Worksheets for the required practicals including instructions and tips and typical questions.

Print onto thin card. Pupils to cut them out and write the answers on the back. They then use them to test themselves as per the instructions on the top.

To help ease Year 11 pupils into revision, a chart of short activities they can engage in. Best printed on A3.

Resources aimed a teaching pupils about/summarising chemical reactions (reactants and products, conservations of mass etc.), but also helping to develop revision technique - specifically the skill of identifying the most important points in a text and condensing them down into bullet points. I usually set the Chemical Reactions Notes Homework first and then plan the subsequent based upon the responses! One of the nice things about this homework is that it is super quick to mark because pupils are limited to writing four short sentences. In the follow up lesson I have lots of discussion with the pupils about how they were able to determine the most important points - what clues does the text contain? For example - subtitles, key words in bold/a different colour. We then complete the other two worksheets.

A lesson aimed at Year 7 -8 pupils with a split focus on learning the colour of Universal Indicator at different pHs and the role of an environmental chemist. Pupils imagine they are environmental chemists working for Scottish Water, responding to reports of dead fish being discovered in a loch. Scottish water has some nice little animations that help demonstrate the role of environmental chemists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWLYN1MmnQE . In the first part of the lesson you will need to provide pupils with clearly labeled solutions of strong and weak acids and alkalis, plus a neutral solution (I usually use bench or 1M hydrochloric, ethanoic, water, ammonia and sodium hydroxide). Pupils combine these in spotting tiles with universal indicator solution to determine the different colours at different pH. You can then share and self mark their findings. In the second part of the lesson provide pupils with water samples taken from sites A to D. A and B should contain no lead and be only slightly acidic, C should be more acidic and contain lead nitrate solution (lead and acid are common contaminants from copper extraction). I usually make D contain slightly less lead and slightly less acidic (it is nice to discuss with pupils why this might be the case/dilution). Pupils test with potassium iodide (for lead) and Universal Indicator. In a 1hr/50min lesson there should just be time to summarise the lesson’s learning and share conclusions. Extension challenge for early finishers also included.

Worksheets that are useful for pupils to stick into their books when they start the AQA GCSE Chemistry course. They list and give examples of all the different command words, plus contain a break down of what the papers will be like and the types of questions they will contain. Helpful to refer to when carrying out past paper walk and talks etc. In Word for ease of editing and PDF for printing.

A little booklet outlining the maths skills required for the GCSE Chemistry course. Including examples to complete and QR links to helpful websites.

An activity designed to help pupils reflect on why a particular reaction pathway is chosen taking into account atom economy, yield, rates and usefulness of by-products. Introduce the LO and activity instructions using the first few pages of the Power Point. Arrange pupils into groups of two or three and provide them with the Aspirin synthesis worksheet. They have to use the information on the sheet to work out the atom economy for the two possible reaction pathways and use this, along with the useful information below to determine which of the two routes they will use. They also need to decide what sort of conditions they might use, catalyst and if they will sell any by products. It is a good idea to get them to record their choices, (maybe on a min white board) and share these with the class. They all begin with their shares at £10.00 each. Open the trading floor by moving onto the slide that says SALE SALE SALE! Share this with the class and get them to adjust their share prices accordingly. Try and build the drama as you read through each slide. THe winning groups are those whose shares are worth the most at ‘the end of trading’/when you have exhausted all the slides!

A simple Power Point and worksheet to help introduce pupils to the idea of a limiting reagent.

A fun way of getting pupils to look at graphs in Science. Could be used as a starter or pleanary. Print the interpreting graphs activity out and laminate to make four different colour, double sided cards. Organise pupils into groups of two or three and provide each group with a set of four cards. Introduce the activity using the first page of the Power Point. Pupils use the clues on the back of the cards to help them describe what is happening in each graph, answers can then be shared as a class using the Power Point.

Scheme of Work for NEW AQA GCSE 4.1 Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table Unit. Start by opening document 4.1 Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table SOW. This contains learning objectives taken from the new specification, but written in a more student friendly manner. There are then hyperlinks to the relevant resources uploaded, as well as to useful websites, videos and practicals. Includes fun starters, extension challenges, worksheets, homework and other activities. Enjoy! O.k apologies, but I can't seem to upload it without the hyperlinks to the worksheets and presentations breaking, but the resources are all clearly labelled so you should still be able to find them using the titles from the SoW. You can always edit and repair the hyperlinks yourself?

You will need to set up five stations, (or two or three sets of five if you have a large class). We place all the equipment for each 'activity' in a tray with a laminated section of worksheet so pupils are clear which station they are at. The pupils will need about five minutes at each station plus 30s or so tidy up and move round time. Get them to fill in their worksheets as they go round. Station one Have a Bunsen and heat proof mat set up, with tongs, a beaker of cold water, old glass rods and goggles at the ready. You will want to go through the safety aspects of this activity before you start the whole circus and will probably want to hover near this area for much of the lesson! Station Two Fill several glass bottles to the top with water, screw on a lid and leave in the freezer until just before the lesson. We do extras as sometimes the results are more spectacular than others! We also place a very clear 'DO NOT TOUCH' sign in the tray. Station Three Put a selection or rocks into a tray, make sure to include some which do react with acid, such as marble and limestone. Have dil. HCl and goggles ready. Station Four Have copies of the information and pictures about Caribou ready for pulls to examine. We make up laminated copies in advance. Station Five Similar deal to station four, just with the plant pictures instead.

Simple worksheet for pupils just starting to use a Bunsen burner. It should be folded in half and pupils work in pairs to either complete the practical on the one side or assess their peer using the prompts on the other side. You will need to demo how to use a Bunsen before pupils begin the activity.

Worksheet about lots of useful neutralisation reactions. Could be set for homework or used for cover lesson.

A silly little powerpoint to help introduce pupils to the idea of monomers and polymers by taking a little bit of a liberty with the spelling of the pop stars surname. This isn't really a tutorial, but I wasn&'t really sure which was a more appropriate resource type to select from the drop down menu!

Simple worksheet, which I usually print half size. Pupils look at the pictures and have to determine which side of the fire triangle is being removed/about to be removed.

Gas Tests. Pupils will need to have learnt the tests for carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen in a previous lessons. They need to plan a simple practical using this knowledge to identify mystery substance A and B as calcium and calcium carbonate. You will require 1M HCl, limewater, splints and marble chips and calcium labelled as A and B. I usually dish out the calcium and marble chips to the students once they have finished their plan to avoid them taking too much!

I usually get students to do this lesson after completing a practical circus/investigation into metals properties. Dingbats starter. Answers: copper, mercury, tungstem/tungsten, (I know I cheated!) iron and potassium. Mind map to be copied into books. The passport control I get students to act out in pairs at the end of the lesson.I usually finish off by showing youtubes of exceptions to the rules, such as a canon ball floating on mercury - a liquid, but still dense.

Simple worksheet to help students find their way around the periodic table. Pupils will need a copy of the periodic table with both the symbols and names of elements on.

I usually get the students to carry this out after having done the RSC's tricky tracks as a starter, so that students can distinguish between an observation and a conclusion. It is a sample set of instructions for six nice, simple practicals students can have a go at. As extension work you could then get them to write equations for the reactions.