Predominately a Chemistry teacher, although I dabble with Biology and Physics too. Most of my schemes of work were planned for either AQA or iGCSE schemes of work at KS4 and the IB at KS5 (although I have no official affiliation with the IB)
Predominately a Chemistry teacher, although I dabble with Biology and Physics too. Most of my schemes of work were planned for either AQA or iGCSE schemes of work at KS4 and the IB at KS5 (although I have no official affiliation with the IB)
Scheme of work planned for KS4 redox (originally for the IGCSE scheme of work). Includes a practical on oxidising and reducing agents, a full PowerPoint (41 slides) and a starter activity.
Students will learn:
How to define oxidation and reduction in terms of hydrogen, oxygen and electrons
Practicing writing half equations
How to assign oxidation states to transition metal ions
How to identify what has been oxidised and what has been reduced
Common oxidising and reducing agents - how these work and the colour changes involved
10 homework projects on key stage 3 and 4 Chemistry, linked to the Exploring Science and iGCSE schemes of work.
All homework projects are fully differentiated, with level ladders provided to maximise pupil progress
7E - Acids and Alkalis
7F - Chemical reactions
7H - Solutions
8E - Classifying Elements
9E - Metals and their reactions
9G - Environmental Chemistry
Extracting Copper
Oil
Nanoparticles and Smart Materials
Analysing Substances
These schemes of work were planned as part of the iGCSE course, but could be used for other courses. They include PowerPoints, activities, experiments, homework and formative assessment resources.
The topics covered are:
- Elements, compounds and mixtures
- Atomic Structure
- Isotopes
- Ionic and Covalent Bonding
- Conservation of Mass and Balancing Equations
- Giant Ionic structures
- Giant Covalent structures
- Simple Covalent structures
- Metallic structures
- Testing for Ions
These 3 PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB schemes of work on Energy. They would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics covered include:
- The difference between heat and temperature
- Endothermic and Exothermic reactions
- Stability and enthalpy changes
- Standard enthalpy change of reaction (ΔHΘr)
- Measuring Standard enthalpy change of combustion (ΔHΘc) including calculations
- Measuring enthalpy changes in solution including calculations
- Hess´Law
- Standard Enthalpy Change of Formation (ΔHΘf)
- Bond Enthalpies and Average Bond Enthalpies
- Born Haber Cycles
- Comparison of Lattice Enthalpies
- Dissolving Ionic Substances
- Hydration Enthalpies
These PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Atomic Structure, and cover the necessary content for both the Standard and Higher Level topics. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics included are:
- The structure of the atom
- The development of the theory of atomic structure from Dalton-present day
- Isotopes and their properties
- Calculating the R.A.M. of an isotope
- Calculating the % abundance of two isotopes, given the R.A.M.
- Radioisotopes and their uses
- The mass spectrometer: what it is used for, how it works, why it works and how to read mass spectra
- How to calculate the energy of a photon of light
- Atomic Emission Spectra
- How to write full electronic configurations for elements up to the 4p orbital
- How to write full electronic configurations for ions of the elements up to the 4p orbital
- The convergence limit of energy in energy levels and how this links to First Ionisation Energy
- Trends in First Ionisation Energy and how this provided evidence for the presence of orbitals
These PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB schemes of work on Atomic Structure and Periodicity (including transition metal chemistry and coloured complexes) and cover the necessary content for both the Standard and Higher Level topics. They would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics included are:
- The structure of the atom
- The development of the theory of atomic structure from Dalton-present day
- Isotopes and their properties
- Calculating the R.A.M. of an isotope
- Calculating the % abundance of two isotopes, given the R.A.M.
- Radioisotopes and their uses
- The mass spectrometer: what it is used for, how it works, why it works and how to read mass spectra
- How to calculate the energy of a photon of light
- Atomic Emission Spectra
- How to write full electronic configurations for elements up to the 4p orbital
- How to write full electronic configurations for ions of the elements up to the 4p orbital
- The convergence limit of energy in energy levels and how this links to First Ionisation Energy
- Trends in First Ionisation Energy and how this provided evidence for the presence of orbitals
- The development of the Periodic Table
- The structure and arrangement of the Periodic Table
- How metallic/non-metallic properties change as you go left to right across the periodic table
- How atomic radius of elements changes across periods and down groups, and why this occurs
- How ionic radius of ions changes across periods and down groups, and why this occurs
- How first ionisation energies of elements changes across periods and down groups, and why this occurs
- How electron affinity of elements changes across periods and down groups, and why this occurs
- How electronegativity of elements changes across periods and down groups, and why this occurs
- Properties and reactions of the Group I metals
- Properties and reactions of the Group XVII non-metals
- The acid-base character and reactions of the period 2 and 3 oxides
- Electronic structures of the Transition Metals
- Electronic structures of Transition Metal ions
- The definition of a Transition Metal
- Properties of Transition Metals
- Variable oxidation states and the trend in First Ionisation Energies
- Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism
- Complex Ions
- Transition Metals as catalysts
- How colour occurs in compounds
- Ligand Field Theory
- Which Transition Metals are coloured and which are colourless and why
- Factors which affect colour - including identity of the metal, charge on the metal and identity of the ligand
These PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB schemes of work on Atomic Structure, Periodicity (including transition metal chemistry and coloured complexes) and Structure and Bonding.
