Over 200 resources available for KS3-KS4 Science, KS5 Chemistry and Whole School! Lesson resources are suitable for live lessons in school, remote teaching at home or independent student study. It’s your choice how you use them 😊 Don’t forgot to explore my free resources too!
Over 200 resources available for KS3-KS4 Science, KS5 Chemistry and Whole School! Lesson resources are suitable for live lessons in school, remote teaching at home or independent student study. It’s your choice how you use them 😊 Don’t forgot to explore my free resources too!
A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks with answers on Dynamic Equilibrium and Le Chatelier’s Principle
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
To explain the term dynamic equilibrium
To apply le Chatelier’s principle to homogeneous equilibria in order to deduce qualitatively the effect of a change in temperature, pressure or concentration on the position of equilibrium
To explain why catalysts do not change the position of equilibrium
To explain the importance to the chemical industry of a compromise between chemical equilibrium and reaction rate in deciding the operational conditions
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A structured lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and lesson slides on free radical substitution reactions
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
1.To know what a free radical is
2. To describe the reaction mechanism for the free-radical substitution of alkanes including initiation, propagation and termination
3. To analyse the limitations of radical substitution in synthesis by formation of a mixture of organic products
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on IR Spectroscopy. Suitable for OCR AS Chemistry.
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
To understand the absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric gases containing C=O, O-H and C-H bonds, their suspected link to global warming and resulting changes to energy uses
2)To understand how infrared spectroscopy works
3)To understand the application of infrared spectroscopy
To interpret IR spectra
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks, main work tasks and homework (all with answers included) on Synthetic Routes in Organic Synthesis (A level -Yr13)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
i) To identify individual functional groups for an organic molecule containing several functional groups
ii) To predict the properties and reactions of organic molecules containing several functional groups
iii) To create multi-stage synthetic routes for preparing organic compounds
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A well structured lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks on metal oxides. Suitable for AQA GCSE Chemistry or Combined Science
By the end of this lesson KS4 students should be able to:
Identity that metals react with oxygen to form metal oxides
Explain reduction and oxidation by loss or gain of oxygen
Identify metal oxides as bases or alkalis
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
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3 Full Lesson Bundle which covers the Kinetics chapter from the OCR AS Level Chemistry Specification (may also suitable for the AQA and Edexcel Spec- see Learning Objectives below to confirm)
Lesson 1: Collision Theory & Rates of Reaction
**1. To explain the effect of concentration (including pressure of gases only) on the rate of reaction in terms of the frequency of collisions
**2. To calculate the rate of reaction using the gradients of a concentration-time graph
**3. To describe the techniques and procedures used to investigate reaction rates including the measurement of mass, gas volumes and concentration
Lesson 2: Catalysts
**1. To explain the effect of concentration (including pressure of gases only) on the rate of reaction in terms of the frequency of collisions
**2. To calculate the rate of reaction using the gradients of a concentration-time graph
**3. To describe the techniques and procedures used to investigate reaction rates including the measurement of mass, gas volumes and concentration
Lesson 3: The Boltzmann Distribution
**1. To draw a labelled diagram of the Boltzmann distribution
**2. To explain qualitatively the Boltzmann distribution and its relationship with activation energy
**3. To explain how temperature changes and catalytic behaviour effect the proportion of molecules exceeding the activation energy and hence the reaction rate using Boltzmann distributions
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks, main work tasks with answers on **The Equilibrium Constant Kc (Part 2) - A L evel OCR Chemistry (Year 13) **
*Note: A full lesson on the Equilibrium Constant Kc (Part 1) -AS Level OCR Chemistry (Year 12) is also available *
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
To construct expressions for the equilibrium constant Kc for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions
To calculate units for Kc
To calculate quantities present at equilibrium and therefore kc given appropriate data
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks with answers included on Standard Electrode & Cell Potentials (Part 1 of 2)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
**To describe techniques and procedures used for the measurement of :
**i) Cell potentials of metals or non-metals in contact with their ions in aqueous solution
**ii) Ions of the same element in different oxidation states in contact with a Pt electrode
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on Born Haber Cycles
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
1.To construct Born Haber Cycle diagrams for ionic compounds from enthalpy change values
2.To calculate the value for lattice enthalpy from Born Haber Cycle diagrams
3.To calculate other enthalpy change values from Born Haber Cycle diagrams
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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8 Full Lesson Bundle which covers the redox and electrode potential section of the OCR Energy Chapter:
Lesson 1 & 2: Redox Reactions
Lesson 3& 4: Redox Titrations
Lesson 5&6: Standard Electrode & Cell Potentials
Lesson 7: Limitations of Cell Potentials
Lesson 8: Storage & Fuel Cells
Learning Objectives:
Lesson 1:
LO1: To identify the oxidation numbers of elements in ions and compounds
LO2: To construct half-equations from redox equations
LO3: To explain and use the terms oxidising agent and reducing agent
Lesson 2:
LO1: To understand that the overall increase in oxidation number will equal the overall decrease in oxidation number
LO2: To construct balanced half equations and overall redox equations from reactions in acidic conditions
LO3: To construct balanced half equations and overall redox equations from reactions in alkaline conditions (stretch & challenge)
Lesson 3:
LO1: To understand what a redox titration is.
