A lesson on electronegativity and polarity. It covers what is electronegativity, uses of electronegativity values to classify bonds as ionic, polar covalent and non-polar covalent, dipoles and polar v. non-polar molecules. Questions and answers are on the slides for students to work through – no printing required. Designed for the new OCR A Level specification

A lesson on properties of covalent compounds. It covers properties of simple covalent compounds (low mp and bp, lack of conduction and solubility), anomalous properties of water and hydrogen-bonding and DNA. Questions and answers are on the slides for students to work through – no printing required. Designed for the new OCR A Level specification

A Powerpoint presentation covering free radical substitution from the OCR new A-level specification. Lesson covers what is homolytic fission, steps in a free radical substitution reaction and why free radical substitution leads to a mixture of products. Contains questions on slides, so no printing required.

A lesson on amino acids and chirality designed for the new OCR A level spec. Includes what an amino acid is, reactions of amino acids, a review of isomerism, optical isomers and identifying the chiral carbon in organic compounds. Includes questions on slides for students to work through – no printing required.

A worksheet (and key) containing empirical formula calculations. Includes finding empirical formula from molecular formula, molecular formula from empirical formula, empirical formula from reacting masses, empirical formula from percentage composition and writing a balanced equation from reacting masses. Designed as a revision aid for higher attainers and the Edexcel 9-1 spec.

A lesson that covers trends in the first ionisation energy. It covers trends in first ionisation energy down a group and across a period. It also discusses trends and links to electronic configuration and sub-shells. Questions and answers are on the slides for students to work through – no printing required. Designed for the OCR A Level specification.

A lesson that covers metallic bonding and trends in melting points accross a period. It covers what a metallic bond is, how to show metallic bonding with diagrams, explanations of the properties of metals and trends in melting points of metals across a period. Questions and answers are on the slides for students to work through – no printing required. Designed for the OCR A Level specification.

A power point presentation covering the modern periodic table. Designed for GCSE Edexcel 9-1 spec. You will need to print out a set of periodic tables for the students–ideally the Edexcel periodic table. Includes how to determine the location of metals and non-metals, groups/periods and how symbols work.

A lesson on the reactivity series and displacement reactions designed for Edexcel 9-1. The lesson covers what a displacement reaction is, how to write equations for displacement and a practical investigating displacement reactions. There are also slides about displacement and redox.

This lesson covers the basics of titration and how to make sodium chloride (a soluble salt) from a soluble alkali (sodium hydroxide). This lesson is designed for the Edexcel 9-1 spec (combined science). Lesson goes over the how to make the salt, the equipment needed for the titration and the basics on how to carry out a titration. More than one lesson would be needed -- one for theory and one for practical. Details of calculations as required by separate science not covered.

A lesson that covers trends in melting points across Periods 2 and 3. The lesson describes how carbon, silicon and boron form giant covalent lattices. It then covers how the type of bonding changes across a period and periodic trends in melting points.Questions and answers are on the slides for students to work through – no printing required. Designed for the OCR A Level specification.

A lesson that covers halogen displacement reactions. It contains a method and results for a halogen displacement practical and discusses how these are redox reactions. It also covers writing half-equations for these reactions. Questions and answers are on the slides for students to work through – no printing required. Designed for the OCR A Level specification.

Two Power Points covering Hess Cycles (enough content for a lesson and a half). The slides cover writing equation for enthalpy of formation, calculating enthalpy changes given a Hess Cycle and drawing Hess Cycles using enthalpies of formation and combustion. Questions are provided for students to do on the slide so no printing required. Designed for the OCR A Level specification – Module 2.

A lesson that covers the periodic table. This kesson covers the meaning of periodicity, how elements are arranged into groups and periods and what is meant by an s-,p- and d-block element. Questions and answers are on the slides for students to work through. Designed for the OCR A Level specification.

A lesson on metallic bonding. It reviews the properties of metals, covers what a metallic bond is (including diagrams) and an explanation of why metals are malleable and conduct. Questions and answers are on the slides – no printing required. Designed for the AQA 9-1 GCSE chemistry specification.

A collection of 20 revision mind-maps for students to fill in. Designed for the Edexcel 9-1 Chemistry specification. Contains maps for all the separate chemistry topics and combined topics (labeled as such so you can use with combined or separate students). The topics of the 20 mind-maps are: atmosphere, fuels, rates, energy changes, groups, ion tests, organic chemistry, polymers & nanoparticles, states and separation, chromatography, metals - combined, metals-separate, acids, salts, electrolysis, equilibrium, atomic structure, periodic table, ionic bonding and covalent bonding.

A Power Point summarising the 14 key calculations from the Edexcel 9-1 combined science specification. The presentation goes over each calculation and provides questions for students to work through on slides -- no printing required. Contains all the higher only content.

A selection of 10 starters with answers on the following slide. Useful for Year 13 revision. These slides review of all of module 6 in the OCR A level specification. The slides cover the basics (key words, naming, reagents) and the harder tasks (e.g. NMR) to engage students of all abilities. Topics are mixed up amongst the slides, providing mixed practice to students. Designed for the OCR A Level specification.

This theory lesson covers the qualitative tests that go with PAG 4.1. It describes the test for carbonate, sulfate, halides and ammonium ions. It also covers ionic equations for these reactions and the order in which these reactions should be carried out. All questions and answers are on the slides, no printing required. Designed for the OCR A/AS specification.

A lesson on the the theory behind chromatography. It covers what chromatography is, the type of mixtures it separates and how to interpret a chromatogram. Questions and answers provided on slides – no need to print. Designed for the AQA 9-1 GCSE specification.