I am a High School and Sixth Form Chemistry teacher teaching Science to GCSE and Chemistry to A Level. My GCSE resources generally follow the new AQA (9-1) specification, differentiated for foundation and higher students at trilogy and separate science levels. My Key Stage 3 resources are suited to mixed ability groups and are designed to be dyslexia friendly with bold coloured text boxes and bright diagrams.
Please give me your opinion and review downloaded resources!
I am a High School and Sixth Form Chemistry teacher teaching Science to GCSE and Chemistry to A Level. My GCSE resources generally follow the new AQA (9-1) specification, differentiated for foundation and higher students at trilogy and separate science levels. My Key Stage 3 resources are suited to mixed ability groups and are designed to be dyslexia friendly with bold coloured text boxes and bright diagrams.
Please give me your opinion and review downloaded resources!
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focusses on the structure of the Earth in terms of the mantle, inner and outer core and the crust. Follow up activities include extension questions, as well as key questions on the atmosphere to extend knowledge. The lesson also touches on basic maths skills such as reading a pie chart.
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives and lesson keywords
Task 1: Information extraction task
Extension question review
Task 2: The Earth’s crust composition with answer review
Task 3: The atmosphere true or false
Reflective fun plenary activity
This lesson is ideal for students who have no prior knowledge on the topic. The lesson introduces new keywords such as ‘mantle’ and ‘core’ and engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets.
Please note there may be some American spellings in this lesson and please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing
Exothermic and Endothermic Lesson Bundle
Included in this bundle resource:
Exothermic and Endothermic Introduction Lesson
Featuring four mini labs to engage students in the topic and introduce the keywords of the lesson.
Reaction Profile Diagrams Lesson
Drawing reaction profiles for exothermic and endothermic reactions and comparing different profiles.
Calculating Bond Energy
Introduces calculating bond energy with simple examples and a structured framework to eventually develop secure knowledge on calculating overall energy change for exothermic and endothermic reactions.
End of Topic Questions
Key questions on the topic of exothermic and endothermic reactions to consolidate knowledge learnt in the lessons.
All lessons are editable, set up in PowerPoint but also come with a PDF copy for prep free printing of included worksheets. All questions throughout the lesson series have accompanying answers at each stage for student review.
Calculating Bond Energy Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focuses on calculating bond energy in bite size chunks: first calculating molecule bond energy and then developing into overall energy change. The lesson also provides a framework worksheet to guide students through this difficult topic
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives and lesson keywords
Molecule bond energy calculations
Framework worksheet
Exam style questions
Reflective plenary activity
This lesson is ideal for students new to calculating bond energy but have an awareness of exothermic and endothermic reactions.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets. Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing.
It’s Valentine’s Day!
This fun resource includes:
Two pages of Valentine’s Day elements
Students use a periodic table to find the element name from its chemical symbol. The chemical symbols make up Valentine’s Day themed words
Two pages of answer sheets
Full answers for every themed word are included in the resource
All students need is a periodic table, no other prep required. Bright and engaging!
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing - Science House
Make Chemical Bonding FUN!
This resource is a bright, engaging way to teach students about the types of chemical bonding. An effective active learning technique!
Included in this resource:
Snakes and ladders board
Filled with student questions
Student worksheet
For students to note down their answers to the board questions
Answer key
Comprehensive answers for all board questions
All board questions are based around ionic, covalent and metallic bonding. This includes giving key properties and linked reasoning, uses and applications, and drawing covalent and ionic bonds. The covalent and ionic questions also relate to giant covalent structures and ionic lattices.
The board game is set up to be printed in A3 but can easily be adapted to A4 margins. The resource is completely editable as a PowerPoint document but a PDF copy is also included for preparation free printing.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing
Exothermic and Endothermic Reaction Profile Diagrams Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focuses on exothermic and endothermic reaction profile diagrams: adding labels, comparing diagrams and reflecting on energy change. Follow up activities include key questions as well as examination style questioning to put the lesson objectives into context.
Included in the lesson:
Starter keyword task
Lesson objectives and lesson keywords
Exothermic and endothermic reaction profile discussion with student worksheet
Follow up activities to consolidate knowledge
Key questions
Examination style questions
Reflective fun plenary activity
This lesson is ideal for students who can just define what exothermic and endothermic reactions are, no further detailed prior knowledge is required. The lesson introduces new keywords such as ‘activation energy’ and engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets. Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing.
