This resource contains 54 different Chemistry lesson starters, plenaries and short lesson activities for GCSE Chemistry. They would suit all GCSE Chemistry courses which cover elements, mixtures and compounds, atomic structure and sub-atomic particles, isotopes, electronic arrangement, calculating relative atomic masses, ions and charges, and writing and balancing equations. These worksheets were designed for the AQA Chemistry specification for C1 Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table. There are four identical copies of each activity per A4 page to allow students to glue the small worksheet into an A5 exercise book and still have room to complete working out on the same page.

This GCSE resource contains a PowerPoint and two worksheets to help students calculate uncertainty. The step-by-step worksheet guides students through the PowerPoint and an additional worksheet has more practice calculations. All answers included.

This resource contains a PowerPoint with several worked examples showing how to calculate atom economy and brief discussion of why reactions should have a high atom economy. A step-by-step worksheet is included to complement the PowerPoint along with an additional extra practice worksheet. All answers are included.

A worksheet to summarise paper chromatography and how it works, including how substances move in an equilibrium between the mobile and stationary phase and why the substances move at different speeds up the chromatography paper. More suitable for higher tier but can be used to challenge foundation students.

Two starters/plenaries covering the GCSE Chemistry C8 Chemical Analysis Identification of Positive and Negative Ions for the Separate Science qualification. Students are asked to identify ionic compounds from their flame tests and/or the results from their chemical tests with sodium hydroxide (metal ions) and hydrochloric acid, acidified barium chloride and acidified silver nitrate. This covers all the required knowledge for the identification of positive and negative ions.

A homework covering the GCSE Chemistry C8 Chemical Analysis Identification of Positive and Negative Ions for the Separate Science qualification. Students are asked to identify 10 ionic compounds from their flame tests and/or the results from their chemical tests with sodium hydroxide (metal ions) and hydrochloric acid, acidified barium chloride and acidified silver nitrate. This covers all the required knowledge for the identification of positive and negative ions.

This resource contains 14 practice questions. Four questions are based on interpreting dot-and-cross diagrams for ionic compounds and focuses on students explaining, in terms of electrons, how atoms react. The other ten questions are additional examples of simple covalent molecules that students could be asked to apply their knowledge of completing dot-and-cross diagrams to, for example hydrogen sulphide, iodine, silicon tetrahydride, ethane etc. These resources are provided in label format with 4 identical questions per sheet. These can be printed simply on A4 paper or can alternatively be printed on 4 per sheet labels and used as a diagnostic question for homework or to reinforce key concepts before the final exam.

A bundle of 13 lesson starters, plenaries or exit/entry slips covering Atomic Structure, Isotopes, calculating relative atomic masses, the Early Periodic Table and the reactivity of Group1 and 7 elements. Useful to check and consolidate knowledge or to show progress at the end of a lesson. These could also be used as revision material before tests or the main exams.

This resource includes a teacher information sheet on the naming of aromatic compounds, outlining when the compound ends in -benzene and when it starts with phenyl-. A worksheet and starter activity is included to practice the rules for naming aromatic compounds. Further resources for Aromatic Nomenclature are available in the accompanying Aromatic Chemistry AQA Teacher Support Pack containing more resources and activities covering nomenclature, electrophilic substitution reactions and exam-style questions.

This bundle includes a PowerPoint outlining the basics of the Chromatography technique and practical to be carried out. There is a practical sheet complete with equipment list, method and questions. The PowerPoint provides information to help answer the practical sheet questions, along with further questions to test student’s knowledge of separation techniques. There is a key word match sheet to assist in this.

A bundle of resources for GCSE Chemistry and Science Trilogy for AQA. This contains a PowerPoint with the basics of fractional distillation. A demo/practical worksheet outlining the basics of the technique is included with associated help sheet to aid students to practice writing up the practical in full, including a conclusion and questions. A cloze activity which could be used as starter or plenary is included.

A bundle of resources for GCSE Chemistry and Science Trilogy for AQA. This contains a PowerPoint outlining the basics of simple distillation, along with a practical/demo worksheet outlining the method for simple distillation and scaffolding to allow students to write this practical up fully including a conclusion and questions. Two starter/plenary activities on simple distillation are included.

A revision activity for learning and practicing free-radical substitution reactions. The above resources are needed along with a set of lollipop sticks. The stickers document contains 3 halogens (fluorine, chlorine and bromine - labelled as A, B and C) and 10 alkanes/halogenoalkanes (labelled 1 to 10) for the halogen to react with. Each pair or group of students should have a set of lollipop sticks containing 9 sticks with halogens printed or written on them (3 of each halogen) and one each of the 10 alkanes/halogenoalkanes. The sticks could be colour coded by adding a stripe of colour or washi tape around the top edge for ease of seeing. Students pick one halogen and one alkane/halogenoalkane and write the full mechanism including the initiation, propagation and termination steps. The answers are provided on 8 answer sheets which are set up to be printed on sticky labels (4 per sheet) or directly onto card to be cut up into A6 size. The cards could be ring bound (30 cards in total) to give one complete set of answers (A1-A10, B1 -B10 and C1-C10). Students can self-assess their answers. All combinations of answers included.

This resource is a complete pdf scheme of work for teaching the AQA Year 2 Aromatic Chemistry topic. It includes teacher notes sheets, student sheets, worksheets, starters, practice and exam-style questions, and an aromatic chemistry test. All answers are included. The topic starts with a student specification tick sheet to help students organise and revise the topic. The content includes the structure and bonding of benzene, looking at the evidence for the structure and bonding in terms of lack of addition reactions, x-ray crystallography and thermochemical evidence. There is an extensive section on naming aromatic compounds, which includes 3 worksheets and 2 lesson starters. There is also full coverage of electrophilic substitution with a range of practice questions, 6 exam-style questions and a comprehensive aromatic chemistry test. Please note that not all pages can be seen in the preview so I have provided one nomenclature worksheet and answers in .docx format to show the style of the whole support pack.

This resource is a test designed to assess section 3.1.1 of the AQA AS/Year 1 specification for A-level Chemistry. It contains 4 exam-style questions covering the basics of atomic structure, time of flight mass spectrometry theory and associated calculations, electron configuration and trends in ionisation energies. The test is out of 52 marks and comes with grade boundaries. All answers are provided.

Worksheet for GCSE Chemistry or AS Chemistry containing 13 questions on calculating relative atomic masses from isotope mass and percentage abundances. Answers included.

This resource consists of 2 worksheets. The Amino Acids worksheet contains three questions (with answers) covering zwitterions, the structures of amino acids at high and low pH, and the accompanying reactions of amino acids with alcohols and excess halogenoalkanes. The polymers worksheet contains two questions (with answers) which cover the identification of repeating units for addition polymers and condensation polymers, and intermolecular forces present between the polymer chains in polyesters and polyesters.

This resource contains 10 questions covering Mass Spectroscopy and NMR. Each question is based around a compound/structure and asks students to identify splitting patterns in proton NMR and the numbers of peaks observed in their proton and carbon-13 NMR spectra. The questions also incorporate the identification of chiral centres and molecular formulae based on the skeletal formulae given in the questions.

The worksheet includes questions to classify alcohols as primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, and to identify which alcohols will form aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids.