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.
AQA GCE A2 Chemistry Organic Chemistry Nomenclature and Carbonyl Compounds Starters and Plenaries on PowerPoint. This resources includes 10 different starters and plenaries (complete with answers) for nomenclature (drawing the displayed formulae and naming from displayed formulae) along with naming aldehydes and ketones, testing for aldehydes and ketones, nucleophilic addition and naming carboxylic acids and esters.
A lesson to cover the AQA GCSE Chemistry and Science Trilogy Section 5.1 on Atomic Structure. This includes a PowerPoint containing a elements anagram starter, the key lesson concepts and a plenary on working out numbers of sub-atomic particles. Three worksheets/activities are attached to practice calculating the numbers of protons, electrons and neutrons in an atom (these could be used as homework tasks for higher tier students). A more simple homework (more suitable for foundation tier) is also 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.
The seven files listed contain 7 different questions to assess learning of the fundamentals of Atomic Structure. 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 the charges on sub-atomic particles or mass numbers, these can be used to supplement and reinforce any corrections to be made upon student feedback.
TOF Mass Spectrometer worksheet and answers for the calculating percentage abundance of isotopes given only the relative atomic mass. Designed for AQA GCE Chemistry. Full answers provided.
A selection of exam-style questions based on TOF principles and a range of potential calculations for this topic based on the AQA TOF content. This could be used either in-class as a summary of the entire topic or as a homework to diagnostically assess student’s progress.
Two revision mats for AQA TOF Mass Spectrometry topic. These contain questions covering the basics principles, essential definitions and types of calculations to determine relative atomic mass and missing percentage abundances. Full answers included.
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.
More than 20 Quick Check worksheets to use as starters or plenaries. All have 5 questions and are useful for knowledge retrieval. Covers the entire C1 Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table topic for AQA GCSE Chemistry. Answers provided.
This resources is a whole lesson on identifying the oxidation products of alcohols from primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols. It comprises of a lesson PowerPoint which guides you through the lesson from identifying primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols on the starter worksheet and onto the oxidation and reduction card match activity for the key oxidation, reduction, oxidising agent and reducing agent definitions. Another activity includes identifying the oxidation products by a card matching activity where students use the Task 3 oxidation laminated sheets to match the oxidation aldehyde, ketone and carboxylic acid patterns cards. A student's note sheet is also provided which students can fill in using the information on the PowerPoint. The final activity of writing oxidation equations for primary and secondary alcohols is solely on the PowerPoint and includes an answer slide.
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 consists of 3 PowerPoint presentations and 1 worksheet guiding students in how to predict the mass spectra of the diatomic molecules chlorine and bromine. This leads students through using simple probability to calculate the ratio of the 3 molecular ion peak heights and in sketching the spectra of chlorine and bromine. Also included are 2 application questions requiring students to apply their knowledge of probability in predicting the mass spectra of oxygen and nitrogen molecules.
Revision notes for AQA GCSE 9-1 Chemistry for Foundation 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.
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.
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 bundle contains several resources for the first Chemistry topic of the new GCSE. It includes Atomic Structure, Balancing Equations, Elements, Mixtures and Compounds, Group 1 and 7 exam-style questions along with a higher and foundation revision question booklet to use as starters/plenaries over ten lessons to reinforce and revisit previous learning.
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.
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 is a booklet designed for use by either teachers teaching this topic for the first time or by students as a work booklet to support independent learning tasks or revision for the topic. The booklet covers the AQA specification and includes sections on the Bronsted-Lowry definitions of acids and bases, calculating the pH of strong acids, the ionic product of water, calculating the pH of strong bases and calculating the pH of the resulting solution when strong acids and strong bases are added together in titrations. The text includes explanations of the theory behind each section of the topic and has supporting worked examples and exercises. The answers to the exercises are included at the end of the booklet.
Revision notes for AQA GCSE 9-1 TRILOGY Chemistry for Paper 1.Two pdf files are included - one for higher tier and one for foundation tier. 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 3 required practicals needed for Paper 1 of the GCSE specification.