Exothermic and Endothermic Laboratory Introduction Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student lab activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focusses on four simple experiments and how temperature change determines whether a reaction is exothermic or endothermic. All practical apparatus and chemicals are simple and available to any school science department e.g. hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, magnesium ribbon etc. Each of the four practicals shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes each.
Included in the lesson:
Starter safety task
Lesson objectives and lesson keywords
Exothermic and endothermic examples
Laboratory activity with student answer sheets
Lab write up extension
Variables discussion
Reflective plenary activity
This lesson is ideal for students new to exothermic and endothermic reactions. The lesson introduces new keywords and engages students through four simple labs which demonstrate temperature increase or decrease.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets. Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing.
Polymers and the Environment: Biodegradable and Recycling
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focusses on the role of polymers in environmental issues, with particular emphasis on plastics, biodegradability and recycling. There is no practical, but the option to watch associated YouTube clips, although this isn’t required for the lesson.
Included in the lesson:
Starter keyword crossword task
Student opinion on plastics
Upgrading answers task (PEE Paragraphs)
Student key questions
Answer discussion
Information on recycling
Biodegradable definition
Reflection on plastic opinions
Reflective plenary activity
This lesson is ideal for students new to environmental issues who haven’t been introduced to key terms such as biodegradable and photodegradable. The keywords monomer, polymer, natural, synthetic and polymerization are mentioned within the lesson, so prior knowledge of these terms would be ideal.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets. Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing.
Covalent Bonding Workbook:
A comprehensive covalent bonding lesson workbook ideal for student-led independent work.
The workbook includes a full explanation of all concepts associated with simple and giant covalent bonding, as well as student questions to consolidate knowledge after each information point. This 9 page student workbook is accompanied by a detailed answer key.
Included (by page):
Simple covalent bonding description and worked example
Quick point questions on simple covalent bonding
Simple covalent bonding dot and cross questions
Advanced covalent bonding dot and cross question
Properties of simple covalent bonding description and explanations
Key term questions and student information extraction table
Giant covalent structure descriptions and diagrams
Giant covalent properties and uses with quick point questions
Giant covalent properties student information extraction table and keywords
This workbook is ideal to be used for:
Independent study
Partnered work
Revision / homework task
Cover work
Introductory task
AQA GCSE Required Practical: Purifying Water through Distillation
Follows the AQA specification!
Included in this student-orientated lab:
Teacher Instructions
Starter Activity
Distillation Practical Guide
Follow Up Questions
Results and Discussion Questions
Finisher Puzzle Activity
This full hour laboratory lesson is well structured to engage mixed ability GCSE chemistry classes. The actual lab based practical requires only basic school lab glassware and access to a tap. The laboratory method and equipment is all comprehensively explained in both the teacher instructions section and student practical guide.
The hour lab is split into five progressive activities. All main activities include tiered questions (bronze, silver and gold) to make the content accessible to all learners and gives each activity an element of choice and challenge. The first starter activity includes questions based around naming and describing the functions of laboratory equipment. This tests the prior practical knowledge of students.
The practical document encompasses a method which is easy to follow and an equipment list. Accompanying tiered questions follow the practical activity. Whilst the practical equipment is cooling down, students can answer the follow up questions which reflect on the practical and their understanding of distillation in terms of evaporation and condensation. Before the results and discussion activity, the students have the opportunity to observe the teacher carry out a boiling point analysis on the distilled water sample (simply explained in the teacher instructions). Upon completion of the results and discussion tiered questions, students can complete the lesson with a cool down puzzle based on distillation keywords.
Answers to all activities are included in the resource. I have included each activity as a separate word doc and pdf file (completely editable if desired). I have also combined each activity into a student workbook (again editable word doc and pdf available).
This is a hassle free, tried and tested lab which engages students and caters to a range of abilities.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing. Many Thanks! - Science House
Isomers Bundle
Included in this bundle resource is three activities on three different forms of isomerism and an answer key for each activity. The activities include key definitions, examples, detailed information and linked in questions.
Isomerism included in this bundle:
Structural isomers
Geometric isomers
Optical isomers
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing and view the product previews
Isomers: Optical Isomerism
This resource includes an optical isomerism activity and an answer key, both available in editable PowerPoint form and uneditable PDF form. The activity includes key definitions and examples with linked in questions. It is ideal for independent learning and is an introductory resource for students without any prior knowledge on optical isomerism.
