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

great h/w for reactivity of grp 1 metals and water - they have to watch brainiac clip and then fill in sheet - mark scheme included for peer assessment!

fill in sheet

cut and paste activity

a test comparing polyamides and polyesters

general ppts on amines - leads onto synthesis routes (steam distillation etc)

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

method for a quick and easy equilbria practical - very effective.

a basis h/w to look at different polymers. Can be quality marked.

a quick test on the reactions of acyl chlorides and then a run through of how to name them (and acid amides and acid anhydrides).

I brief run through of the types of chromatography required for A2.

a good one to start a revision lesson - just cut triminoes out and see how long it takes them!

This works really well. Just print off a selection of NMR, IR and mass spectra and pupils write exam questions and mark schemes (easy to differentiate). They then swap and try each others exam questions.

tutorial and w/s - usually takes 2 lessons

covers new work covered at A2, as well as reviewing previous AS knowledge.

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

handy homework to check understanding - could be quality marked.

An introduction to mechanism and Markovnikov’s rule

PowerPoint and fill in work book - introduction to atomic structure (AS).

Used with year 12 as an introduction to IR spectroscopy.