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I'm a science teacher at a secondary school. I love making resources. I put a lot of time into them, so like that as many people as possible find them useful. Please rate anything you find useful. Contact me with any questions.
Reaction mechanisms card sort
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Reaction mechanisms card sort

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A card sort activity that asks the students to sort the difference between nucleophilic substitution & addition, electrophilic addition, rearrangement, condensation and elimination
Enthalpy cycles
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Enthalpy cycles

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This worksheet covers enthalpy cycles. It focuses on enthalpy of combustion, formation and reaction. Born-Haber cycles.
OCR Chemistry A - AS/A level testbank (From 2015)
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OCR Chemistry A - AS/A level testbank (From 2015)

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This is a searchable bank of exam questions matched to points from the new OCR A Chemistry AS/A level specification (2015 onwards). Use the specification points document to find the relevant code for the learning objective you want, then use the find feature in the PowerPoint document to search for matching exam questions and answers. Contains papers from F321 & F322 as well as specimen papers. H032, H432. Breadth in chemistry, Depth in chemistry
Where have the bees gone? - News story
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Where have the bees gone? - News story

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This was a comprehension exercise for a middle ability set. Written for KS4 AQA B1 - The impact of change. This is a real news story based on real research. Students have to read the text, answer questions, then write a letter to the government explaining why the researcher's work is important.
Bird Flu Pandemic in the USA - Interactive scenario
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Bird Flu Pandemic in the USA - Interactive scenario

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This is an interactive scenario which covers the US governments response when a bird flu outbreak spreads to the US from China in a global pandemic. The students are given key choices at each stage of the pandemic which affect the number of US citizens getting sick and the overall death toll. The tough choices can be used to encourage debate within your class and get students to justify their decisions. This can be used in either science, politics or history class and will last approximately 20-30 minutes. Provided are slides and accompanying worksheet.
AQA-P1-4-Generating electricity
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AQA-P1-4-Generating electricity

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These resources cover lesson plans, slides, activities, video links and an end of unit test for AQA-P1-4-Generating electricity. Includes lessons on Fuel for electricity, Energy from wind and water, Power from the Sun and the Earth, Energy and the environment, The National Grid & Big energy issues.
Word and symbol equations - carousel of 6 experiments
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Word and symbol equations - carousel of 6 experiments

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This is a worksheet which supports a carousel of 6 experiments where students add reagents in test-tubes and make observations. They then use scaffolding on the sheet this to build word and symbol equations. They are then challenged to balance the equations and add state symbols. This is intended as a 20-30 minute activity to help students develop skills in creating equations based on reactions.
KS3 - Science - Forces, Speed & Distance Time Graphs
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KS3 - Science - Forces, Speed & Distance Time Graphs

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This is a complete unit of work that covers forces and speed suitable for Key Stage 3 (KS3) Years 7 and 8. It contains, lessons worksheets and assessments. The lessons cover: What are forces, balanced and unbalanced forces, newtons, gravity on other planets, speed, acceleration, distance time graphs and relative motion.
KS3 Biology: Creating a key
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KS3 Biology: Creating a key

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I have included the lesson plan and PowerPoint. The lesson needs printouts of the JPEGs that are here. Preferably colour. There are two sets of pictures (Dogs and Donuts) that kids can use to build their own keys. Ks3 biology.
AQA-P1-5-Waves
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AQA-P1-5-Waves

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Included are lesson plans, slides, video links, activities and worksheets for AQA-P1-5-Waves. Includes lessons on, the nature of waves, measuring waves, reflection, refraction, diffraction and sound.
Year 7 - Science - Introduction Topic
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Year 7 - Science - Introduction Topic

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A series of 10 science lessons for Year 7 that introduces students to working in a lab and collecting data. Topics include: Initial assessment, working scientifically, collecting data, drawing a bar graph, drawing a scatter graph, making a prediction, using a Bunsen burner.
KS3 Science - Cells, Microscopes & Organisation
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KS3 Science - Cells, Microscopes & Organisation

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KS3 Science topic covering: Organisation, Animal Cells, Plant Cells, life processes, bacteria and single celled organisms, onion cell practical, microscopy and electron microscopy. Inlcudes, full lessons for the topic, knowledge organiser and assessment
KS3 - Science - Atomic structure, chemical reactions & separating mixtures
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KS3 - Science - Atomic structure, chemical reactions & separating mixtures

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This is a series of lessons to introduce students to chemistry and separating mixtures. It covers: Atomic structure, the periodic table, elements, compounds and mixtures, balancing equations, simple chemical reactions, filtration, distillation, chromatography, acids and alkalis, pH and indicators. Included are complete lessons, handouts and assessment lessons.