A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about the noble gases and their chemical properties. There are links to KS4 included where students explain the reasoning for being non-reactive in relation to the electron shells. Learning objective: To explore the trends seen in group 0 and explain their reactivity. By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify Noble gases. Describe the properties of Noble gases. Explain why Noble gases are used for double glazing and Neon Lights. Suitable for KS3 (yrs 11-14) and KS4 (yrs 14-16) Slides are marked. 10 slides are included in the powerpoint.

A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about how salts can be made by reacting a metal oxide and base. Students will be able to name salts or determine the reactants that form them, balance equations regarding salts and for a high ability stretch use moles in order to calculate the needed masses of reactants to react completely. Progress checks are available following each success criteria Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner. Learning objective: Justify how specific salts can be synthesised with reference to amounts. By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Success criteria: Identify the products / reactants of an acid-base reaction. Describe how to balance equations. Explain why equations must be balanced. Powerpoint contains 21 slides. Some prior information is needed for understanding chemical formulae in the later parts of the lesson.