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Over 200 resources available for KS3-KS4 Science, KS5 Chemistry and Whole School! Lesson resources are suitable for live lessons in school, remote teaching at home or independent student study. It’s your choice how you use them 😊 Don’t forgot to explore my free resources too!
A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on Mass Spectrometry in Organic Chemistry. Suitable for OCR AS Chemistry.
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
Use a mass spectrum of an organic compound to identify the molecular ion peak and hence to determine molecular mass
2)Perform analysis of fragmentation peaks in a mass spectrum to identify parts of structures
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5 Full Lesson Bundle + FREE practical lesson covering Transition Elements from OCR A Level Chemistry. Please review the learning objectives below
Lesson 1: Transition Metals & Their Compounds
To know the electron configuration of atoms and ions of the d-block elements of Period 4 (Sc–Zn), given the atomic number and charge
To understand the elements Ti–Cu as transition elements
To illustrate, using at least two transition elements, of:
(i) the existence of more than one oxidation state for each element in its compounds
(ii) the formation of coloured ions
(iii) the catalytic behaviour of the elements and their compounds and their importance in the manufacture of chemicals by industry
Lesson 2: Transition Metals & Complex Ions
To explain and use the term ligand in terms of dative covalent bonding to a metal ion or metal, including bidentate ligands
To use the terms complex ion and coordination number
To construct examples of complexes with:
(i) six-fold coordination with an octahedral shape
(ii) four-fold coordination with either a planar or tetrahedral shape
Lesson 3: Stereoisomerism in Complex Ions
To understand the types of stereoisomerism shown by metal complexes, including those associated with bidentate and multidentate ligands including:
(i) cis–trans isomerism e.g. Pt(NH3)2Cl2
(ii) optical isomerism e.g. [Ni(NH2CH2CH2NH2)3] 2+
To understand the use of cis-platin as an anti-cancer drug and its action by binding to DNA preventing cell division
Lesson 4: Precipitation and Ligand Substitution Reactions
To recall the colour changes and observations of reactions of Cu2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Mn2+ and Cr3+ with aqueous sodium hydroxide and ammonia (small amounts and in excess)
To construct ionic equations for the precipitation reactions that take place
To construct ionic equation of the ligand substitution reactions that take place in Cu2+ ions and Cr3+ ions
To explain the biochemical importance of iron in haemoglobin, including ligand substitution involving O2 and CO
Lesson 5: Transition Elements & Redox Reactions
To interpret the redox reactions and accompanying colour changes for:
(i) interconversions between Fe2+ and Fe3+
(ii) interconversions between Cr3+ and Cr2O72−
(iii) reduction of Cu2+ to Cu+
(iv) disproportionation of Cu+ to Cu2+ and Cu
To interpret and predict redox reactions and accompanying colour changes of unfamiliar reactions including ligand substitution, precipitation and redox reactions
Lesson 6: Practical on Precipitation and Ligand Substitution Reactions
To make observations of the reactions of Cu2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Mn2+ and Cr3+ in aqueous sodium hydroxide and ammonia
To construct ionic equations for the redox reactions that take place
For 23 printable flashcards on this chapter please click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12637622
For lessons on redox titrations involving transition metals please click here :
Part 1:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ocr-redox-titrations-part-1-12244792
Part 2:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ocr-redox-titrations-part-2-12244807
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3 Full Lesson Bundle which covers the Kinetics chapter from the OCR AS Level Chemistry Specification (may also suitable for the AQA and Edexcel Spec- see Learning Objectives below to confirm)
Lesson 1: Collision Theory & Rates of Reaction
**1. To explain the effect of concentration (including pressure of gases only) on the rate of reaction in terms of the frequency of collisions
**2. To calculate the rate of reaction using the gradients of a concentration-time graph
**3. To describe the techniques and procedures used to investigate reaction rates including the measurement of mass, gas volumes and concentration
Lesson 2: Catalysts
**1. To explain the effect of concentration (including pressure of gases only) on the rate of reaction in terms of the frequency of collisions
**2. To calculate the rate of reaction using the gradients of a concentration-time graph
**3. To describe the techniques and procedures used to investigate reaction rates including the measurement of mass, gas volumes and concentration
Lesson 3: The Boltzmann Distribution
**1. To draw a labelled diagram of the Boltzmann distribution
**2. To explain qualitatively the Boltzmann distribution and its relationship with activation energy
**3. To explain how temperature changes and catalytic behaviour effect the proportion of molecules exceeding the activation energy and hence the reaction rate using Boltzmann distributions
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Transition Metals & Complex Ions
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To explain and use the term ligand in terms of dative covalent bonding to a metal ion or metal, including bidentate ligands
To use the terms complex ion and coordination number
To construct examples of complexes with:
(i) six-fold coordination with an octahedral shape
(ii) four-fold coordination with either a planar or tetrahedral shape
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson.