They cover the necessary content for both the Standard and Higher Level topics. They would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
These 9 PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB schemes of work on Biochemistry, and covers the necessary content for the all of the Standard and Higher Level units. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
It includes 9 full PowerPoints, along with student versions to use as notes, which have spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete.
It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
Introduction to Biochemistry
- Metabolism
- Biochemical reactions in terms of oxidation and reduction
- Respiration
- Photosynthesis
- Hydrolysis and Condensation reactions
Proteins
- 2 amino acids and their behaviour as zwitterions
- Gel electrophoresis
- Paper chromatography
- Peptides
- Hydrolysis of peptides
- Proteins - primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures
- Acid-base properties of amino acids and proteins
- Acid-base buffers
- Enzymes
- Induced fit theory
- Non competitive and competitive inhibition
- The Michaelis-Menten equation
- Protein Assays
Lipids
- Fatty acids
- Triglycerides
- Calculating the iodine number
- Hydrolysis of triglycerides
- Rancidity of fats
- Energy values of fats
- Phospholipids
- Steroids (including cholesterol)
- Sex hormones
- Anabolic steroids
Carbohydrates
- Monosaccharides
- Reducing sugars
- Disaccharides
- Polysaccharides
- Starch, glycogen and cellulose
Vitamins
- Preventing deficiencies
- Water and fat solubilities of vitamins
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D
- Decomposition of vitamins
Environmental Impacts of Biochemistry
- Xenobiotics
- Metabolism of xenobiotics
- DDT
- PCBs
- Heavy metal toxicity
- Pharmaceutically active compounds and detergents
- Host-guest complexes
- Polymers
- Green Chemistry
Proteins
- 2 amino acids and their behaviour as zwitterions
- Gel electrophoresis
- Paper chromatography
- Peptides
- Hydrolysis of peptides
- Proteins - primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures
- Acid-base properties of amino acids and proteins
- Acid-base buffers
- Enzymes
- Induced fit theory
- Non competitive and competitive inhibition
- The Michaelis-Menten equation
- Protein Assays
Nucleic Acids
- Nucleic Acids
- Nitrogeneous Bases and Nucleotides
- ATP
- The structure of DNA
- DNA profiling
- DNA replication
- Transcription
- Genetic Engineering
Biological Pigments
- Coloured compounds and biological pigments
- Carotenes
- Porphyrins
- Haemoglobin
- Factors affceting oxygen uptake in haemoglobin
- Foetal haemoglobin
- Cytochromes
- Chlorophyll
- Anthocyanins
- Melanin
Stereochemistry in Biomolecules
- Stereoisomerism
- 2-amino acids
- Fischer and CORN projections
- Stereochemistry in Carbohydrates
- Stereochemistry cyclic forms of monosaccharides
- Stereochemistry in cellulose
- Stereochemistry in fatty acids
- Stereochemistry in retinal and vision chemistry
Three homework projects for the Exploring Science 8 and 9 schemes of work on Elements and the Periodic Table, Metals and their reactions and Environmental Chemistry.
Each project comes with a level ladder style success grid for students to maximise their learning
Scheme of work planned for the IGCSE acids and bases unit, but could be modified for other exam boards.
The scheme includes PowerPoints, activities, practicals and worksheets and was planned to take up to 7 lessons. The PowerPoint on soluble salts covers making soluble salts in 3 different ways and so will take 3 lessons.
Topics:
- Acids, bases and salts
- Preparation of Soluble Salts - metal + acid, metal oxide + acid and acid + alkali
- Preparation of Insoluble salts
- Acidic, basic and amphoteric oxides
This unit was planned as part of the iGCSE experimental techniques scheme of work. It was used as an introduction to the iGCSE, and contains differentiated work for students from C/D to A/A* grade.
The unit contains powerpoints, experiments, worksheets, activities and an assessment.
