This session is designed to be 100 minutes long but it is separated into two parts so would also be perfect for two 60 minute sessions<br />
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Learners will;<br />
- Find out what the group 1 metals are<br />
- There reactions with water, chlorine and oxygen<br />
- Colours of the flame test<br />
- Reactivity<br />
- Properties of group 1<br />
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Please review<br />
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Tip - you will need grilled cheese font to see the powerpoint as it should look like. I have attached a pdf
This session is designed to be about 100 minutes but can go on for longer depending on learners ability.<br />
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Learners will;<br />
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- Recap their knowledge of solids, liquids and gases from KS3<br />
- Explore any substances that might not fit the model<br />
- Look at the changes of state (freezing, melting, boiling)<br />
- They will then experiment with different substances to see how different substances have different properties (e.g. conducting electricity and melting points)<br />
- Higher ability learners will go on to looking at models and how the model of a solid, liquid and a gas doesn't explain the properties<br />
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This is a nice starting powerpoint to introduce ionic, covalent and metallic bonding.<br />
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Please review this resource!<br />
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Tip - Font needed - Grilled Cheese! I have included a pdf so you can see how much better it looks with this font.
Resistors - AQA 9-1 GCSE<br />
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In this lesson learners will complete the required practical I-V Characteristics;<br />
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Use circuit diagrams to construct appropriate circuits to investigate the I-V characteristics of a variety of circuit elements including a filament lamp, a diode and a resistor at constant temperature.<br />
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They will also cover part of 6.1.2.4<br />
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Students should be able to explain that, for some resistors, the value of R remains constant but that in others it can change as the current changes.<br />
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The current through an ohmic conductor (at a constant temperature) is directly proportional to the potential difference across the resistor. This means that the resistance remains constant as the current changes.<br />
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The resistance of components such as lamps, diodes, thermistors and LDRs is not constant; it changes with the current through the component.<br />
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The current through a diode flows in one direction only. The diode has a very high resistance in the reverse direction.<br />
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The resistance of a filament lamp increases as the temperature of the filament increases.<br />
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Please note - I use the font GRILLED CHEESE. I have added a PDF in case you don't have the font / want to see what it looks like
<p>15 minute questions to help students organise their revision for paper 1 Biology AQA. If its popular I will create and upload for the other papers.</p>
<p>Do let me know if you have any ideas for extra tasks I could put on these (especially for the last few topics!)</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
5.7.1.3 Properties of hydrocarbons<br />
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Designed for 100 minute session with iPad. <br />
Font = grilled cheese. I have included a PDF of what it looks like with the font.<br />
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Some properties of hydrocarbons depend on the size of their molecules, including boiling point, viscosity and flammability. <br />
These properties influence how hydrocarbons are used as fuels.<br />
Students should be able to recall how boiling point, viscosity and flammability change with increasing molecular size.<br />
The combustion of hydrocarbon fuels releases energy. <br />
During combustion, the carbon and hydrogen in the fuels are oxidised. <br />
The complete combustion of a hydrocarbon produces carbon dioxide and water.<br />
Students should be able to write balanced equations for the complete combustion of hydrocarbons with a given formula.<br />
Knowledge of trends in properties of hydrocarbons is limited to:<br />
• boiling points<br />
• viscosity<br />
• flammability.
<p>This is based on a set of instructions I found from someone else (thank you!!!) and I used it to create a template for drawing covalent bonds. It could be cut out and stuck into books.</p>
A fun lesson designed for children to work out the reactivity series themselves through some observations, demo and a practical. There are some challenging bits towards the end where you can discuss extracting metals. <br />
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It covers the following from the national curriculum;<br />
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Materials<br />
- the order of metals and carbon in the reactivity series<br />
- the use of carbon in obtaining metals from metal oxides<br />
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This is a 100 minute lesson and uses a font called grilled cheese. I included a PDF so you can see what the font looks like
5.7.1.3 Properties of hydrocarbons<br />
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Designed for 100 minute session with iPad. <br />
Font = grilled cheese. I have included a PDF of what it looks like with the font. <br />
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Some properties of hydrocarbons depend on the size of their molecules, including boiling point, viscosity and flammability. <br />
These properties influence how hydrocarbons are used as fuels.<br />
Students should be able to recall how boiling point, viscosity and flammability change with increasing molecular size.<br />
The combustion of hydrocarbon fuels releases energy.<br />
During combustion, the carbon and hydrogen in the fuels are oxidised. <br />
The complete combustion of a hydrocarbon produces carbon dioxide and water.<br />
Students should be able to write balanced equations for the complete combustion of hydrocarbons with a given formula.<br />
Knowledge of trends in properties of hydrocarbons is limited to:<br />
• boiling points<br />
• viscosity<br />
• flammability.
