looks at properties, recycling and alloys includes activities

Goes through reactions and apparatus required for practical work. please comment and rate if you use

whole lesson activity. Pupils are set tasks, collect information and feed back to groups (of 4). Follow with exam question for assessment. Please comment and rate if you use, thanks.

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

explaining how to increase gas pressure

I split my year 12's into small groups and give them 1 alkane reaction each. They have to assess risks and hazards and then demo the prac to the rest of the class - explaining their risk assessment at start - a good ice breaker at the start of the course!

introduction ppt with web link and IT task

tests knowledge of acid and base hydrolysis and other related reactions. Please comment if you like/use.

v quick starter activity to check understanding of drawing and naming alkanes and alkenes.

I get the class to make a colourful A3 table with tests and expected results for all the homologous series. We also discuss how you tell the different between alcohols/acids and alkanes/alkenes using IR (give them copies of the spectra in ppt). This worked really well - I told them to stick the posters on the ceiling over their heads - lol

a few general questions to check understanding

low ability worksheet looking at rate of reaction

C1 topic 2 revision lesson - rocks (not limestone)

Transesterification extended answer question. The production of biodiesel is an important industrial process. Explain the chemistry of the process and the advantages/disadvantages of using this alternative fuel.

Explains what factors need to be considered when selecting a fuel + class activity + assessment task

To help with GCSE extended answer questions.

a list of words/symbols with definitions. Homework activity - students learn definitions and then are tested as a starter activity in next lesson.

revision lesson with quick quiz

use before completing cracking practical with year 10's Aims: To review previous knowledge of hydrocarbons; To appreciate that there discrepancy between supply and demand of short chain hydrocarbons; To understand how this problem is overcome.

I give this to students and ask them to ID which is primary and which is secondary - looks at the way each fragments.