A lesson on aldehydes and ketones designed for the new OCR A level spec. Includes a review of naming aldehydes and ketones, why C=O undergoes nucleophilic addition, mechanism for the reaction and reactions of carbonyls with NaBH4 and CN. Includes questions on slides for students to work through – no printing required.

A lesson on chemical tests for aldehydes and ketones designed for the new OCR A level spec. Includes a review of tests for alkenes, alcohols and carboxylic acids. Then the lesson covers 2,4-DNP and Tollen’s test. Lesson is designed to cover the theory of PAG 7.2 and to be given prior to PAG. Includes questions on slides for students to work through – no printing required.

A lesson introducing amines and amides designed for the new OCR A level spec. Includes classifying amines/amides as primary, secondary or tertiary, alphiatic vs aromatic amines, naming amines and amides and reactions of amines as bases to form salt. Includes questions on slides for students to work through – no printing required.

A lesson on carboxylic acids designed for the new OCR A level spec. Includes what naming carboxylic acids and esters, explanation of the water solubility of carboxylic acids, reactions of carboxylic acids with metals, oxides, hydroxides, carbonates and esterifation. Includes questions on slides for students to work through – no printing required.

A lesson on carboxylic acid derivatives designed for the new OCR A level spec. Includes hydrolysis of esters in acid and alkali, naming acyl chlorides, reactions of acyl chlorides, mechanism for the reaction of an acyl chloride with water, and reactions of anhydrides. Includes questions on slides for students to work through – no printing required.

A lesson on amines and amides designed for the new OCR A level spec. Includes making aliphatic amines from ammonia, making aromatic amines from nitrobenzene and making amides from acyl chlorides. Includes questions on slides for students to work through – 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 lesson on condensation polymers designed for the new OCR A level spec. Includes what a condensation polymer is, what are polyesters and polyamides, how to draw polymers from monomers, how to draw monomers from polymers and the products of hydrolysis of polyesters and polyamides. Includes questions on slides for students to work through – no printing required.

A collection of 6 revision mats for Unit 1 Chemistry. Designed for Pearson’s BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Applied Science. Each mat is the size of one slide and can be printed to students to fill in. The revision mats cover: Electrons and Periodic Table Ionic and Metallic Bonding Covalent Bonding and Intermolecular Forces Periodic Trends Reactivity and Redox Calculations

A selection of 8 revision starters for Edexcel 9-1 Combined Science Chemistry. Each starter contains two topics to students to work through, Answers are on the following slide. Starters included: reactions v. fuels, electrolysis v. ionic bonding, equilibria v. atmosphere, metals v. diamond/graphite, covalent bonding v. acids, rates v. salts, periodic table v. groups, states v. atomic structure. Designed based on the higher specification.

A series of 8 revision starters for student to practice writing or balancing equation, ionic equation and half-equations. Level 8-9 questions are starred and highest attaining students can be directed to those. Designed for Edexcel 9-1 Separate Chemistry and higher/high ability groups. Starters contain answers and get more difficult to encourage progression over time.

A series of topic review starters (with answers on the following slide) for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Separate Chemistry. Higher content. Each starter has two topics (one from combined and one from separate) with a series of questions on that topic for students to work through. Contains 8 starters covering covalent bonding, salts, acids, rates, giant molecular compounds, metals, atmosphere, equilibria, ionic bonding, materials, rates, fuels, ion tests and organic chemistry.

A series of starters on calculations for Edexcel 9-1 Separate Chemistry. Designed for high ability groups. There are two types of starters. There are 5 starters that have five different calculations for students to complete (with answers). There are about 8 starters with two calculations featured --one from combined and one from separate science with a series of questions for students to work through.

A lesson on concentration-time graphs for OCR A Level Chemistry. Lesson covers how to determine rate from a concentration-time graph, how to determine order and half-life from a concentration-time graph and how to calculate k from a graph (first order reactions only).

A lesson on writing rate equations and determining order from a rate equation and data. Lesson also covers mechanisms and how a mechanism can be determined from a rate equation. Designed for the new OCR A level specification.

A lesson on controlling equilibrium for OCR A Level Chemistry. Lesson covers how Kc and Kp stay the same with changes to concentration and pressure and how Kc and Kp change with temperature. Questions and answers on slides – no printing required.

A lesson on Kp for OCR A level Chemistry. Lesson covers mole fractions, partial pressures and how to calculate Kp. Questions and answers on slides so no printing required.

A collection of bronze/silver/gold starters for OCR A level chemistry. The starters cover the second half of Module 3 (energy, equilibria and rates). There are answers for each starter slide. Includes 12 starters.

A lesson that covers Kc for the new OCR A level specification. The lesson goes over how to write an equation for Kc from a balanced equation, how to calculate Kc from equilibrium concentration, units for Kc, how to calculate Kc from starting concentration and how Kc tells you which side the equilibrium lies. Questions and answers on slides – no printing required.

Two Power Points on rates of reaction for the new OCR A level specification. The first covers how rates are measured, why the rate will change over time and how to calculate a tangent. The second set of slides covers what is a catalyst, homogenous v. heterogenous catalysts and why using a catalyst is good for the environment. There are enough slides for 1 lesson .