A carefully constructed sequence of exercises to teach students how to write chemical formulae. \nThen students are taken through writing equations with a worked example and then a series of questions.

Resource that allows students to compare the spectra of the isomers of butanol and identify the unknown

A powerpoint that goes through the auf-bau process.

Introduction to Mass Spec with some examples of simple fragmentation patterns.

How to calculate the empirical formula of a compound from the masses of the elements in it or the percentage composition. \nA written explanation, a worked example in two formats and a series of calculations to try out.\nComments and feedback welcome.\n\nNow includes answer sheet

An A to Z of Science Jobs, useful as a starter or a careers talk

A simple walk through coupling with a few simple examples

Multiple choice quiz with answers that give an anagram of rutherford. The stems have strange lettering to achieve this so watch out, pupils find it difficult to get their heads round a. b. c. d. m. n. o. p.!

What if you could do drugs but only do half the damage? A few months ago the BBC news website carried a series of images of people made up to look as if only half of their body was damaged by drugs, a sort of left-handed Dorian Gray portrait. I found the pictures intriguing and with just PowerPoint and Paint I have made a set of images that are quite striking and may provoke debate. The photographer is Roman Sakovich.

Students write formulae from names and calculate relative molecular masses from formulae. A simple two sided sheet that covers all the formulae and masses needed in the Y10 OCR course but will be useful for other boards. comments welcome.

A 30 minute lesson plan, a powerpoint and a Q&A sheet for a quick revision lesson on Group 2. \n\nThe QéA sheet is written from the syllabus and can be used for individual or paired revision.\n\nReviews welcome

I don't know what prompted it but a student asked me, 'How many atoms are there in me?' After a quick calculation based on her mass and the atoms all being carbon, the number was too big to visualise. Hence the subsequent question from the same student, 'So how big would that be if every atom was a one pence piece?'\n\nThis is the result. Thanks Niamh, for the original question

A powerpoint that shows how to calculate %Composition and sets it in the context of fertilisers

A series of quotes, some historic, some popular, that can be displayed in rooms during science week. Can also be run as a slideshow before assemblies or on TV screens.

Lesson plan outlines activity. Document can be cut up into strips for sorting. Last page can be held back for less able pupils.\n\nPupils sort statements into ones that favour gorillas, ones that favour chimpanzees and ones that favour a new species.\n\nPpt is a useful backdrop.\n\nComments welcome.

A simple powerpoint with a clear visual representation of how diffusion works. Higher level. Comments welcome.

An active reading worksheet that contains a lot of information. Pupils read it through and then read it again to give titles to paragraphs. Then they have to read it again to sift out various bits of information. Reviews welcome

Simple, just a worked example based around an old exam question.

This is a three slide powerpoint. Print out the first two and you have a cut and paste activity. I added the third slide so that pupils could self mark the activity.\n\nIt saves a lot of writing about intercourse which some pupils in year seven find difficult to do.\n\nComments and feedback welcome

A lot of spectra, collected by functional group. Students can see, for example, the clear 3300-3000cm-1 peak for all alcohols.\n\nA useful blank table at the start, complete at the end for peer marking.