'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
This set of questions cover the topics included in the AQA Chemistry GCSE 2015 specification. All the questions come with a a mark scheme which can either be used by teachers or students to mark their answers. All the questions come with mark schemes using the 1-9 grading system and can be used for revision or as assessment at the end of the lesson. Some of the areas covered by this resource are:
1: The required practicals in the GCSE Chemistry spec
2: A number of questions looking at practicals students may be asked about other than required practicals
3: Electrolysis
4: Combustion
5: LCA
6: Metals
7: Acids & alkalis
8: The periodic table
9: Reactions
10: Allotropes of carbon
11: States of matter
12: The Haber process
13: The Earth
14: Molecules
15: And lots more
This resource is a series activities to help enable students to effectively revise. This resource includes:
1: Daily revision task (termly sheets given out & stuck into revision books)
2: Instructions for tasks with explanation power points
3: For each task there is a explanation video on youtube
4: 6 Weekly summary sheets based on tasks
5: 6 Weekly revision resources covering oil & it’s uses, space, electricity, motion, evolution and competition & adaptation
6: Resources for students to use to put together their own interactive note book
7: 40mb of resources & 149 files
The majority of the resources are in the zip file, however, there are a number of pictures showing some of the resources.
This resource is a set of 33 Science Literacy games that can be used within normal lessons or as revision. Each game contains text that students need to read through and then a game with questions based on that text around it. The games included cover:
1: 2 on speed
2: Evolution
3: Rate of reaction
4: Organs
5: Classification
6: Adaptations
7: Understanding genetics
8: Electromagnetic induction
9: Protein synthesis
10: The cell cycle
11: Magnets
12: Bacteria
13: The atmosphere
14: Current
15: Neutralisation
16: Distance & displacement
17: Electrolysis
18: Atomic theory
19: States of matter
20: Blood
21: Sewage treatment
22: Anaerobic respiration
23: Natural polymers
24: Renewable energy
25: Drug testing
26: Meiosis
27: Acids & alkalis
28: Levels of organisation
29: Types of muscle
30: Power & Pd
31: Recycling
32: States of matter
All of these games are tried & tested and really help engage students. After students have played the game you can also ask students questions off the boards as a quick form of AFL.
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The resource is a lesson with activities that can be used to introduce students to acid & alkali. This resource includes:
1: A starter literacy game
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A spag activity
4: A key word summary activity
5: A card sort
6: A plenary dice game
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the atomic theory development of atomic theory content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A key information highlighting activity
4: A modelling the development of atomic theory activity
5: A micro-teaching activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the electron structure content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A atomic number starter game
3: A drawing electron structure circus activty
4: A key word card sort
5: A drawing electron structure trick
6: A plenary dice game
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This resource is a series activities to help enable students to effectively revise. This resource includes:
1: Daily revision task (termly sheets given out & stuck into revision books)
2: Instructions for tasks with explanation power points
3: For each task there is a explanation video on youtube
4: 6 Weekly summary sheets based on tasks
5: 6 Weekly revision resources covering hormones & the endocrine system, electrolysis, cell division, photosynthesis, waves & nerves & coordination
6: Resources for students to use to put together their own interactive note book
7: 190mb of resources & 159 files
The majority of the resources are in the zip file, however, there are a number of pictures showing some of the resources.
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the metallic bonding content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A student information sheet
3: A dice AFL game
4: A key information snakes & ladders game
5: A properties of metallic bonding information hunt
6: A 6 mark assessment question
7: A sheet for students to work through
8: A possible metallic bonding model activity
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a set of 26 bespoke 6 mark questions to test students understanding of most of the required practicals in the 2015 AQA Science specification. The questions have been written in a similar style to the practical 6 mark questions in the sample material.
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This resource is a bundle of lessons covering the electrolysis section of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This bundle includes lessons on:
1: Acids & alkalies (students need to be aware of how they form ions)
2: Basic electrolysis
3: Electrolysis of aluminium
4: Electrolysis of brine
5: Electrolysis of water
6: A revision lesson
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the electrolysis of water content of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game to remind students what they have already covered on electrolysis
3: A SPAG activity
4: A modelling activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A flipped learning slide
7: A group task
8: A dice assessment game
9: A sheet for students to fill in during the lesson
10: A set of notes for students to use
11: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
12: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the states of matter content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A modelling states of matter activity
4: A micro-teaching activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
7: A homework task
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the spectroscope content of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A starter game
2: A key information highlighting activity
3: A power point to lead students through the lesson
4: A spectra comparison activity
5: A spectroscope modelling activity
6: A 6 mark AFL question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the sustainability & water treatment content of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A summary sheet
3: An interactive notebook acitivity
4: A sustainability game
5: A water treatment 6 mark question
6: A sewage treatment model
7: A potable water literacy activity
8: A sustainable resources card sort
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the periodic table & atomic theory content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game
3: A summary sheet
4: Interactive notebook activities
5: A dice AFL game
6: A development of the periodic table literacy activity
7: A key word card sort
8: A periodic table construction activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the concentration section of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: An unit conversion starter game
3: A suggested role play activity
4: An equation conversion interactive notebook activity
5: A dice game AFL activity
6: 3 short use of equation activities
7: A sheet for students to work through
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the relative formula mass & atomic structure content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: An atomic structure starter activity
3: An atomic structure of the first 20 elements activity
4: A RFM snakes & ladders game
5: A atomic structure micro teaching activity
6: A maze game
7: A question sheet
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with resources covering the reacting masses section on the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification with a section to remind students how to calculate the percentage mass of compounds. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A number of moles starter game
3: A percentage of nitrogen in compounds task
4: A percentage of elements in a compound task
5: A reacting masses interactive notebook activity
6: A series of reacting masses questions
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the sewage treatment content in the 2015 GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A key information highlighting activity
4: A dice game AFL activity
5: A sewage treatment model
6: A 6 mark question to be used as assessment
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This resource is the first in a series running throughout the year to help enable students to effectively revise. This resource includes:
1: Daily revision task (termly sheets given out & stuck into revision books)
2: Instructions for tasks with explanation power points
3: For each task there is a explanation video on youtube
4: 7 Weekly summary sheets based on tasks
5: 7 Weekly revision resources covering acids & alkalise, fission & fusion, digestion, matter, radiation, water treatment and heat transfer
6: Resources for students to use to put together their own interactive note book
7: 142mb of resources & 168 files
The majority of the resources are in the zip file, however, there are a number of pictures showing some of the resources.
Thanks for looking