I am a GCSE and A-level Chemistry specialist teacher in a 14-18 school with 15 years teaching experience and several years research experience. I provide GCSE, AS and A2 Chemistry resources (mainly for the AQA specifications) to help students practice the concepts learned in lessons and I am a firm believer in 'Practice makes perfect'. I strive wherever possible to include the answers to the worksheets.
I am a GCSE and A-level Chemistry specialist teacher in a 14-18 school with 15 years teaching experience and several years research experience. I provide GCSE, AS and A2 Chemistry resources (mainly for the AQA specifications) to help students practice the concepts learned in lessons and I am a firm believer in 'Practice makes perfect'. I strive wherever possible to include the answers to the worksheets.
A resource useful for revising the key concepts of the pH scale (colours with universal indicator, pH numbers of strong and weak acids and alkalis, and the naming of salts). There are 23 questions and 9 different bingo cards to use. This is particularly useful for foundation tier students.
The four files listed contain 4 different questions to assess learning of the fundamentals of Structure and Bonding. They are set up to be printed on 21 labels per page sticky label sheets. These can be used in conjunction with diagnostic homework - for example, if students have incorrectly answered a question on ionic or covalent bonding, these can be used to supplement and reinforce any corrections to be made upon student feedback. Bonding 1 looks at basic bonding questions for ammonia and Bonding 2 does the same for lithium fluoride. Bonding 3 asks students to draw the electrons arrangements for the atom and then the ion formed, working out the charges the ions end up with. Bonding 4 requires students to explain and describe the type of bonding in different substances.
This worksheet contains questions covering the four general word equations for neutralising acids, naming salts, identifying the other products of neutralisation (water, hydrogen or carbon dioxide), identifying gases, salts, acids, alkalis and bases from equations, and practice at writing the ionic formulae of salts and metal carbonates.
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.
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.
Worksheet for GCSE Chemistry or AS Chemistry containing 13 questions on calculating relative atomic masses from isotope mass and percentage abundances. Answers 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.
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.
This bundle contains 5 resources - 2 worksheets practicing calculating reacting masses, a titration calculations worksheet, empirical formula worksheet and a worksheet to balance equations from reacting masses and empirical formulae.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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.
Revision notes for AQA GCSE 9-1 Chemistry for Paper 1. Includes C1 Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table, C2 Structure, bonding and properties of matter, C3 Quantitative Chemistry, C4 Chemical Changes and C5 Energy Changes. Full coverage of all material and 4 required practicals needed for Paper 1 of the GCSE specification.
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.
