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 main work task all with answers on Periodicity: Melting Points
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To describe the trend in structure from giant metallic to giant covalent to simple molecular lattice
To explain the variation in melting points across period 2 & 3 in terms of structure and bonding
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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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This lesson enables Year 12 students to plan for their 4th required practical on testing for cations and anions
Students are provided with a step to step guide on how to research hazards associated with chemicals, complete risk assessments, results table and also how to research appropriate practical methods.
Technician/teacher notes on method required are available
The learning objectives of the lesson are to plan for required practical 4 by:
Researching the risks associated with the experiment and creating appropriate risk assessment based on your findings
Researching appropriate experimental methods for testing for group 2 cations, NH4+ ions, CO32- ions, SO42- ions and halide ions
Constructing appropriate results tables to record your observations during the experiment
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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 practice questions with answers on Gibbs Free Energy (Part 1)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
To explain that the feasibility of a process depends upon ΔG being negative which in turn depends upon ΔS, ΔH and the T of the system
To recall the Gibbs’ Equation and calculate ΔG, ΔH, ΔS or T
To calculate ΔG, ΔH, ΔS or T using the Gibbs’ Equation
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 and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Other Reactions of Alcohols
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
To know the elimination of H2O from alcohols in the presence of an acid catalyst and heat to form alkenes
To know the substitution of alcohols with halide ions in the presence of acid to form haloalkanes
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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 and main work task on the ideal gas equation
Lesson begins with exam style questions to recap on what students should know about moles
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
Recall the ideal gas equation
Understand the properties of an ideal gas
Rearrange the ideal gas equation to determine either pressure, temperature, moles or volume
Teacher will be able assess students understanding and progress throughout the lesson via mini AfL tasks
Students complete a 20-30 minute main work task at the end of the lesson on the ideal gas equation
Worked example answers to the main work task are provided to allow students to self assess their answers
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on Enthalpy Change of Hydration & Soluton
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To define the terms enthalpy change of solution and hydration
To construct enthalpy cycles using the enthalpy change of solution of a simple ionic solid
To qualitatively explain the effect of ionic charge and ionic radius on the exothermic value of lattice enthalpy and enthalpy change of hydration
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 the Ionic Product of Water, Kw
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
LO1: To recall the expression for the ionic product of water, Kw (ionisation of water)
LO2: To calculate the pH of strong bases using Kw
LO3: To apply the principles for Kc, Kp to Kw
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A structured theory lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks all with answers on The Halogens: Physical Properties and Trends in Reactivity
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To describe and explain the trend in boiling points of the halogens in terms of induced dipole-dipole interactions (London Forces)
To describe and explain the trend in reactivity of the halogens illustrated by their displacement reaction with other halide ions
To construct full and ionic equations of halogen-halide displacement reactions and to predict the colour changes of these reactions in aqueous and organic solutions
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 Polar and Non-Polar Molecules
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
LO1: To describe the difference between polar and non-polar molecules
LO2: To explain why non-polar molecules can contain polar bonds
LO3: To predict whether molecules are polar or non-polar
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A structured Year 12 KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks on Collision Theory and Rates of Reaction. Suitable for OCR Specification (AS Chemistry)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To explain the effect of concentration (including pressure of gases only) on the rate of reaction in terms of the frequency of collisions
To calculate the rate of reaction using the gradients of a concentration-time graph
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, research task and plenary task on Dealing With Polymer Waste. Please see the lesson guidance for more information. This lesson follows the OCR specification.
By the end of the lesson students should be able:
LO1: To understand the benefits for sustainability of processing waste polymers by:
Combustion for energy production
Use as an organic feedstock for the production of plastics and other organic chemicals
Removal of toxic waste products such as HCl
LO2: The benefits to the environment of development of biodegradable and photodegradable polymers
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on ** Explaining How Buffer Solutions Work** (Suitable for the OCR specification)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
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
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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 reacting masses (moles and chemical equations)
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know how to balance symbol equations
Calculate the moles of reactants or products based on chemical equations and mole ratios
Calculate the masses of reactants used or products formed based on chemical equations and mole ratios
Students will be able to take rich notes on reacting masses, building on their KS4 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of the how to balanced equations and calculate reacting masses from chemical equations by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided
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A structured KS5 lesson (part 2 of 2) including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on Intermolecular forces (Hydrogen bonding)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To understand hydrogen bonding as intermolecular forces between molecules containing N, O or F and the H atom of –NH, -OH or HF
To construct diagrams which illustrate hydrogen bonding
To explain the anomalous properties of H2O resulting from hydrogen bonding
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 Combined Techniques. Suitable for OCR AS Chemistry.
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
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 well structured KS5 Lesson on Qualitative Analysis of Organic Functional Groups (Year 13). The lesson contains a starter activity and main work tasks, all with answers included
By the end of the lesson students should be able:
To recall qualitative analysis of organic functional groups on a test-tube scale
To design qualitative analysis tests to distinguish between two or more organic compounds
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A well structured lesson including starter activity, main work tasks with answers included on empirical and molecular formulae
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Understand what is meant by ‘empirical formula’ and ‘molecular formula’
Calculate empirical formula from data giving composition by mass or percentage by mass
Calculate molecular formula from the empirical formula and relative molecular mass.
Note: the starter activity involves students self assessing their homework on moles and the ideal gas equation (Homework questions and answers are included in this resource)
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