LO2: To describe the practical techniques and procedures used to carry out redox titrations involving Fe2+ /MnO4-
LO3: To calculate structured titration questions based on experimental results of redox titrations involving Fe2+ /MnO4- and its derivatives
Lesson 4:
LO1: To describe the practical techniques and procedures used to carry out redox titrations for I2/S2O32-
LO2: To calculate structured titration questions based on experimental results of redox titrations involving I2/S2O32- and non familiar redox systems
LO3: To calculate non-structured titration questions based on experimental results of I2/S2O32-
Lesson 5:
LO1: To describe techniques and procedures used for the measurement of :
i) Cell potentials of metals or non-metals in contact with their ions in aqueous solution
ii) Ions of the same element in different oxidation states in contact with a Pt electrode
Lesson 6:
LO1: To use the term standard electrode potential E⦵ including its measurement using a hydrogen electrode
LO2: To calculate a standard cell potential by combining two standard electrode potentials
LO3: To predict the feasibility of electrode potentials to modern storage cells
Lesson 7:
LO1. To understand the limitations of predicting the feasibility of a reaction using cell potentials due to kinetics and non-standard conditions
LO2. To explain why electrochemical cells may not work based on the limitations of using cell potentials
Lesson 8:
LO1: To understand the application of the principles of electrode potentials to modern storage cells
LO2: To explain that a fuel cell uses the energy from a reaction of a fuel with oxygen to produce a voltage
LO3: To derive the reactions that take place at each electrode in a hydrogen fuel cell
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through starter activities, discussion questions, mini AfL tasks and practice questions for students to complete
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3 Full Lesson Bundle covering Analytical Techniques (mass spectrometry, IR spectroscopy and combined techniques in organic chemistry) . These lessons follow the OCR specification
Lesson 1: Mass Spectrometry in Organic Chemistry
**1) Use a mass spectrum of an organic compound to identify the molecular ion peak and hence to determine molecular mass
**2)Perform analysis of fragmentation peaks in a mass spectrum to identify parts of structures
Lesson 2: IR Spectroscopy
**1) To understand the absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric gases containing C=O, O-H and C-H bonds, their suspected link to global warming and resulting changes to energy uses
**2)To understand how infrared spectroscopy works
**3)To understand the application of infrared spectroscopy
**4) To interpret IR spectra
Lesson 3: Combined Spectroscopic Techniques
**1)To apply combined spectroscopic techniques (IR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis) to identify the structures of unknown compounds
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A 16 page pdf summary of all the organic synthesis reactions from the AS and A level AQA Chemistry specification. Students will be able to use this resource directly as part of their revision on organic synthesis/synthetic routes or can make flashcards from them. Reagents and reaction conditions are also included where applicable
Reaction summaries include:
nucelophilic substitution reactions* elimination reactions* free radical substitution reactions* electrophilic addition reactions* oxidation reactions* reduction reactions* ethanol production reactions* electrophilic substitution reactions* nucleophilic addition reactions* nucleophilic addition-elimination reactions* carbon-carbon bond formation reactions* reactions of carboxylic acids* reactions of acyl chlorides* reactions of acid anhydrides* polymerisation reactions* hydrolysis reactions* amine synthesis reactions* Biodiesel formation reactions* Transesterification reactions*
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This is an exam revision resource on A level Chemistry Titration Calculations. Suitable for All A level Chemistry exam boards.
This resource includes 6 exam style questions on titration calculations (acid-base & year 12 redox) and structured model answers for each question. Each exam question is worth 6 or 7 marks.
This resource is suitable for a lesson or an independent study task/homework task for students to complete
A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and modelled practice questions on The Effect of Temperature on the Rate Constant (The Arrhenius Equation).
