Currently selling and providing free resources for all three sciences, predominantly for GCSE, although there are some KS3 and A level chemistry resources available. Lots of the resources focus on differentiation and exam technique as I feel there is a profession- wide weakness in these areas.
Currently selling and providing free resources for all three sciences, predominantly for GCSE, although there are some KS3 and A level chemistry resources available. Lots of the resources focus on differentiation and exam technique as I feel there is a profession- wide weakness in these areas.
Suitable for all exam boards
I have tried to base questions around the type of questions that may come up in exams: method descriptions, method improvement, reliability, calculations, etc. concept revision slides and suggested answers are included.
differentiation: to higher and foundation/easier levels
timing for whole resource: easily 45 minutes
Good for: revision, homeworks, cover lessons, absent students, exam technique lessons, plenaries or starters
Based on the Edexcel specification (references included), but would work for other exam boards.
Exam style questions, with approximate grades given for differentiation.
Explores signs of plant disease and physical, chemical and mechanical barriers.
Includes maths calculations for cross sectional area and percentage.
Useful as a homework, revision lesson, cover lesson, part of a lesson, a send home for an ill student or as part of an independent study for triple students where lesson-time is tight.
Takes about 45 minutes to complete, if whole document completed
Answers included as a separate.
Based on AQA syllabus, but would work for other boards. Worked example and practice question(s) per sheet for all calculations in forces and motion units: Weight, work, resultant forces, splitting resultant forces into components, elasticity, moments, pressure, speed, acceleration, Newton’s second Law, momentum. Includes all topics for Foundation and Higher combined course and the triple course. Answers included for ease of marking
objective: maths, revision/consolidation
differentiation: the questions come in 3 levels of difficulty per sheet
good for: part of a lesson, e.g. starter; homework; as a set of revision sheets; cover; catch up for absent students
Based on AQA and Edexcel syllabi, but would work for other boards. Worked example and practice question(s) per sheet for all calculations in chemistry: RFM, the mole, mole and equations, mole and equations with volume of gases, concentration of solution, atom economy, percentage yield, titration calculations, strong and weak acids and bond energies. Includes all topics for Foundation and Higher combined course and the triple course (the course to which the topic pertains is put in the notes - if there is no note, it is for all students. Answers included for ease of marking
objective: maths, revision/consolidation
differentiation: the questions come in 2 levels of difficulty 'harder' and 'easier'
good for: part of a lesson, e.g. starter; homework; as a set of revision sheets; cover; catch up for absent students
Suitable for all exam boards
I have tried to base questions around the type of questions that may come up in exams: method descriptions, method improvement, reliability, calculations, etc. concept revision slides and suggested answers are included.
timing for whole resource: easily one hour
Good for: revision, homeworks, cover lessons, absent students, exam technique lessons, plenaries or starters
Suitable for all exam boards
I have tried to base questions around the type of questions that may come up in exams: method descriptions, method improvement, reliability, calculations, etc. concept revision slides and suggested answers are included.
timing for whole resource: easily one hour
Good for: revision, homeworks, cover lessons, absent students, exam technique lessons, plenaries or starters
worksheet comparing alkanes and alkenes bonding and includes all important key terms.
differentiated, with a super-simple version for less able students. Answers included.
good for: extension activity, starter, plenary or homework
timing: 5 - 10 minutes
worksheet comparing ionic and covalent bonding and includes the misconception of covalent bonding being a weak bond.
differentiated, with a super-simple version for less able students. Answers included.
good for: extension activity, starter, plenary or homework
timing: 5 - 10 minutes
4 starters based on real exam questions and real responses as an Afl style activity. I have attempted to highlight the misconceptions and mixed concepts the students exhibit when answering exam questions. Based on AQA, but would work for other boards
suggested uses:
Use as a starter: students to select which they think is the best answer (quick starter), for a longer task, they are then to decide why the other answers are less than perfect
This could be extended to take a whole lesson, if you use a number or all of the questions in the powerpoint and ask the students to come up with their own perfect answers, either in class or for homework;
or 4 whole lessons, if you use the questions as a starter, go through the concepts and re-visit at the end of the lesson to see if the students have changed their minds.
marking points and commentary on student answers are included.
this could also be called verbal tennis/ hockey or whatever, depending on the sex distribution of your class.
I have graded the teacher questions so that you have the option to choose which member of the team answers.
as always, any comments or suggested improvements are greatly appreciated
an adaptation of a resource (to the same tune) that I downloaded many years ago - I’m sorry I can no longer find it to credit the author. It has been modified and I know hope that it contains most of the information needed for the new course about alkenes and their reactions for a good way to end a lesson on alkenes or for part of a revision lesson.
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