The activity covers:
Identifying chiral carbons
Drawing matching enantiomers
Discussing racemic mixtures
The answer sheet covers all questions thoroughly.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing and please view the preview.
Isomers: Geometric Isomerism
This resource includes a geometric isomerism activity and an answer key, both available in editable PowerPoint form and uneditable PDF form. The activity includes key definitions and examples with linked in questions. It is ideal for independent learning and is an introductory resource for students without any prior knowledge on geometric isomerism.
The activity covers:
Distinguishing between E/Z (trans/cis) isomerism
Defining geometric isomerism
Boiling points for different isomers
Identifying group priority around the C=C bond
The answer sheet covers all questions thoroughly.
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ISOMERS: Structural Isomerism
Included in this resource is a question activity and accompanying answer key, both as an editable PowerPoint version and uneditable PDF.
The question activity includes key definitions with examples and two questions on each type of structural isomerism. Isomerism included in the resource:
Chain isomerism
Position isomerism
Functional group isomerism
Ideal as a student-led activity, as the examples and definitions aid independent learning. The resource can be used in-class, for homework or revision.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing.
Naming and Drawing Organic Molecules
Included is two worksheets and two answer sheets. The worksheets include tasks on naming and drawing organic molecules from a selection of molecules (skeletal and displayed formula). The answer sheets cover all molecules in both worksheets.
Molecules included in the worksheets:
Alcohols
Aldehydes
Ketones
Carboxylic acids
There is an editable version of both worksheets and answer sheets included in the resource, should you wish to further adapt the worksheets to your own teaching.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing.
This great lesson pack includes:
Progress starter and plenary questions cards
Lesson objectives
Station activity with worksheets (differentiated questions)
Cut and paste with extension task
Key questions sheet with RAG rating feedback
The lesson covers:
The different gases in the earth’s early atmosphere
The start of life
The input of bacteria to life
Comparisons to today’s atmosphere
This is a great differentiated lesson accessible to all with a good variation of activities!
Atoms and Elements End of Topic Questions
Included in the resource:
3 student question sheets
1 answer key page
The questions surround atom structure, electron configuration, key terms, chemical symbols and comparisons of elements, compounds and mixtures. There are 30 questions each tiered as either *recall, ** explain or *** apply, to add differentiation. The worksheets also include a keyword section and learning points.
The answer key covers all 30 questions and there is also a score system as an opportunity for peer or self assessment. This is a great summary resource and neatly rounds of the Atoms and Elements Topic.
Ideal as:
homework
in-class quiz
assessment
starter or finisher
revision resource
Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions End of Topic Questions
Included in this resource:
3 question sheets
1 answer key page
This resource tackles questions on definitions and examples of exothermic and endothermic reactions. There are also questions on reaction profile diagrams and bond making/breaking. Questions are tiered as either recall*, explain** or apply***.
The resource also includes a keywords list and learning points. There is a marking section which offers the opportunity for self or peer assessment. It is a very useful summary tool to round off the topic!
Ideal to be used as:
homework
starter or finisher
revision
assessment
reflection
Word Equations End Of Topic Questions
Included in the resource:
3 question sheets
1 answer key sheet
This resource covers the main types of chemical equations: oxidation, combustion, decomposition and displacement. The resource is ideal to summarize a Word Equations topic for new learners. Questions progressively get harder through out the resource and are labelled as either recall, link or apply questions. There is also a reflection box for self or peer assessment as well as an answer key.
Each page includes keywords and learning points. This resource can be used as homework, starter/finisher, assessment, review and revision work.
Seven Resource Bundle
This bundle resource includes reading passages, student question sheets and answer keys on the following aspects of the Periodic Table:
Introduction to the Periodic Table
The history and scientists of the Periodic Table
Metals vs Non-Metals
Group 1 Alkali Metals
Group 0 Noble Gases
Group 7 Halogens
The Transition Metals
Each question sheet includes tiered questions described as recall, label, explain, apply and compare. The questions follow the reading passages and require both simple information extraction and higher level thinking skills.
These resources are ideal for independent study. They are ideal in-class activities, homework tasks or revision summary resources. They are very versatile. I have specifically bundled this collection of resources together as they cover everything my students need to know surrounding the Periodic Table.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchase and for further details view the individual previews of each resource in the product listings.