A very clear powerpoint presentation showing the ‘arrows in boxes’ electronic sub shell filling order from hydrogen to krypton. My students find this very helpful and it is useful when printed as a handout. It also shows clearly the incomplete 4s subshell in chromium and copper.

A quick test on atomic structure

This is a really fun crossword puzzle and is the perfect quick starter or plenary to any GCSE level atomic structure lesson. The puzzle includes answers and covers the following key words: Ion Isotopes Neutron Negatively Mass number Atomic number Electron Proton Nucleus The file is a PowerPoint, so the puzzle can be easily printed or even projected on your interactive whiteboard for students to fill in. Since it is out of ten marks, you can quickly determine a percentage score for each student too.

This worksheet provides ten questions that help the students to practice their skills in balancing redox equations by adjusting coefficients and by adding OH-, H20, and H+ where necessary. This worksheet is suitable for 'AS' - Level and IB Diploma Chemistry students. Syllabus reference: "Write ionic half-equations and use them to construct full ionic equations." (Edexcel 'AS' - Level Chemistry Specification, First Examinations 2014). Full answers are provided in this package. This is a perfect resource to use as a quick starter, plenary or homework. I have included both the pdf and docx files in this package. All images used have no attribution (they have been self-created or obtained from www.pixabay.com) '

This is a fun (and moderately challenging) crossword puzzle that would serve as an excellent starter, plenary or in-lesson activity for any periodic table class. This crossword tests students knowledge of: Group number Names of groups (e.g. The 'Halogens' are the group 7 elements) Symbols (e.g. Ca is the symbol for calcium) Properties (e.g. Potassium has similar properties to sodium because it is in the same group) This is a lot of fun and my students loved it. If your kids have never learnt anything about the periodic table before, then you could provide the students with a periodic table to help them as they do the puzzle. In this pack you get a PPTX (which you can edit), a pdf version and a png of the puzzle itself (in case you want to project it on your interactive whiteboard for students to fill in).

This is a fun (and moderately challenging) crossword puzzle that would serve as an excellent starter, plenary or in-lesson activity for any radioactivity and isotopes class. This crossword tests students’ knowledge of: Isotopic/atomic structure The difference between alpha, beta and gamma radiation Knowledge of the isotopes of hydrogen (i.e. deuterium and tritium) Radioactive decay and half-life The use of Uranium-235 as an electricity generating fuel This is a lot of fun and my students loved it. If your kids have never learnt anything about the radioactivity and isotopes before, then you could provide the students with a summary to help them as they do the puzzle. In this pack you get a PPTX (which you can edit), a pdf version and a png of the puzzle itself (in case you want to project it on your interactive whiteboard for students to fill in).

This is a perfect starter activity for your IGCSE or GCSE chemists. With common acids, and some unusual ones, this resource acts as a great way to reinforce key understanding and extend those learners who already have a good grasp of the basics. In this pack you will find: The PDF worksheet PDF answers

A basic worksheet for high ability GCSE classes and introductory 'A' -level classes all about isotopes. Students have to fill in the number of protons and neutrons for different isotopes.

This is a fun (and challenging) crossword puzzle that would serve as an excellent starter, plenary or in-lesson activity for any products from crude oil class. This crossword tests students’ knowledge of: Fractional Distillation What oil is and how it is formed The different fractions obtained from crude oil Alkanes and cracking This is a lot of fun and my students loved it. If your kids have never learnt anything about the products of crude oil before then you could provide the students with a summary to help them as they do the puzzle. In this pack you get a PPTX (which you can edit), a pdf version and a png of the puzzle itself (in case you want to project it on your interactive whiteboard for students to fill in).

The is a MCQ test/worksheet on group 2 and group 7, suitable for Advanced Level Chemistry students.

This is a really clear PowerPoint that shows students how to use Hess's Law to solve problems. Includes a number of examples to help students see Hess's Law being used effectively. Printable and fully editable, this PowerPoint is suitable for advanced chemistry classes (e.g. 'A' - Level and IB Diploma)

A PowerPoint presentation about how to balance chemical equations. Useful when printed as a handout or when used as an actual presentation.

A test on atomic structure, suitable for 'AS' - level students.

This worksheet can be used to test students by having them identify elements as metals, nonmetals, or metalloids. It also has a section to list the physical characteristics of each type of element.

This beautiful crossword puzzle is suitable for both CIE and Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry students. An answer sheet is provided too. Key words covered by this crossword include: Acidic oxide Decomposition Precipitation’ Neutralisation Amphoteric oxide Basic oxide Neutral oxide Acid Base Flame test Dissociate Indicator I am an IGCSE Chemistry teacher with almost two decades of experience and I have created this resource from scratch.

A very clear PowerPoint presentation showing the 'arrows in boxes' electronic sub shell filling order from hydrogen to krypton. My students find this very helpful and it is useful when printed as a handout. It also shows clearly the incomplete 4s subshell in chromium and copper.

This quick test/worksheet covers the pharmaceutical products testing section of IBDP Chemistry Option D (FE 2016). Questions include: 1. Testing drugs on animals and cell cultures tells us three things. What are they? 2. What does LD50 mean? There's also a flow chart to fill in (the docx file has the answers (just remove the boxes).

A fun, clear, comprehensive and varied worksheet that works well as starter, plenary or as a chunk of the main body of lesson. Suitable for GCSE or IGCSE Chemistry, Science (Double Award) or Science (Single Award), this resource covers: 1.The meaning of 'group number' and how this relates to reactivity trends 2. How 'group number' relates to outer shell electrons 3. Names of groups in the periodic table 4. Similarities in reactivity between elements 5. Differences between elements and compounds Comes complete with answers. Great for peer or self-assessment. Included in this pack are both the word doc (which you can edit) and pdf versions.

This is a fun (and moderately challenging) crossword puzzle that would serve as an excellent starter, plenary or in-lesson activity for any class about the periodic table. Suitable for GCSE, IGCSE and pre-IB/AS - Level stduents, this crossword tests students’ knowledge of: 1. The meaning of 'group number' and how this relates to reactivity trends 2. How 'group number' relates to outer shell electrons 3. Names of groups in the periodic table 4. Names of elements found in particular groups 5. Real-life scenarios of elements (e.g. iron in red blood cells, silicon in computer chips) 6. Metals and non-metals 7. Alkali metals, noble gases, halogens and transition metals 8. Metalloids This is a lot of fun and your kids will love it. If your students have never learnt anything about the periodic table before, then you could provide the students with a summary to help them as they do the puzzle. In this pack you get a PPTX (which you can edit), a pdf version and a png of the puzzle itself (in case you want to project it on your interactive whiteboard for students to fill in).

This is a fun (and moderately challenging) crossword puzzle that would serve as an excellent starter, plenary or in-lesson activity for any class about DNA structure. This crossword tests students’ knowledge of: The location of DNA in the cell The nucleotide as the basic building block of DNA Complimentary base pairing This is a lot of fun and your kids will love it. If your students have never learnt anything about DNA before, then you could provide the students with a summary to help them as they do the puzzle. In this pack you get a PPTX (which you can edit), a pdf version and a png of the puzzle itself (in case you want to project it on your interactive whiteboard for students to fill in).