specifications that are new for first teaching in 2016. Fully resourced with Powerpoints, worksheets and lesson activities and key facts and opportunities for improvement and redrafting throughout.
Interactive revision session for parents! - Teach your parents how to help your students to revise
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Interactive revision session for parents! - Teach your parents how to help your students to revise

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This powerpoint forms the basis of an interactive session I run every year for parents of year 11 students. We usually run one in October and another in February. The aim of this session is slightly different to a conventional lecture to parents which might focus abstractly on different techniques and on the websites that deliver content. These are easy to find by parents in a simple web search anyway. What I aim to do when leading this session is make parents revise. I try to show them what works, what is boring and doesn't work, what they are tempted to do instead of revise and most importantly when to spot these things happening with their child. The resources themselves are mainly a prompt to promote discussion and debate and to help parents to leave enlightened rather than full of a list of strategies and websites. It is also a really fun session to deliver. I tease parents by doing the "teacher thing" I tell them not to talk over me, I make them work in silence during parts of the session, and I ask them AfL questions using lolly sticks! Seeing the looks on the parents' faces is worth running the session for alone ;-) On a very serious note though, parents who have been through this training become very effective home study partners and the impact on work produced at home is measurable and rapid especially when supporting pupil premium parents who perhaps didn't receive this sort of support themselves.
New AQA A-level Chemistry foldable FLASH CARDS of definitions for ALL year 1 and AS topics
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New AQA A-level Chemistry foldable FLASH CARDS of definitions for ALL year 1 and AS topics

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Support your students to learn the definitions they need for all the year 1 and AS topics in the new specification A-level chemistry! Each word document contains definitions that can be cut, individually folded over and used to revise or learn the accepted AQA definitions of key words and concepts for every topic. Students should print the sheets in A3 or A4 and then cut each definition into a strip. Fold over and glue together to give a robust card. Shuffle and test yourself or each other. Keep each topic separate or mix it up, the units are marked on each card so they can easily be re-sorted. Fold and laminate for a longer lasting set. Good for starter activities, revision and test yourself! This resource contains definitions for: 3.1.1 Atomic structure 3.1.2 Amount of substance 3.1.3 Bonding 3.1.4 Energetics 3.1.5 Kinetics 3.1.6 Equilibria 3.1.7 Redox 3.2.1 Periodicity 3.2.2 Group 2 the alkaline earth metals 3.2.3 Group 7 the halogens 3.3.1 Introduction to organic chemistry 3.3.2 Alkane 3.3.3 Halogenoalkanes 3.3.4 Alkenes 3.3.5 Alcohols 3.3.6 Organic Analysis
New AQA Chemistry A-level Revision Mat/Grid - 3.3.5 Alcohols
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New AQA Chemistry A-level Revision Mat/Grid - 3.3.5 Alcohols

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These simple revision mats can be printed A3 to complete in class or at home. One sheet is a great starter activity or homework task. All the sheets form a useful revision workbook. These 5 printable A3 mats cover 3.3.5 alcohols and includes a separate powerpoint containing model answers. Provided also as pdf files. Mat 1 Steam hydration of ethene Glucose and empirical formula Fermentation conditions and comparison with hydration Mat 2 Reagents and conditions for the different methods of alcohol production Mat 3 Oxidation of alcohols Practical application of oxidation of alcohols and equipment Mat 4 Mechanism for elimination/dehydration of alcohols Formation of isomers from longer chain/or unsymmetrical alcohols Mat 5 Identification of different types of organic compounds with test tube reactions and spectroscopy