Topics covered include:
- Chemical and Physical reactions
- Melting and boiling points
- Separating techniques - filtration, evaporation, distillation and fractional distillation
- Preparation of a salt
- Chromatography
8 lesson scheme of work planned for KS3 Chemistry - covers material in 9E and 9F on the reactions of metals and metal compounds and the reactivity series.
The scheme of work includes PowerPoints, worksheets, activities and practicals, with each lesson featuring a differentiated task (levels 4-8), enabling all students to make progress.
This unit was delivered to cover unit 8 of the IB - Acids and Bases, however it would be suitable for most post-16 programs of study.
It begins by recapping the subjects that students should be familiar with from GCSE, before building into more advanced topics. Each PowerPoint comes with a ´student version´ which has gaps for the students to complete, and contains several exercises for students to do. I have also included past paper questions and answer schemes.
Topics covered are:
- What are acids and bases?
- Bronsted Lowry acids and bases (and conjugate acids and bases)
- Amphiprotic and amphoteric substances
- Lewis acids and bases
- Reactions of acids with metals, metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal carbonates and metal hydrogencarbonates, bases and alkalis
- Making salts
- What is pH and how to calculate the pH of both acids and bases
- Using the dissociation constant of water to calculate pH
- Acid deposition - how it occurs and how it can be treated
- Calculations involving Ka, pKa, Kb, pKb, pH and pOH
- Using the relationships Kw = Ka x Kb and pKa + pKb = pKw
- Titration curves for titrations involving any combination of strong and weak acids and bases
- Indicators - how to select a suitable indicator for a titration
- How to calculate the pH of salt solutions
- Buffers - what are they, how are they made and how do they work (including calculations)
This unit was delivered to cover unit 9 of the IB -Redox Processes, however it would be suitable for most post-16 programs of study.
It begins by recapping the subjects that students should be familiar with from GCSE, before building into more advanced topics. Each PowerPoint comes with a ´student version´ which has gaps for the students to complete, and contains several exercises for students to do. I have also included past paper questions and answer schemes.
Topics covered are:
Reduction and Oxidation
Oxidation states and how to determine them
Naming compounds using oxidation states
Oxidising and reducing agents
Half equations in molten substances
Half equations in acidic solutions
The activity series
Redox titrations
Winkler method to determine biochemical oxygen demand
Voltaic Cells
Electrolytic Cells
Cell potentials
The standard hydrogen electrode
Ecell and spontaneity
Working out cell potentials
Polarity and direction of electron flow
The electrochemical series
Electrolysis of aqueous solutions
The effect of the nature of electrodes on the products
Electroplating
Electrolysis of water
Quantitative electrolysis
These two PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Organic Chemistry, and covers some of the necessary content for the Higher Level topics. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics covered include:
- Nucleophilic Substitution mechanisms of primary, tertiary and secondary halogenoalkanes
- Factors affecting the rate of nucleophilic substitution
- Electrophilic Addition mechanisms
- Markovnikov´s Rule
- Electrophilic subtitution mechanisms
- Reduction Reactions
- Reaction pathways and synthetic routes
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.2 and B.7
It includes 2 full PowerPoints, along with a student versions to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete. It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
- 2 amino acids and their behaviour as zwitterions
- Gel electrophoresis
- Paper chromatography
- Peptides
- Hydrolysis of peptides
- Proteins - primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures
- Acid-base properties of amino acids and proteins
- Acid-base buffers
- Enzymes
- Induced fit theory
- Non competitive and competitive inhibition
- The Michaelis-Menten equation
- Protein Assays
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.3
It includes a full PowerPoint, along with a student version to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete. It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
- Fatty acids
- Triglycerides
- Calculating the iodine number
- Hydrolysis of triglycerides
- Rancidity of fats
- Energy values of fats
- Phospholipids
- Steroids (including cholesterol)
- Sex hormones
- Anabolic steroids
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.5
It includes a full PowerPoint, along with a student version to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete. It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
- Vitamins
- Preventing deficiencies
- Water and fat solubilities of vitamins
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D
- Decomposition of vitamins
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.4. It may also be suitable for other Biochemistry topics in another syllabus
It includes a full PowerPoints, along with a student version to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete. It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
- Monosaccharides
- Reducing sugars
- Disaccharides
- Polysaccharides
- Starch, glycogen and cellulose
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.1
It includes a full PowerPoint, along with a student version to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete.
Topics covered are:
- Metabolism
- Biochemical reactions in terms of oxidation and reduction
- Respiration
- Photosynthesis
- Hydrolysis and Condensation reactions
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!