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and lesson slides on addition reactions of alkenes. Suitable for the AQA specification
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To know what an electrophile is
To describe what an electrophilic addition reaction is
To outline the mechanism for electrophilic addition
Mechanisms for electrophilic addition include halogen halides, halogen molecules, hydrogen molecule and sulfuric acid
Explanations surrounding major and minor products are also discussed in this lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Transition Metals & Redox Reactions. All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
LO1. To interpret the redox reactions and accompanying colour changes for:
(i) interconversions between Fe2+ and Fe3+
(ii) interconversions between Cr3+ and Cr2O72−
(iii) reduction of Cu2+ to Cu+
(iv) disproportionation of Cu+ to Cu2+ and Cu
LO2. To interpret and predict redox reactions and accompanying colour changes of unfamiliar reactions including ligand substitution, precipitation and redox reactions
NOTE: 23 printable flashcards of all the transition element reactions: precipitation, ligand substitution and redox reactions is available here
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12637622
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on Condensation Polymers
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
1.To know that condensation polymerisation can lead to the formation of i) polyesters ii) polyamides
2. To predict from addition and condensation polymerisation:
i) the repeat unit from a given monomer(s) (ii) the monomer(s) required for a given section of a polymer molecule (iii) the type of polymerisation
3. To understand the acid and base hydrolysis of i) the ester groups in polyesters ii) the amide groups in polyamides
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks on Storage and Fuel Cells
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
**LO1: To understand the application of the principles of electrode potentials to modern storage cells
**LO2: To explain that a fuel cell uses the energy from a reaction of a fuel with oxygen to produce a voltage
**LO3: To derive the reactions that take place at each electrode in a hydrogen fuel cell
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks with answers on Dynamic Equilibrium and Le Chatelier’s Principle
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
To explain the term dynamic equilibrium
To apply le Chatelier’s principle to homogeneous equilibria in order to deduce qualitatively the effect of a change in temperature, pressure or concentration on the position of equilibrium
To explain why catalysts do not change the position of equilibrium
To explain the importance to the chemical industry of a compromise between chemical equilibrium and reaction rate in deciding the operational conditions
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A well structured KS5 Lesson on Qualitative Analysis of Organic Functional Groups (Year 13). The lesson contains a starter activity and main work tasks, all with answers included
By the end of the lesson students should be able:
To recall qualitative analysis of organic functional groups on a test-tube scale
To design qualitative analysis tests to distinguish between two or more organic compounds
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks with answers on Kc and Controlling the position of equilibrium.
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
To understand and explain the effect of temperature, concentration, pressure and catalysts on Kc and controlling the position of equilibrium
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on IR Spectroscopy. Suitable for OCR AS Chemistry.
