PowerPoint sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lessons on Alcohols and Ethanol Production in one single lesson. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for TRIPLE SCIENCE ONLY, Foundation and Higher tiers. Best taught after completing my lesson SC22a on "Alkenes and Homologous Series", which provides an intro to the structures of the alcohol homologous series.

Full Lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson on The Atmosphere Today and Climate Change. This includes coverage of the suggested practical for measuring the proportion of oxygen in the air (either as a demo or as a class practical), greenhouse gases and their effects, and the correlation between carbon dioxide levels and global temperature. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers. You will also need my FREE resource “SC21c_Climate change analysis plus answers” from my shop.

This PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the history of the Periodic Table; including how Mendeleev arranged his early version, how Mendeleev predicted the properties of unknown elements and how the modern version differs from Mendeleev’s. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Practical method and worksheet to go with my GCSE Chemistry lesson on “Properties of Ionic Compounds”. Full details and equipment list for students to test solubility and conductivity of substances, to determine whether or not they are ionic.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical task) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about ceramic materials and their uses and properties. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities aboutrecycling of metals, polymers, glass, paper and concrete. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. This also includes the overview and equipment list I use for the whole “Making Materials” topic.

Full lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about composite materials and their uses and properties. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about polymers and their uses and properties. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint to teach students practical skills relating to evaporation and crystallisation of copper sulphate solution. This is designed to link in to the Year 9 lesson on ceramics (which introduces cyrstal lattices) and provides preparation for the GCSE Core Practicals that require crystallisation of salts. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical tasks) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about key problems associated with manufacturing materials (greenhouse gases, acid rain, toxic gases and plastics in the environment). The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

To go with my Year 8 lesson "Materials in the Earth".

To go with my GCSE Chemistry lesson on “Distillation and Methods of Separation”. See that resource for further instruction and context.

To go with my lesson on Fractional Distillation of Crude Oil.

To go with my Year 8 lesson on "Weathering and Erosion ".

To go with my KS3 lesson on Burning Fuels. This worksheet covers the products formed when hydrocarbons combust (completely) and serves as an introduction to writing word equations for combustion. Best used alongside a suitable demo or video of the setup shown on the worksheet.

This PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about metallic bonding and how it results in some of the key properties of metals. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This full Lesson PowerPoint will allow to teach the Higher-only specification points on Electrolysis, focusing on oxidation and reduction at the anode and cathode in terms of loss and gain of electrons. The lesson also introduces the concept of half equations and provides practice at writing these. I deliver this lesson after first exploring the basic principles of electrolysis in my earlier lesson “Electrolysis (CC10a / SC10a)”. The resource is easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, HIGHER TIER ONLY.

This full Lesson PowerPoint will allow you to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson on the products of electrolysis of different salt solutions. It explains what is formed in different scenarios and why, while also providing further practice at redox half-equations for Higher tier students. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full Lesson PowerPoint (including equipment list and practical instructions) sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson on performing Exothermic and Endothermic reactions, and measuring temperature change in those reactions. The lesson builds in a small iPad research segment which could easily be substituted with textbooks/reference books if iPads are not available. For full coverage of reaction profiles and bond energies see my follow-up lesson CC15b/SC19b “Endothermic & Exothermic Reactions + Bond Energy”. This resource is accessible for students, easy for technicians and teachers to follow and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This PowerPoint (with suggested practical tasks) will allow you to teach a range of abilities about catalysts and catalytic converters, including the new material on activation energy and enzymes. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.