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Engaging lessons, revision materials and activities for students of all ages. I studied for a Degree and D.Phil in chemistry at St John's College, Oxford and enjoy a teaching career inspiring and enthusing the next generation.
AQA GCSE chemistry - Unit 1 - Lesson 13 Group 1 the alkali metals
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AQA GCSE chemistry - Unit 1 - Lesson 13 Group 1 the alkali metals

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4.1.2.5 Group 1 Powerpoint lesson introducing group 1 the alkali metals. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! The accompanying worksheet allows students to practice and for you to give feedback and help them to improve. The answers are included to help the busy teacher or non-specialist. Fully resourced with Powerpoints, worksheets and lesson activities and key facts and opportunities for improvement and redrafting throughout.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 8 - Purifying water
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 8 - Purifying water

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Required practicals will replace controlled assessment in the new GCSE. These record and worksheets are much more than a method. They are designed to track students performance towards achieving their apparatus and skills and provide information to help them understand the background chemistry which is key to understanding an experiment and not just completing it. All the sheets can be bound together in-house into a Required Practicals workbook/log book, or you could hand the sheets out separately. Practical work may be assessed through the terminal examinations - be sure that your students haven’t just done the practicals but understand them fully! AQA states: Practical work is at the heart of science – that’s why we have placed it at the heart of each of our GCSE science specifications. By carrying out carefully considered practical work, students will enhance their investigative thinking, improve their mastery of techniques and consolidate their understanding of key scientific concepts. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time and support your students to understand the practical work in greater depth.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 7 -Identifying Ions
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 7 -Identifying Ions

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Required practicals will replace controlled assessment in the new GCSE. These record and worksheets are much more than a method. They are designed to track students performance towards achieving their apparatus and skills and provide information to help them understand the background chemistry which is key to understanding an experiment and not just completing it. All the sheets can be bound together in-house into a Required Practicals workbook/log book, or you could hand the sheets out separately. Practical work may be assessed through the terminal examinations - be sure that your students haven’t just done the practicals but understand them fully! AQA states: Practical work is at the heart of science – that’s why we have placed it at the heart of each of our GCSE science specifications. By carrying out carefully considered practical work, students will enhance their investigative thinking, improve their mastery of techniques and consolidate their understanding of key scientific concepts. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time and support your students to understand the practical work in greater depth.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 6 -Chromatography
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 6 -Chromatography

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Required practicals will replace controlled assessment in the new GCSE. These record and worksheets are much more than a method. They are designed to track students performance towards achieving their apparatus and skills and provide information to help them understand the background chemistry which is key to understanding an experiment and not just completing it. All the sheets can be bound together in-house into a Required Practicals workbook/log book, or you could hand the sheets out separately. Practical work may be assessed through the terminal examinations - be sure that your students haven’t just done the practicals but understand them fully! AQA states: Practical work is at the heart of science – that’s why we have placed it at the heart of each of our GCSE science specifications. By carrying out carefully considered practical work, students will enhance their investigative thinking, improve their mastery of techniques and consolidate their understanding of key scientific concepts. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time and support your students to understand the practical work in greater depth.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 5  Rates of Chemical Reaction
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 5 Rates of Chemical Reaction

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Required practicals will replace controlled assessment in the new GCSE. These record and worksheets are much more than a method. They are designed to track students performance towards achieving their apparatus and skills and provide information to help them understand the background chemistry which is key to understanding an experiment and not just completing it. All the sheets can be bound together in-house into a Required Practicals workbook/log book, or you could hand the sheets out separately. Practical work may be assessed through the terminal examinations - be sure that your students haven’t just done the practicals but understand them fully! AQA states: Practical work is at the heart of science – that’s why we have placed it at the heart of each of our GCSE science specifications. By carrying out carefully considered practical work, students will enhance their investigative thinking, improve their mastery of techniques and consolidate their understanding of key scientific concepts. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time and support your students to understand the practical work in greater depth.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 4 - Temperature Changes
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 4 - Temperature Changes

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Required practicals will replace controlled assessment in the new GCSE. These record and worksheets are much more than a method. They are designed to track students performance towards achieving their apparatus and skills and provide information to help them understand the background chemistry which is key to understanding an experiment and not just completing it. All the sheets can be bound together in-house into a Required Practicals workbook/log book, or you could hand the sheets out separately. Practical work may be assessed through the terminal examinations - be sure that your students haven’t just done the practicals but understand them fully! AQA states: Practical work is at the heart of science – that’s why we have placed it at the heart of each of our GCSE science specifications. By carrying out carefully considered practical work, students will enhance their investigative thinking, improve their mastery of techniques and consolidate their understanding of key scientific concepts. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time and support your students to understand the practical work in greater depth.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 2 -Neutralisation higher and foundation
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 2 -Neutralisation higher and foundation