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
To understand the absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric gases containing C=O, O-H and C-H bonds, their suspected link to global warming and resulting changes to energy uses
2)To understand how infrared spectroscopy works
3)To understand the application of infrared spectroscopy
To interpret IR spectra
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Precipitation & Ligand Substitution Reactions. All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
LO1: To recall the colour changes and observations of reactions of Cu2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Mn2+ and Cr3+ with aqueous sodium hydroxide and ammonia (small amounts and in excess)
LO2: To construct ionic equations for the precipitation reactions that take place
LO3: To construct ionic equation of the ligand substitution reactions that take place in Cu2+ ions and Cr3+ ions
LO4: To explain the biochemical importance of iron in haemoglobin, including ligand substitution involving O2 and CO**
**Note: This lesson includes 15 ligand substitution & precipitation reactions students need to remember- students are advised to create flashcards for these reactions (this can be completed as a flip learning homework task). Creation of flashcards should be followed up with a practical lesson on precipitation and ligand substitution reactions- see my TES shop for this practical lesson **
Alternatively: To save students time you can buy this resource with includes 23 printable flashcards of all the transition element reactions: precipitation, ligand substitution and redox reactions (click below for this resource):
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12637622
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8 Full Lesson Bundle which covers the redox and electrode potential section of the OCR Energy Chapter:
Lesson 1 & 2: Redox Reactions
Lesson 3& 4: Redox Titrations
Lesson 5&6: Standard Electrode & Cell Potentials
Lesson 7: Limitations of Cell Potentials
Lesson 8: Storage & Fuel Cells
Learning Objectives:
Lesson 1:
LO1: To identify the oxidation numbers of elements in ions and compounds
LO2: To construct half-equations from redox equations
LO3: To explain and use the terms oxidising agent and reducing agent
Lesson 2:
LO1: To understand that the overall increase in oxidation number will equal the overall decrease in oxidation number
LO2: To construct balanced half equations and overall redox equations from reactions in acidic conditions
LO3: To construct balanced half equations and overall redox equations from reactions in alkaline conditions (stretch & challenge)
Lesson 3:
LO1: To understand what a redox titration is.
LO2: To describe the practical techniques and procedures used to carry out redox titrations involving Fe2+ /MnO4-
LO3: To calculate structured titration questions based on experimental results of redox titrations involving Fe2+ /MnO4- and its derivatives
Lesson 4:
LO1: To describe the practical techniques and procedures used to carry out redox titrations for I2/S2O32-
LO2: To calculate structured titration questions based on experimental results of redox titrations involving I2/S2O32- and non familiar redox systems
LO3: To calculate non-structured titration questions based on experimental results of I2/S2O32-
Lesson 5:
LO1: To describe techniques and procedures used for the measurement of :
i) Cell potentials of metals or non-metals in contact with their ions in aqueous solution
ii) Ions of the same element in different oxidation states in contact with a Pt electrode
Lesson 6:
LO1: To use the term standard electrode potential E⦵ including its measurement using a hydrogen electrode
LO2: To calculate a standard cell potential by combining two standard electrode potentials
LO3: To predict the feasibility of electrode potentials to modern storage cells
Lesson 7:
LO1. To understand the limitations of predicting the feasibility of a reaction using cell potentials due to kinetics and non-standard conditions
LO2. To explain why electrochemical cells may not work based on the limitations of using cell potentials
Lesson 8:
LO1: To understand the application of the principles of electrode potentials to modern storage cells
LO2: To explain that a fuel cell uses the energy from a reaction of a fuel with oxygen to produce a voltage
LO3: To derive the reactions that take place at each electrode in a hydrogen fuel cell
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through starter activities, discussion questions, mini AfL tasks and practice questions for students to complete
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks on Stereoisomerism in Complex Ions
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To understand the types of stereoisomerism shown by metal complexes, including those associated with bidentate and multidentate ligands including:
(i) cis–trans isomerism e.g. Pt(NH3)2Cl2
(ii) optical isomerism e.g. [Ni(NH2CH2CH2NH2)3] 2+
To understand the use of cis-platin as an anti-cancer drug and its action by binding to DNA preventing cell division
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
All tasks have worked out answers, which will allow students to self assess their work during the lesson
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, research task and plenary task on Dealing With Polymer Waste. Please see the lesson guidance for more information. This lesson follows the OCR specification.
