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!
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 complete lesson including starter activity, risk assessment and post practical plenary questions on Chemistry Required Practical :Preparing a pure, dry sample of a soluble salt from an insoluble oxide or carbonate
Lesson includes lab report for students to fill in
By the end of this lesson KS4 students should be able to:
→ Describe a practical procedure for producing a salt from a solid and an acid
→ Explain the apparatus, materials and techniques used for making the salt
→ Describe how to safely manipulate apparatus and accurately measure melting points
This lesson should be taught as a practical lesson
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A well structured lesson including starter activity and lesson slides on mass changes when gases are in reactions. Suitable for AQA GCSE Chemistry and combined science (higher and foundation)
The lesson begins with a short starter task (DO NOW) on gases in reactions
Then by the end of this lesson KS4 students should be able to:
To relate mass, volume and concentration
To calculate the mass of solute in solution
To relate concentration in mol/dm3 to mass and volume
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 on initial rates and clock reactions
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To determine the rate constant for a first order reaction from the gradient of a rate- concentration graph
To understand how rate-concentration graphs are created
To explain how clock reactions are used to determine initial rates of reactions
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks on Limitations of Cell Potentials
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
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
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 main work task all with answers on Lattice Enthalpy. Suitable for the OCR Specification
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To explain the term lattice enthalpy
2.To understand the factors that determine the size of lattice enthalpy
3.To explain the terms standard enthalpy change of formation and first ionisation energy
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 (lesson 1 of 2) including starter activity, AfL work tasks and practice questions with answers on Redox Reactions. Suitable for Year 13 OCR A Level Chemistry
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
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
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 practice questions with answers on Gibbs Free Energy (Part 1)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
To explain that the feasibility of a process depends upon ΔG being negative which in turn depends upon ΔS, ΔH and the T of the system
To recall the Gibbs’ Equation and calculate ΔG, ΔH, ΔS or T
To calculate ΔG, ΔH, ΔS or T using the Gibbs’ Equation
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
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6 Full Lesson Bundle covering the first 6 chapters in the OCR A Level Chemistry Chapter on Energy
Lesson 1: Lattice Enthalpy
**By the end of the lesson students will:
Explain the term lattice enthalpy
Understand the factors that determine the size of lattice enthalpy
Explain the terms standard enthalpy change of formation and first ionisation energy**
Lesson 2: Born-Haber Cycles
**By the end of the lesson students will:
**1. Construct Born Haber Cycle diagrams for ionic compounds from enthalpy change values
**2. Calculate the value for lattice enthalpy from Born Haber Cycle diagrams
**3. Calculate other enthalpy change values from Born Haber Cycle diagrams
Lesson 3: Enthalpy Changes of Solution & Hydration
**By the end of the lesson students will:
**1. Define the terms enthalpy change of solution and hydration
**2. Construct enthalpy cycles using the enthalpy change of solution of a simple ionic solid
3. Qualitatively explain the effect of ionic charge and ionic radius on the exothermic value of lattice enthalpy and enthalpy change of hydration
Lesson 4: Entropy
**By the end of lesson students will:
**1. Know that entropy is a measure of the dispersal of energy in a system, which is greater the more disordered a system
**2. Explain the difference in entropy of solids, liquids and gases
**3. Calculate the entropy change of a reactant based on the entropies provided for the reactants and products
Lesson 5: Gibbs Free Energy (Part 1)
**By the end of the lesson students will:
**1. Explain that the feasibility of a process depends upon ΔG being negative which in turn depends upon ΔS, ΔH and the T of the system
**2. Recall the Gibbs’ Equation and calculate ΔG, ΔH, ΔS or T
**3.Calculate ΔG, ΔH, ΔS or T using the Gibbs’ Equation
Lesson 6: Gibbs Free Energy (Part 2)
By the end of the lessons students will:
1. Explain that the feasibility of a process depends upon ΔG being negative which in turn depends upon ΔS, ΔH and the T of the system
2. Recall the Gibbs’ Equation and calculate ΔG, ΔH, ΔS or 3. Calculate ΔG, ΔH, ΔS or T using the Gibbs’ Equation
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, AfL work tasks, main work tasks with answers on The Equilibrium Constant Kp
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
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
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27 flashcards on Reaction Mechanisms from both Year 12 and 13 content. Suitable for the AQA A level Chemistry 7405 Specification
Reaction mechanisms included are:
Free Radical Substitution
Nucleophilic Substitution
Electrophilic Addition
Elimination
Electrophilic Substitution
Nucelophilic Addition
Nucelophilic Addition-Elimination
PRINTING: These can be printed as A6 flashcards (1/4 size of A4) by printing four pages per sheet
A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on the shapes of molecules and ions
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
Determine the number of bonding pairs & lone pairs in a molecule or ion
Recall the shapes and bond angles of molecules and ions with up to six electron pairs surrounding the central atom
Explain the shapes of molecules and ions using the electron pair repulsion theory
To construct diagrams to illustrate the 3D shapes of molecules and ions
**Note: If molecular modeling kits are not available then step 3 from the discovery task can simply be deleted from slide 6.
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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
A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and plenary task all with answers on Neutralisation & Titration Curves
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To interpret titration curves of strong and weak acids and strong and weak bases
To construct titration curve diagrams of strong and weak acids and strong and weak bases
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on the Ionic Product of Water, Kw
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
LO1: To recall the expression for the ionic product of water, Kw (ionisation of water)
LO2: To calculate the pH of strong bases using Kw
LO3: To apply the principles for Kc, Kp to Kw
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and lesson slides on halogenoalkanes and their chemical reactions
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To Identify haloalkanes as primary, secondary or tertiary
To understand why haloalkanes are more reactive than alkanes
To describe what a nucleophile is and to state some examples
To outline the mechanism of nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions involving haloalkanes
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete
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A complete lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work tasks (all with answers included) on Carboxylic Acids and Esters
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To explain the water solubility of carboxylic acids in terms of hydrogen bonding
To recall the reactions in aqueous conditions of carboxylic acids with metals and bases (including carbonates, metal oxides and alkalis)
To know the esterification of: (i) carboxylic acids with alcohols in the presence of an acid catalyst (ii) acid anhydrides with alcohols
To know the hydrolysis of esters: (i) in hot aqueous acid to form carboxylic acids and alcohols (ii) in hot aqueous alkali to form carboxylate salts and alcohols
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and main work task all with answers on Electronegativity and Bond Polarity
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
To define the term electronegativity
To explain the trend in electronegativity down a group and across a period
To explain what a polar covalent bond is bond and to illustrate this type of bond in a molecule
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks and main work tasks with answers on haloalkanes and the environment
**By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able:
To know how halogen radicals are produced from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the action of UV radiation
To construct equations for the production of halogen radicals from CFCs
To construct equations for the catalysed breakdown of ozone by Cl. and other radicals (NO.)
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A structured Year 12 KS5 lesson including starter activity and AfL work tasks on Catalysts. Suitable for OCR Specification (AS Chemistry)
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
**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
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A structured KS5 lesson including starter activity, AfL work tasks and plenary task all with answers on pH indicators & Titration Curves
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
LO1. To explain indicator colour changes in terms of equilibrium shift between the HA and A- forms of the indicator
LO2. To explain the choice of suitable indicators given the pH range of the indicator
LO3. To describe an experiment for creating a titration curve
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