Full lesson resources for “Mathematics in Science - Significant Figures”! Objectives: To understand the importance of mathematics in science To be able to simplify numbers with a large amount of digits To understand the concept of infinitely long irrational numbers The lesson is intended for high school, though is also appropriate for middle. Estimated time for lesson is 51 minutes, though I give information on how to extend the lesson. Files in resource: PowerPoint with notes explaining each slide Lesson plan outlining each activity Worksheet, fully editable Answers to worksheet Lesson write-up. Goes through all lesson objectives in clear language. Students can read this instead of lesson, or use this for pre-reading, or to catch-up on missed lesson.

These worksheets have been designed for lower ability students. They cover how elements are represented and how to work out the different constituents of an atom.

This resource was designed with lower ability students in mind, though has been differentiated, in the file names: L - lower - Aiming for level 1-2 M - medium - Aiming for level 2-3 H - higher - Aiming for level 3-4 It covers electronic structures, representing ions and ionic bonding. There is also a glossary and wordsearch at the end.

Following closely along with the AQA GCSE chemistry book, this lesson PowerPoint covers chapter 9.1: Hydrocarbons The lesson objectives are: What crude oil is made up of What alkanes are How to represent alkanes by their chemical formula or displayed formula The names and formula of the first four alkanes This presentation has been designed for low ability students. The answers at the end refer to the summary questions in the AQA GCSE chemistry book, page 149