By the end of the lesson students should be able:
LO1: To understand the benefits for sustainability of processing waste polymers by:
Combustion for energy production
Use as an organic feedstock for the production of plastics and other organic chemicals
Removal of toxic waste products such as HCl
LO2: The benefits to the environment of development of biodegradable and photodegradable polymers
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks, main work tasks and homework (all with answers included) on Synthetic Routes in Organic Synthesis (A level -Yr13)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
i) To identify individual functional groups for an organic molecule containing several functional groups
ii) To predict the properties and reactions of organic molecules containing several functional groups
iii) To create multi-stage synthetic routes for preparing organic compounds
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A structured A level Chemistry lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and lesson slides with answers on the rate determining step
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To explain and use the term rate determining step
To deduce possible steps in a reaction mechanism from the rate equation and the balanced equation for the overall reaction
To predict the rate equation that is consistent with the rate determining step
6 Full Lesson Bundle (includes a bonus lesson) on the topic of Equilibrium from the OCR A Level Chemistry specification plus an end of topic test. See below for the lessons and learning objectives
Lesson 1: Le Chatelier’s Principle
To explain the term dynamic equilibrium
To apply le Chatelier’s principle to homogeneous equilibria in order to deduce qualitatively the effect of a change in temperature, pressure or concentration on the position of equilibrium
To explain why catalysts do not change the position of equilibrium
To explain the importance to the chemical industry of a compromise between chemical equilibrium and reaction rate in deciding the operational conditions
Lesson 2: The Equilibrium Constant Kc (Part 1)
To construct expressions for the equilibrium constant Kc for homogeneous reactions
To calculate the equilibrium constant Kc from provided equilibrium concentrations
To estimate the position of equilibrium from the magnitude of Kc
To know the techniques and procedures used to investigate changes to the position of equilibrium for changes in concentration and temperature
Lesson 3: The Equilibrium Constant Kc (Part 2)
To construct expressions for the equilibrium constant Kc for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions
To calculate units for Kc
To calculate quantities present at equilibrium and therefore kc given appropriate data
Lesson 4: Controlling The Position of Equilibrium (Kc)
To understand and explain the effect of temperature, concentration, pressure and catalysts on Kc and controlling the position of equilibrium
Lesson 5: The Equilibrium Constant Kp
To use the terms mole fraction and partial pressure
To construct expressions for Kp for homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria
To calculate Kp including determination of units
To understand the affect of temperature, pressure, concentration and catalysts on Kp and controlling the position of equilibrium
Lesson 6 (BONUS): Chemical Equilibirum (Practical Skills):
To understand how a titration experiment can be used to calculate the equilibrium constant, Kc
To understand how a colorimeter can be used to calculate the equilibrium constant, Kc
To analyse exam questions based on titration experiments in order to calculate out Kc
End of Topic Test:
A 45 minute end of chapter test on chemical equilibrium. The test covers content from both year 12 and 13 OCR on chemical equilibrium. A markscheme with model answers is also included which enables students self assess their answers in class with their teacher or as a homework task.
The test is based on the following learning objectives:
Apply le Chatelier’s principle to deduce qualitatively (from appropriate information) the effect of a change in temperature, concentration or pressure, on a homogeneous system in equilibrium.
Explain that a catalyst increases the rate of both forward and reverse reactions in an equilibrium by the same amount resulting in an unchanged position of equilibrium
Deduce, for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, expressions for the equilibrium constant Kc.
Calculate the values of the equilibrium constant, Kc (from provided or calculated equilibrium moles or concentrations), including determination of units.
Estimate the position of equilibrium from the magnitude of Kc.
Calculate, given appropriate data, the concentration or quantities present at equilibrium.
Deduce, for homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions, expressions for the equilibrium constant Kp.
Calculate the values of the equilibrium constant, Kp (from provided or calculated equilibrium moles or pressures), including determination of units.
Explain the effect of changing temperature on the value of Kc or Kp for exothermic and endothermic reactions.
State that the value of Kc or Kp is unaffected by changes in concentration or pressure or by the presence of a catalyst.
Explain how Kc or Kp controls the position of equilibrium on changing concentration, pressure and temperature
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3 structured lessons covering topics from AS Chemistry haloalkanes from the OCR Specification
Lesson 1: Haloalkanes and their Reactions (part 1)
LO1. To define and use the term nucleophile
LO2. To outline the mechanism for nucleophilic substitution of haloalkanes
Lesson 2: Haloalkanes and their Reactions (part 2)
LO1. To explain the trend in the rates of hydrolysis of primary haloalkanes in terms of the bond enthalpies of carbon-halogen bonds
LO2. To describe how the rate of hydrolysis of haloalkanes can be determined by experiment using water, ethanol and silver nitrate solution
Lesson 3: Haloalkanes and the environment
LO1. To know how halogen radicals are produced from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the action of UV radiation
LO2. To construct equations for the production of halogen radicals from CFCs
LO3. To construct equations for the catalysed breakdown of ozone by Cl. and other radicals (NO.)
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