runs through types, mechanisms, properties and uses. Activity looking at life cycle and recycling.

ppt and w/s to fill in as you go through - good discussion lesson

tutorial and w/s - usually takes 2 lessons

Task to cover topics: Relative formula mass Empirical formula % composition by mass Use balanced equations to calculate masses of reactants and products Yields

ppt that will work with any concentration reaction contains a peer assessment activity for graph drawing skill

a bit of a mixture, but some good practice questions

explaining how to increase gas pressure

Aims: Revise free radical substitution mechanism; Know the relevant reactions of alkanes.

help sheet - i get by pupils to glue this into inside of back page, so they can refer to it whenever they are unclear.

quick and easy - just project and offer prize to who ever finishes first!

to help focus revision homework before end of topic test. Covers edexcel specification. please leave a comment and rate if you use - thanks!

to help with low ability ionic bonding

introduction ppt

I set h/w to use books to make notes on the diazonium ion (will have interesting results). I start lesson by offering pupils a selection of sweets (including skittles) and then put up first slide. Would they allow their children to eat these sweets? after this lesson we do the prac to make an azo dye

worksheet including questions on definitions, properties, uses and differences between HDPE and LDPE.

tutorial explaining how to write formulae and equations. also a worksheet - I give this out before starting to teach 'balancing equations&'. It saves a lot of time answering the same questions!

i start the lesson with a wham bottle demo (for extra entertainment tell pupils they need to look and listen carefully because the reaction can be hard to notice). I demo the citric acid prac in a balloon, so they can all feel how cold it gets.

Goes through main points on Edexcel specification. Includes activities. I finish lesson with an extended answer question.

an introduction to electrolysis and redox. ppt used to start lesson off and can either be followed by practical or more work on oilrig.

a few general questions to check understanding