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Required practicals will replace controlled assessment in the new GCSE. These record and worksheets are much more than a method. They are designed to track students performance towards achieving their apparatus and skills and provide information to help them understand the background chemistry which is key to understanding an experiment and not just completing it. All the sheets can be bound together in-house into a Required Practicals workbook/log book, or you could hand the sheets out separately. Practical work may be assessed through the terminal examinations - be sure that your students haven’t just done the practicals but understand them fully! AQA states: Practical work is at the heart of science – that’s why we have placed it at the heart of each of our GCSE science specifications. By carrying out carefully considered practical work, students will enhance their investigative thinking, improve their mastery of techniques and consolidate their understanding of key scientific concepts. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time and support your students to understand the practical work in greater depth.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 1 - Making Salts
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 1 - Making Salts

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Required practicals will replace controlled assessment in the new GCSE. These record and worksheets are much more than a method. They are designed to track students performance towards achieving their apparatus and skills and provide information to help them understand the background chemistry which is key to understanding an experiment and not just completing it. All the sheets can be bound together in-house into a Required Practicals workbook/log book, or you could hand the sheets out separately. Practical work may be assessed through the terminal examinations - be sure that your students haven’t just done the practicals but understand them fully! AQA state: Practical work is at the heart of science – that’s why we have placed it at the heart of each of our GCSE science specifications. By carrying out carefully considered practical work, students will enhance their investigative thinking, improve their mastery of techniques and consolidate their understanding of key scientific concepts. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time and support your students to understand the practical work in greater depth.
GCSE Chemistry Required Practical Activities - Bundle Pack containing activities 5-8 inc. MS
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GCSE Chemistry Required Practical Activities - Bundle Pack containing activities 5-8 inc. MS

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Required practicals will replace controlled assessment in the new GCSE. This bundle of resources contains worksheets for the first 5 practical activities along with expected results and mark scheme as appropriate. PA 5 Rates of chemical reaction foundation tier PA 5 Rates of chemical reaction higher tier PA 6 Chromatography PA 7 Identifying ions PA 8 Purifying water These record and worksheets are much more than a method. They are designed to track students performance towards achieving their apparatus and skills and provide information to help them understand the background chemistry which is key to understanding an experiment and not just completing it. All the sheets can be bound together in-house into a Required Practicals workbook/log book, or you could hand the sheets out separately. Practical work may be assessed through the terminal examinations - be sure that your students haven’t just done the practicals but understand them fully! AQA state: Practical work is at the heart of science – that’s why we have placed it at the heart of each of our GCSE science specifications. By carrying out carefully considered practical work, students will enhance their investigative thinking, improve their mastery of techniques and consolidate their understanding of key scientific concepts. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time and support your students to understand the practical work in greater depth.
AQA GCSE chemistry - Unit 2 -Nanoscience, particle size, dust and surface area to volume ratio
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AQA GCSE chemistry - Unit 2 -Nanoscience, particle size, dust and surface area to volume ratio

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Thinking small - do you really understand dust? This lesson is an activity loaded and practically based introduction to nanoscience which encourages students to explore the meaning of the word small. By participating in a range of activities they will gain an understanding of the scale of different objects. This lesson is designed to be accessible to a range of abilities and requires only basic practical equipment. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! The accompanying worksheet allows students to practice and for you to give feedback and help them to improve. The answers are included to help the busy teacher or non-specialist. These resources have been prepared for the new GCSE science examination specifications that are new for first teaching in 2016. Get ahead with year 9 or use to plan your schemes of work for September. Buy individual resources or a set of lessons. Fully resourced with Powerpoints, worksheets and lesson activities and key facts and opportunities for improvement and redrafting throughout.
AQA 9-1 GCSE chemistry - Unit 1 Group 7 - Reactions of the Halogens -ide and -ine what do they mean?
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AQA 9-1 GCSE chemistry - Unit 1 Group 7 - Reactions of the Halogens -ide and -ine what do they mean?

