This displacement reactions resource is the first in a series of lessons on extraction of metals. The lessons are all part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Chemical changes’ topic in paper 1. The resource includes:
Information sheet (Extracting metals)
Information sheet (Displacement reactions)
Worksheet (Displacement reactions)
Answer sheet (Displacement reactions)
This resource is what I use as the first lesson of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Chemical changes’ topic in paper 1. The resource introduces students to using reactions of metals with water and acids in order to determine an order of reactivity. The metal reactivity series resource works well alongside a teacher demo and student practical. The resource includes:
Information sheet (Reactivity series)
Worksheet (Reactivity series)
Answer sheet (Reactivity series)
This is a great revision resource or starter activity for the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Structure, bonding, and the properties of matter’ topic in paper 1. The resource includes the question sheet and answer sheet.
This resource contains information sheets, question sheets and answer sheets for percentage yield and atom economy. I use this resource as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry Quantitative Chemistry topic in paper 1. It can also be used for A Level chemistry. Students can complete the questions as the main task in a lesson and keep the information sheet as a resource. A level students should find this a comfortable starter.
This bundle of resources covers everything students need to know for the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Chemical changes’ topic in paper 1. All resources have information sheets and most importantly answer sheets too. You don’t need to follow the order of lessons that I do, many teachers I know approach this topic from several different angles. The resources are useful to use whenever you reach that stage.
I use this simple molecules resource as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Structure, bonding, and the properties of matter’ topic in paper 1. The simple covalent molecules resource is best used after 2.6 Covalent bonding worksheet. The simple molecules resource provides students with information and then a worksheet to test their understanding. There is also a guide to dot-and-cross diagrams of simple molecules and how to approach drawing them. This resource includes:
Information sheet (Simple molecules)
Worksheet (Simple molecules)
Answer sheet (Simple molecules)
Information sheet (How to - drawing dot-and-cross diagrams)
This resource on concentration of solutions takes students through the definition of solvent, solute and solution, and then demonstrates how to calculate the concentration of a solution. The resource contains an information sheet with accompanying question and answer sheets. I use the resource with more able KS3 students but mainly with GCSE students. I use the resource as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry Quantitative Chemistry topic.
This is the seventh part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Atomic structure and the periodic table’ topic in paper 1. Students really enjoy this lesson as the resource gives them lots of help. To extend students you could just give them a blank piece of paper. I ask those that finish early to see if they can find the link between the electron configuration and where the element is positioned in the periodic table. The electron configuration resource includes:
Information sheet (Atomic structure and the periodic table)
Worksheet (Atomic structure)
Worksheet (Electron configuration)
Answer sheet (Electron configuration)
Group 7 (Halogens) is the 10th resource in a series of lessons for the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Atomic structure and the periodic table’ topic in paper 1. This halogens resource can be used across KS3 to extend, KS4, and KS5 as a reminder. This Group 7 resource can be used along side an IT lesson where students can do further research. The resource includes:
Information sheet (Group 7 - Halogens)
Worksheet (Group 7 - Halogens)
Answer sheet (Group 7 - Halogens)
I use this hydrocarbons resource as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Organic chemistry’ topic in paper 2. The resource includes information sheets and differentiated work sheets to help students understand fractional distillation and the properties of different fractions (hydrocarbons). This resource includes:
3 x Information sheet
2 x Worksheets
1 x 6 Mark question
Answer sheets
This balancing equations differentiated resource is great as a starter for more able students or the main activity for another lesson. The resource contains a balancing equations information sheet for students to keep as a reference. In addition there are three different balancing equations worksheets that allow students to try balancing equations with 3, 4, 5, or 6 different elements. Complete with answer sheet.
I use this metallic bonding resource as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Structure, bonding, and the properties of matter’ topic in paper 1. The resource includes a differentiated worksheet on drawing metallic bonds, an information sheet, question sheet and all associated answer sheets. These resources can even be used as a reminder for A Level chemistry students.
These element sudoku games come in three different levels; easy, medium, and hard. There are twelve different element sudoku grids per level. Element sudoku is based on normal sudoku but instead of filling the grids with numbers 1-9, students have to fill the grids with elements 1-9 i.e. H to F. The principle is the same, elements can only appear once in each row, column, and mini grid. This is a great starter, numeracy task, gap filler or Christmas activity. I use this a lot with my AQA GCSE Chemistry students and my OCR A Level chemists for a fun starter. This could even be used as an extension task for KS3 students.
This transition metals resource is the final lesson of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Atomic structure and the periodic table’ topic in paper 1. I often use these resources as part of a larger lesson where students use computers to research the uses of transition metals, in particular linking the properties of transition metals to their uses. The resource includes:
Information sheet (Transition metals)
Information sheet (Transition metal ion colours)
Worksheet (Transition metals)
Answer sheet (Transition metals)
This Hess’ Law resource includes:
Summary sheet - Hess’ Law
Question sheet - Hess’ Law
Answer sheet - Hess’ Law
Solutions sheet - Hess’ Law
I use these resources with my Y12 students as a summary lesson as part of the Enthalpy topic in the OCR Chemistry A course. Students value the calculations displayed on the solutions sheet to help them see where the answer comes from.
This states of matter resource is the introductory lesson to the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Bonding and the properties of matter’ topic in paper 1. States of matter is studied at KS3 but this is a chance to secure student’s understanding and reveal misconceptions. The resource includes:
Information sheet (Changes of state)
Worksheet (Changes of state)
Answer sheet (Changes of state)
Worksheet (States of matter)
Answer sheet (States of matter)
Template (States of matter)
6 Mark Question (States of matter)
6 Mark Question Answers (States of matter)
This resource contains all you need to the AQA GCSE Chemistry Electrolysis part of Topic 4 - Chemical Changes. The resource is great to use as an introduction to electrolysis and then move onto aqueous electrolysis. The blank templates allow teachers to go through several examples of their own choice or they can use the pre-filled questions. There are a variety of differentiated resources to give to students of different abilities.
This checklist is a great resource for students to reflect on their learning and identify areas that need further work. I would suggest students use it along side an end of topic test or mock exam in order to pick up their weaknesses.
This resource contains two word searches; one for atomic structure and the other for the periodic table. Both resources come with questions and an indication of how many letters are in the answer, the answer is then located amongst the words. I use this resource with my GCSE students. Primarily I use it as a revision tool but it can be useful to support the less able too. The questions are modeled around the AQA GCSE Chemistry specification but would be suitable for all GCSE Chemistry courses.
This titration 6 mark exam question is a great resource to assess students understanding of a titration. I use it as part of the AQA GCSE Quantitative Chemistry topic or sometimes in the AQA GCSE Chemical Changes topic. The resource is a common question frequently asked in AQA GCSE Chemistry paper 1. There is an accompanying information sheet that students can use a reference resource too. This could also be used as an A Level starter or memory retrieval question.