<p>Learning objectives;</p>
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<li>Explain how increasing concentration can increase rate of reaction</li>
<li>Describe and carry out the disappearing cross experiment</li>
<li>Identify variables within the experiment</li>
<li>Analyse data from the experiment</li>
</ul>
<p>A secondary school assembly for British Science week for the 2023 theme CONNECTIONS.</p>
<p>This resource contains a PPT and a script. You can do the assembly without the demos but they make it more exciting. The demos needed are; whoosh bottle, airzooka, paper cups & smoke machine and elephants toothpaste.</p>
<p>Learning objectives</p>
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<li>State the collision theory</li>
<li>Carry out an experiment to identify whether a reaction is fast or slow</li>
<li>Suggest why the rate of reaction slows over time</li>
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<p>Demos at the start - could be ironing fillings and bunsen burner, exploding custard, methane mumba… anything fun to capture their interest</p>
<p>Discussion and then a practical. No graph work in this lesson</p>
<p>Learning objectives</p>
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<li>Draw a rate of reaction graph</li>
<li>Calculate the rate of reaction using both an equation and a tangent</li>
<li>Suggest why the rate of reaction slows over time</li>
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<p>This lesson focuses on calculations and graph drawing</p>
<p>Learning objectives</p>
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<li>Identify which substances have large and small surface areas</li>
<li>Suggest how to increase surface area of a reaction</li>
<li>Calculate surface area of different shapes</li>
<li>Explain how surface area affects the rate of reaction</li>
</ul>
<p>After completing retrevial practice, start with a demo and discuss how you could make the chemical reaction go faster. Demo could be iron wool in bunsen burner and then iron fillings as its exciting!<br />
Discussion of surface area and some questions<br />
Practical involving rhubarb to investigate and check understanding</p>
<p>Learning objectives;</p>
<ul>
<li>Explain how increasing concentration can increase rate of reaction</li>
<li>Describe and carry out the collecting gas experiment</li>
<li>Identify variables within the experiment</li>
<li>Analyse data from the experiment</li>
</ul>
This is a session designed to get learners thinking about what the solar system is and how we have changed our views over time on what the solar system is structured.<br />
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- To start with they will go over the structure of the solar system and the teacher will draw a quick model of it on the board<br />
- Learners will discuss the geocentric model<br />
- Discuss with learners how we have had different theories throughout time. Which ones do we now know to be false, true or still just theories<br />
- Learners have an opportunity to explore a theory themselves (such as how the moon was formed and the big bang theory) and share this with the class. <br />
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This is designed to be a 100 minute session with iPads used towards the end. I used the font Grilled Cheese and attached a PDF so you can see what the font looks like.
5.7.1.2 Fractional distillation and petrochemicals<br />
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Designed for 100 minute session with iPad. <br />
Font = grilled cheese. I have included a PDF of what it looks like with the font. <br />
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The many hydrocarbons in crude oil may be separated into fractions, each of which contains molecules with a similar number of carbon atoms, by fractional distillation.<br />
The fractions can be processed to produce fuels and feedstock for the petrochemical industry.<br />
Many of the fuels on which we depend for our modern lifestyle, such as petrol, diesel oil, kerosene, heavy fuel oil and liquefied petroleum gases, are produced from crude oil.<br />
Many useful materials on which modern life depends are produced by the petrochemical industry, such as solvents, lubricants, polymers, detergents.<br />
The vast array of natural and synthetic carbon compounds occur due to the ability of carbon atoms to form families of similar compounds.<br />
Students should be able to explain how fractional distillation works in terms of evaporation and condensation.<br />
Knowledge of the names of other specific fractions or fuels is not required.
This is the first lesson of our new AQA 9-1 Chemistry course. The students in our school will use iPads during this session to help them research but worksheets/textbooks could also work with this session. <br />
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Students will;<br />
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- Identify the difference between an atom, element and a compound<br />
- Be introduced to the periodic table<br />
- Identify the different elements in a compound<br />
- Describe how compounds can be made using a practical<br />
- Complete a progress sheet to show how much progress they have made<br />
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They need periodic tables, equipment for making iron sulphate and molymod kits<br />
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Please review!
This session is designed to be 100 minutes long but it is separated into two parts so would also be perfect for two 60 minute sessions<br />
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Learners will;<br />
- Find out how ions are formed from losing or gaining electrons<br />
- Identify the pattern between the group number and the electrons lost / gained to help them remember it<br />
- Draw an ionic bond using a dot and cross diagram<br />
- Describe an ionic compound<br />
- Calculate the ionic formula<br />
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Please review<br />
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Tip - you will need grilled cheese font to see the powerpoint as it should look like. I have attached a pdf
A fun starter/plenary activity for learners. Go through the PowerPoint and learners will say what type of bond it is (ionic, covalent or metallic) and why. I have put in a couple of slides of James Bond to make them giggle. This worked really well when I covered a C10 revision class and we instantly started to develop a positive relationship. I used white boards and they wrote down what they thought the answer was in groups. <br />
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Thanks!
<p>A lesson that guides students on how to buy their first car. It gives a list of celebrities and their first cars (you could include your own!)</p>
<p>Please note that the font I use is grilled cheese. I attached a PDF so you can see what it looks like with the font.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>