a fun end of term activity where pupils choose a planet or moon from the star wars universe and complete a series of challenges based on their chosen planet or moon - all challenges are the same but the choice of planet can make the tasks easier or harder - my pupils loved this :) - all resources needed are included in the powerpoint i used moylmods and lego for the building challenges

a useful poster for display that helps pupils produce a structured evaluation

To get the pupils to learn atomic structure we made models of atoms using sweets if they make them on paper with clean hands they can eat them afterwards. We used white and milk chocolate buttons as the protons and neutrons and martians as the electrons with strawberry bootlaces to show the outer elcetron shells, the pupils understood the concept so well we went on to building atoms of oxygen and berylium as well to discuss how the shells fill up, a picture of their models is included and then we evaluated their models and the effectiveness of the model using the sheet attached

a powerpoint i made for a lecture on the science of special effects this explains how to make a number of cheap movie effects good for STEM clubs etc

a simple writing frame to aid pupils with planning an investigation into the rate of reaction of marble chips and acid

copies of mendeleevs periodic table that could be laminted and given to students as part of a history of the periodic table lesson

a simple fire triangle starter sheet could be used with lower ability groups

if you drop raisins in lemonade they sink to the bottom, then float and then sink again. this sheet contains six theories that can be photocopied and then stuck around the room, i demonstrated the experiment and then got pupils to move to the theory they thought best described what happened and told them to be prepared to defend their ideas

A co-operative learning starter activity where the pupils decide definitions for the keywords from a multiple choice list move to the area of the room corresponding to the answer, then they have to copy down the definition and when they have finished sit down with a partner and decide a memorable hook to remember the word by

A little separating techniques starter and an activity where pupils can make teabags from different materials and work out which one is best.

a simple chemistry wordsearch where pupils have to think of chemistry words then find them on the sheet, makes a fun starter/settling activity

a simple starter for lower ability students, where they use dictionaries to find definitions of solubility keywords

a set of premade cards with the elements written on them, with the rest of the information left blank for the pupils to fill in

a picture of a brainiac experiment on alkali metals in a 5 questions framework, as a starter for the pupils

Powerpoint and worksheet where lego is used to model chemical equations

a nice elements and symbols card sort that could be used as a starter to a lesson or as part of a main activity

a worksheet with instructions for pupils to make different coloured pigments, a good strutured practical that could be used as a training for coursework

this has a suggested organisation cards using four teams, i have made a worksheet with suspects and the victim, the attacker is always the cinema mangaer, i make blood splatter by drawing the splatter with a uv pen and then getting people to scan for it with uv you need slime made from fybogel (if you put highlighter ink fluid in the water it glows with uv) and pva slime (recipes from about.com chemistry) and i used four weapons (a book, a glass ashtray, a broom handle and a wooden rolling pin) there are also deduction cards so teams can find out who did it at the end

a simple table for pupils to complete summarising the main features of the group one metals

some simple worksheets on rocks useful for special needs/lower ability pupils