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
Explain qualitatively the effect of temperature change on a rate constant,k, and hence the rate of a reaction
To Know the exponential relationship between the rate constant, k and temperature, T given by the Arrhenius equation, k = Ae–Ea/RT
Determine Ea and A graphically using InK = -Ea/RT+ InA derived from the Arrhenius equation
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on proton NMR Spectroscopy (part 1)
NOTE: This lesson can be purchased as a bundle with proton NMR Spectroscopy (part 2)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To analyse proton NMR spectra of an organic molecule to make predictions about:
The number of proton environments in the molecule
The different types of proton environment present from chemical shift values
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and lesson slides on Addition Polymerisation of Alkenes. This lesson follows the OCR specification.
**By the end of the lessons students should be able:
**1. To know the repeat unit of an addition polymer deduced from a polymer
**2. To identify the monomer that would produce a given section of an addition polymer
**3. To construct repeating units based on provided monomers
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and model example questions and answers and practice questions on the rate equation and calculating the rate constant
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To determine the order of a reactant from experimental data
To calculate the rate constant, K, from a rate equation
To calculate the units of the rate constant
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A structured KS5 lesson (Part 1 of 2) including starter activity, AfL work tasks and practice questions on Redox Titrations
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
**LO1: To understand what a redox titration is.
LO2: To describe the practical techniques and procedures used to carry out redox titrations involving Fe2+ /MnO4-
LO3: To calculate structured titration questions based on experimental results of redox titrations involving Fe2+ /MnO4- and its derivatives
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson (Part 2 of 2) including starter activity, AfL work tasks and practice questions on Redox Titrations
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
**LO1: To describe the practical techniques and procedures used to carry out redox titrations for I2/S2O32-
LO2: To calculate structured titration questions based on experimental results of redox titrations involving I2/S2O32- and non familiar redox systems
LO3: To calculate non-structured titration questions based on experimental results of I2/S2O32-
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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10 Full Lesson Bundle + BONUS lesson on Acids, bases & buffers. This bundle covers the OCR A Level Chemistry specification. Please review the learning objectives below.
Lesson 1: Bronsted-Lowry Acid and Bases
To describe the difference between a BrØnsted Lowry acid and base
To identify conjugate acid-base pairs
To explain the difference between monobasic, dibasic and tribasic acids
To understand the role of H+ in the reactions of acids with metals and bases (including carbonates, metal oxides and alkalis), using ionic equations
Lesson 2: Strong Acids & The pH Scale
To calculate the pH of a strong acid
To convert between pH and [H+(aq)]
To apply the relationship between pH and [H+(aq)] to work out pH changes after dilution
**Lesson 3 - The Acid Dissociation Constant **
To understand the acid dissociation constant, Ka, as the extent of acid dissociation
To know the relationship between Ka and pKa
To convert between Ka and pKa
Lesson 4- pH of weak acids
To recall the expression of pH for weak monobasic acids
To calculate the pH of weak monobasic acids using approximations
To analyse the limitations of using approximations to Ka related calculations for ‘stronger’ weak acids
Lesson 5 - The ionic product of water
To recall the expression for the ionic product of water, Kw (ionisation of water)
To calculate the pH of strong bases using Kw
To apply the principles for Kc, Kp to Kw
Lesson 6-9 - Buffer Solutions (3 part lesson)
Part 1: Explaining How Buffer Solutions Work
To know a buffer solution is a system that minimises pH changes on addition of small amounts of an acid or base
To describe how a buffer solution is formed using weak acids, salts and strong alkalis
To explain the role of the conjugate acid-base pair in an acid buffer solution such as how the blood pH is controlled by the carbonic acid–hydrogencarbonate buffer system
Part 2: Buffer Solution Calculations (Part 1)
To calculate the pH of a buffer solution containing a weak acid and the salt of a weak acid by using the Ka expression and pH equation
To calculate equilibrium concentrations, moles or mass of the components of a weak acid-salt of a weak acid buffer solution
Part 3: Buffer Solution Calculations (Part 2)
To calculate the pH of a weak acid-strong alkali buffer solution
To calculate equilibrium concentrations, moles or mass of the components of a weak acid- strong alkali buffer solution
BONUS Lesson 9 : Revision on Buffer Solutions
To review how to calculate the pH of a buffer solution containing a weak acid and a strong alkali
To review how to calculate the pH of a buffer solution containing a weak acid and the salt of the weak acid
Lesson 10- Neutralisation & Titration Curves
To interpret titration curves of strong and weak acids and strong and weak bases
To construct titration curve diagrams of strong and weak acids and strong and weak bases
**Lesson 11- pH indicators & Titration Curves **
To explain indicator colour changes in terms of equilibrium shift between the HA and A- forms of the indicator
To explain the choice of suitable indicators given the pH range of the indicator
To describe an experiment for creating a titration curve
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