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Help your students to understand the meaning of -ide and -ine. Are you preparing to teach halogen displacement to year 9 or 10? These simplified resources are designed to help you to make this material accessible but while retaining the challenge expected in the new science specifications. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! These resources have been prepared for the new GCSE science examination specifications that are new for first teaching in 2016. Get ahead with year 9 or use to plan your schemes of work for September. Buy individual resources or a set of lessons.
AQA GCSE Chemistry Required Practical Activities - Bundle Pack containing  activities 1-4 inc. MS
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AQA GCSE Chemistry Required Practical Activities - Bundle Pack containing activities 1-4 inc. MS

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Required practicals will replace controlled assessment in the new GCSE. This bundle of resources contains worksheets for the first 5 practical activities along with expected results and mark scheme as appropriate. PA 1 Making Salts PA 2 Neutralisation Higher Tier PA 2 Neutralisation Foundation Tier PA 3 Electrolysis PA 4 Temperature Changes These record and worksheets are much more than a method. They are designed to track students performance towards achieving their apparatus and skills and provide information to help them understand the background chemistry which is key to understanding an experiment and not just completing it. All the sheets can be bound together in-house into a Required Practicals workbook/log book, or you could hand the sheets out separately. Practical work may be assessed through the terminal examinations - be sure that your students haven’t just done the practicals but understand them fully! AQA state: Practical work is at the heart of science – that’s why we have placed it at the heart of each of our GCSE science specifications. By carrying out carefully considered practical work, students will enhance their investigative thinking, improve their mastery of techniques and consolidate their understanding of key scientific concepts. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time and support your students to understand the practical work in greater depth.
GCSE Science Metacognition - learning how approach science exam questions - extended response
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GCSE Science Metacognition - learning how approach science exam questions - extended response

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This is a free example that forms part of a huge pack of resources to teach a module using metacognitive approaches to science exam questions. Aimed at year 10 / core science. Metacognition, which includes ideas such as learning to learn and developing thinking skills, can be applied to the way students tackle examination questions. This scheme of learning and accompanying lessons and resources,for science skills, breaks down the different types of questions that students meet and supports them to find learned strategies that work for them in how to tackle those questions. Each skill comes complete with a powerpoint, worksheet and mark scheme. The resources are based on AQA materials but the skills are transferable across other exam boards. All three sciences: biology, chemistry and physics, are covered. This free example covers extended response questions and gives the scheme of learning for the whole set of resources. If you like what you see why not try the full pack? Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make GCSE science engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! The accompanying worksheet allows students to practice and for you to give feedback and help them to improve. The answers are included to help the busy teacher or non-specialist.
AQA GCSE Science skills and metacognition - how to approach exam questions using thinking skills
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AQA GCSE Science skills and metacognition - how to approach exam questions using thinking skills

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Huge pack of resources to teach a module on thinking skills and metacognitive approaches to science exam questions. Aimed at year 10/11 double or triple scientists. The resources focus on skills and contain examples from biology, chemistry and physics. The questions selected can usually be answered from the information in the question meaning this work can be incorporated into teaching without worrying too much about where you are in the syllabus. Mark schemes are included. Metacognition, which includes ideas such as learning to learn and developing thinking skills, can be applied to the way students tackle examination questions. This scheme of learning and accompanying lessons and resources,for science skills, breaks down the different types of questions that students meet and supports them to find learned strategies that work for them in how to tackle those questions. Each skill comes complete with a PowerPoint, worksheet and mark scheme. The resources are based on AQA materials but the skills are transferable across other exam boards. All three sciences: biology, chemistry and physics, are covered. Connections and tick boxes Data in tables Graphs Data in bar and pie charts Comprehension and application Command words Complicated diagrams Extended response questions Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make GCSE science engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! The accompanying worksheet allows students to practice and for you to give feedback and help them to improve. The answers are included to help the busy teacher or non-specialist.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Unit 1 - Lesson 14 The Halogens - exploding spiders and floating tin foil
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Unit 1 - Lesson 14 The Halogens - exploding spiders and floating tin foil

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4.1.2.6 Group 7 the halogens The name’s Bond, Ionic Bond… electrons taken, not shared! From excruciating jokes to deep voices and floating tin foil, extraordinary explosions and how to make exploding purple spiders. Halogens in a new way, with a serious worksheet to complete at the end. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! The accompanying worksheet allows students to practice and for you to give feedback and help them to improve. The answers are included to help the busy teacher or non-specialist. Fully resourced with Powerpoints, worksheets and lesson activities and key facts and opportunities for improvement and redrafting throughout.
GCSE chemistry - Unit 1 - Lesson 11 Introducing Metals and Non-Metals with Harry Potter
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GCSE chemistry - Unit 1 - Lesson 11 Introducing Metals and Non-Metals with Harry Potter

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Free taster lesson. This Powerpoint lesson introduces the properties of metals and non-metals using a video clip link from a Harry Potter film. Students explore how the Death Eaters attack the Millennium Bridge and how the properties of metals help us to understand the catastrophic failure of the bridge in the film without resorting to magic! Engaging links then made with the Millennium Bridge on its opening and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Fully resourced with Powerpoints, worksheets and lesson activities and key facts and opportunities for improvement and redrafting throughout.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Unit 1 - Lesson 12 Group 0, the Noble Gases
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Unit 1 - Lesson 12 Group 0, the Noble Gases

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4.1.2.4 Group 0 the noble gases Make the noble gases interesting and exciting with this powerpoint and worksheet combination. Involving video links, AfL, lots of fact based knowledge and an engaging format, this topic is brought to life providing a foundation for students’ understanding of electron structure and its effect on reactivity and bonding. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! The accompanying worksheet allows students to practice and for you to give feedback and help them to improve. The answers are included to help the busy teacher or non-specialist. Fully resourced with Powerpoints, worksheets and lesson activities and key facts and opportunities for improvement and redrafting throughout.
NGSS Next Generation Science Standards - MS-PS-1 Atoms, Molecules, Properties, Substances K-8 to K-9
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NGSS Next Generation Science Standards - MS-PS-1 Atoms, Molecules, Properties, Substances K-8 to K-9

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Professor Bunsen Alpha Resources tailored to the United States NGSS. This resources is written for MS-PS1-1 and introduces a new character for the USA - Seaborg! Academic Standards - NGSS Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures Disciplinary Core Ideas DCI - PS1.A Structure and Properties of Matter Substances are made from different types of atoms, which combine with one another in various ways. Atoms form molecules that range in size from two to thousands of atoms. (MS-PS1-1). Each pure substance has characteristic physical and chemical properties (for any bulk quantity under given conditions) that can be used to identify it. (MS-PS1-2),(MS-PS1-3). The resources are written by a post-doctoral research chemist from the University of Oxford turned secondary school chemistry teacher. Fully resourced with Powerpoints, worksheets and lesson activities and key facts and opportunities for improvement and redrafting throughout.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 3 - Electrolysis
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry - Required Practicals - Practical 3 - Electrolysis

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This electrolysis resource is free for a limited time only so please download and make use of it - in both PDF/Word formats with an answer sheet showing the expected results. These record and worksheets are much more than a method. They are designed to track students performance towards achieving their apparatus and skills and provide information to help them understand the background chemistry which is key to understanding an experiment and not just completing it. All the sheets can be bound together in-house into a Required Practicals workbook/log book, or you could hand the sheets out separately. Practical work may be assessed through the terminal examinations - be sure that your students haven’t just done the practicals but understand them fully! AQA state: Practical work is at the heart of science – that’s why we have placed it at the heart of each of our GCSE science specifications. By carrying out carefully considered practical work, students will enhance their investigative thinking, improve their mastery of techniques and consolidate their understanding of key scientific concepts. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make the new GCSE in chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time and support your students to understand the practical work in greater depth.
Balancing Chemical Equations - word, symbol, ionic and half equations, practical and worksheets
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Balancing Chemical Equations - word, symbol, ionic and half equations, practical and worksheets

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A complete resource to enable you to teach chemical equations effectively. L3 - introducing word equations and how to interpret and write them L4 - investigating stoichiometry and change in mass when magnesium burns in air L5 - symbol equations including understanding how to name compounds and balance equations. Worksheets for each lesson and answers also provided. Extension materials on worksheets introduces the concept of ionic equations and redox half equations as well. Professor Bunsen resources are tested in school and make chemistry engaging and exciting. Most importantly it could save you and your school time! The accompanying worksheets allow students to practice and for you to give feedback and help them to improve. The answers are included to help the busy teacher or non-specialist. The resources are written by a post-doctoral research chemist from the University of Oxford turned secondary school chemistry teacher. Fully resourced with Powerpoints, worksheets and lesson activities and key facts and opportunities for improvement and redrafting throughout.