copies of mendeleevs periodic table that could be laminted and given to students as part of a history of the periodic table lesson

a simple fire triangle starter sheet could be used with lower ability groups

if you drop raisins in lemonade they sink to the bottom, then float and then sink again. this sheet contains six theories that can be photocopied and then stuck around the room, i demonstrated the experiment and then got pupils to move to the theory they thought best described what happened and told them to be prepared to defend their ideas

a simple chemistry wordsearch where pupils have to think of chemistry words then find them on the sheet, makes a fun starter/settling activity

a simple starter for lower ability students, where they use dictionaries to find definitions of solubility keywords

a set of premade cards with the elements written on them, with the rest of the information left blank for the pupils to fill in

a picture of a brainiac experiment on alkali metals in a 5 questions framework, as a starter for the pupils

a nice elements and symbols card sort that could be used as a starter to a lesson or as part of a main activity

a worksheet with instructions for pupils to make different coloured pigments, a good strutured practical that could be used as a training for coursework

this has a suggested organisation cards using four teams, i have made a worksheet with suspects and the victim, the attacker is always the cinema mangaer, i make blood splatter by drawing the splatter with a uv pen and then getting people to scan for it with uv you need slime made from fybogel (if you put highlighter ink fluid in the water it glows with uv) and pva slime (recipes from about.com chemistry) and i used four weapons (a book, a glass ashtray, a broom handle and a wooden rolling pin) there are also deduction cards so teams can find out who did it at the end

a simple table for pupils to complete summarising the main features of the group one metals

an AFL assessment with level ladder aimed at levels 4-7 for the simple chemical reactions topic

a simple cut out and sort or join up word matching exercise on acids and alkalis

some instructions on how to produce a good piece of rate of reaction coursework

a complete lesson reviewing atomic structure, reactivity and word equations for KS3 or low ability KS4. includes a progress check sheet that can be revisited throughout the lesson and the lesson plan I wrote to go with it

A co-operative learning starter activity where the pupils decide definitions for the keywords from a multiple choice list move to the area of the room corresponding to the answer, then they have to copy down the definition and when they have finished sit down with a partner and decide a memorable hook to remember the word by

a set of data tables to help with a lesson on elcetron structure or the periodic table

a periodic table for printing and use with students

bath bombs are made with a 2:1 ration of sodium bicarobnate to Citric acid, recipes can be found easily on the internet, this lesson gets pupils to make bath bombs and then sequence the method and choose words for their advert

I have used the level 3 - 5 science APP statements to make an Xbox achievment assessment for the pupils called science live. It works like the achievements on xbox pupils get the black and white sheet for their books then get the coloured stickers when they unlock the achievement it is an easy skill tracker and really hooks the pupils in small prizes can be given for every 200 points unlocked to link in to your schools reward policy.