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, AfL work tasks and lesson slides on addition reactions of alkenes. Suitable for the AQA specification
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know what an electrophile is
To describe what an electrophilic addition reaction is
To outline the mechanism for electrophilic addition
Mechanisms for electrophilic addition include halogen halides, halogen molecules, hydrogen molecule and sulfuric acid
Explanations surrounding major and minor products are also discussed in this lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson (Yr12) including starter activity, discussion questions, videos and main work task all with answers included on Practical Skills for Organic Synthesis. Suitable for the OCR specification.
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of the use of Quickfit apparatus for distillation and heating under reflux
To understand the techniques for preparation and purification of an organic liquid including:
use of a separating funnel to remove an organic layer from an aqueous layer
drying with an anhydrous salt
redistillation
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS5 lesson on Water of Crystallisation (Formula of Hydrated Salts)
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
To know the terms anhydrous, hydrated and water of crystallisation
To calculate the formula of a hydrated salt from given percentage composition or mass composition
To calculate the formula of a hydrated salt from experimental results
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks with answers on haloalkanes and the environment
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
To know how halogen radicals are produced from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the action of UV radiation
To construct equations for the production of halogen radicals from CFCs
To construct equations for the catalysed breakdown of ozone by Cl. and other radicals (NO.)
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A structured Year 12 KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks on Catalysts. Suitable for OCR Specification (AS Chemistry)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
**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
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and plenary task all with answers on pH indicators & Titration Curves
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
LO1. To explain indicator colour changes in terms of equilibrium shift between the HA and A- forms of the indicator
LO2. To explain the choice of suitable indicators given the pH range of the indicator
LO3. To describe an experiment for creating a titration curve
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on Buffer Solution Calculations (Suitable for the OCR Specification)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
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
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS5 lesson on isomers (structural isomers and stereoisomers). Suitable for the AQA specification
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know the what structural isomers and stereoisomers are
Describe the three different ways in which structural isomers can occur
Construct formulae of positional, functional group or chain isomers and stereosiomers of alkenes
Students will be able to take rich notes on isomers, building on their KS4 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding on isomers by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Properties of Alcohols
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
**LO1: To identify and explain the intermolecular forces that are present in alcohol molecules
LO2: To explain the water solubility of alcohols, their low volatility and their trend in boiling points
LO3: To classify alcohols as primary, secondary or tertiary alcohols
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 including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on Lattice Enthalpy. Suitable for the OCR Specification
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To explain the term lattice enthalpy
2.To understand the factors that determine the size of lattice enthalpy
3.To explain the terms standard enthalpy change of formation and first ionisation energy
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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3 structured lessons covering topics from AS Chemistry haloalkanes from the OCR Specification
Lesson 1: Haloalkanes and their Reactions (part 1)
LO1. To define and use the term nucleophile
LO2. To outline the mechanism for nucleophilic substitution of haloalkanes
Lesson 2: Haloalkanes and their Reactions (part 2)
LO1. To explain the trend in the rates of hydrolysis of primary haloalkanes in terms of the bond enthalpies of carbon-halogen bonds
LO2. To describe how the rate of hydrolysis of haloalkanes can be determined by experiment using water, ethanol and silver nitrate solution
Lesson 3: Haloalkanes and the environment
LO1. To know how halogen radicals are produced from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the action of UV radiation
LO2. To construct equations for the production of halogen radicals from CFCs
LO3. To construct equations for the catalysed breakdown of ozone by Cl. and other radicals (NO.)
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks, main work tasks with answers on The Equilibrium Constant Kp
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
To use the terms mole fraction and partial pressure
To construct expressions for Kp for homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria
To calculate Kp including determination of units
To understand the affect of temperature, pressure, concentration and catalysts on Kp and controlling the position of equilibrium
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on Optical Isomerism. Suitable for AQA A level Chemistry.
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know which types of molecules show optical isomerism
To be able to represent enantiomers as 3D molecules showing the chiral centres
To understand why racemic mixtures are optically inactive
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A 45 minute end of chapter test on chemical equilibrium. The test covers content from both year 12 and 13 OCR on chemical equilibrium. A markscheme with model answers is also included which enables students self assess their answers in class with their teacher or as a homework task.
The test is based on the following learning objectives:
Apply le Chatelier’s principle to deduce qualitatively (from appropriate information) the effect of a change in temperature, concentration or pressure, on a homogeneous system in equilibrium.
Explain that a catalyst increases the rate of both forward and reverse reactions in an equilibrium by the same amount resulting in an unchanged position of equilibrium
Deduce, for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, expressions for the equilibrium constant Kc.
Calculate the values of the equilibrium constant, Kc (from provided or calculated equilibrium moles or concentrations), including determination of units.
Estimate the position of equilibrium from the magnitude of Kc.
Calculate, given appropriate data, the concentration or quantities present at equilibrium.
Deduce, for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, expressions for the equilibrium constant Kp.
Calculate the values of the equilibrium constant, Kp (from provided or calculated equilibrium moles or pressures), including determination of units.
Explain the effect of changing temperature on the value of Kc or Kp for exothermic and endothermic reactions.
State that the value of Kc or Kp is unaffected by changes in concentration or pressure or by the presence of a catalyst.
Explain how Kc or Kp controls the position of equilibrium on changing concentration, pressure and temperature
A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on strong acids and the pH scale
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
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
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and practice questions with answers on Gibbs Free Energy (Part 2)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
To state and use the relationship ΔG = ΔH-TΔS
To draw a link between ΔG and feasibility
To explain the limitations of predictions made by ΔG about feasibility, in terms of kinetics.
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 lesson slides on addition reactions of alkenes. Suitable for the OCR specification
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know what an electrophile is
To describe what an electrophilic addition reaction is
To outline the mechanism for electrophilic addition
Mechanisms for electrophilic addition include halogen halides, halogen molecules, and the hydrogen molecule
Explanations surrounding major and minor products are also discussed in this lesson
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on Amino Acids And Their Reactions
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know the general formula for an α-amino acid as RCH(NH2)COOH
To understand the following reactions of amino acids:
(i) reaction of the carboxylic acid group with alkalis and in the formation of esters
(ii) reaction of the amine group with acids
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) an Introduction to Amines
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know how to name amines using IUPAC rules
To understand the basicity of amines in terms of proton acceptance by the nitrogen lone pair
To understand the reactions of amines with dilute inorganic acids
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on The Preparation of Amines
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know the reaction steps involved in the preparation of aromatic amines by reduction of nitroarenes using tin and concentrated hydrochloric acid
To know the reaction steps involved in the preparation of aliphatic amines by substitution of haloalkanes with excess ethanolic ammonia or amines
To explain the reaction conditions that favours the formation of a primary aliphatic amine
To explain the reaction conditions that favours the formation of a quaternary ammonium salt
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