Summary assessment lesson for the new AQA GCSE spec. Students assess their prior learning in the starter by choosing a set of questions to answer. In the main activity, they need to make the key notes on the three topics which can be added to from textbooks/ revision guides etc. The topic that they start with is the topic that they ignored because it was too hard in the starter. Once they have made notes, they complete a set of questions before self assessing with the mark scheme. There are differentiated questions for ionic and covalent bonding. Plenary is an exam question to check understanding. I have run this as a challenge race where students record their scores for the 3 topics on the board and prizes are awarded for the highest mark in each section, the highest total mark and the first person to complete all three sections. It has worked well with a low ability and low motivation group.

A powerpoint to take students through the process of carrying out a titration and the calculations then required. The starter sets up the idea of how a concentration can be calculated and should lead to some discussion. There is then a summary of key terms before explaining how to carry out the titration and the calculations.

This lesson takes students through the way to calculate masses in a reaction and covers a very simple definition of a mole. It moves onto Percentage Composition before having a checkpoint for the students to assess their learning and choose which independent learning task that they are going to complete. Worksheets are provided (with answers) for both of these tasks. The plenary is to write a tweet to explain what they have learnt in the lesson.

A lesson that covers how salts are made with a scavenger hunt for the students. They need to be given a copy of the Notes to Make Sheet and will need to decipher the clues to complete the gaps. The powerpoint then goes through the tasks and the students have an assessment point before they have to decide which route to take. Worksheets needed for these routes are labelled and described in the powerpoint. One of worksheets is from creative-chemistry.org.uk as it was so good, I didn't see the point in reinventing the wheel - it is not my work.

Remember to PEE when writing a conclusion. Simple wall display to help remind your students what to do when writing a conclusion.

A lesson focusing on finding out what the students already know about reversible reactions. They then have to self-assess where they are and choose which tasks to complete based on this. The main activity is another choice activity for students to move onto the main part of the lesson and the effect of changing conditions on chemical equilibrium.

For the AQA CH1 topic, a lesson that guides students through a recap about alkanes and their structure before looking at alkenes. Differentiated questions and tasks through the lesson. This was designed for a lower ability Foundation tier Y10 group.

New AQA GCSE spec lesson on chemical bonding. This is the introductory lesson to the topic on structure and bonding and so is more about establishing prior learning and beginning to understand what a bond is. The students can complete an investigation of burning magnesium in air to show that when a reaction takes place, a new substance is formed. Lots of questions and group work for them to complete.

A lesson that summarises and assesses electrolysis and redox reactions. Information is given on the powerpoint and then students are given the worksheet for them to choose their working level of questions. Textbooks, revision guides or access to BBC Bitesize (or similar) will be required.

A summary sheet for the AQA 9-1 C8 Rates and Equilibrium topic. Once students have completed it, they will have all of the key information needed for the topic.

This is designed a summary question sheet for a foundation group but can be used for higher students too. Planned to be completed after the practical and theory work has been completed to check the understanding. Answers are provided!

Revision for the AQA C3 Structure and Bonding unit. The questions on the sheet cover all of the areas in the topic and will provide a revision sheet for the students once completed. I recommend printing back to back onto A3. I have used it: As a starter to identify areas of weakness. As a final summary before the end of unit test. This can be in class or as homework. A group activity during the lesson. Students work in pairs and take it in turns to answer the questions on the sheet. Once the first person has answered a question, their partner can either answer another one, add to the previous answer or, using a different colour, correct a previous answer.

The first lesson for Y12 Organic Chemistry. This should involve refreshing from GCSE but does take the process of naming compounds in a step-by-step manner before giving some compounds to have a go at naming.

Guided revision going through all of the AQA specification points. key terminology properties examples with diagrams of the giant molecules examples of questions with “build your answer” explanations to model how to gain full marks exam questions carefully chosen and annotated using the BUG method to ensure students can achieve high marks

Guided revision for the AQA covalent bonding section, specifically the small molecules. The key specification points are covered with tips on how to draw the molecules and identifying the limitations of the molecules. AQA past paper exam questions are given to go through with the students modeling how to answer them, using the BUG technique (explained on the slides).

Designed as one of the introductory lessons in the Bonding section. Students are to be given a range of unknown substances that they are to test in order to determine their structure and bonding.

This is a summary and revision of the AQA C1 Atomic Structure unit. This is planned for an entire lesson at the end of the topic and covers all of the content in two sections. The first section is the starter and main part of the lesson and covers Atomic Structure, History of the Atom and Separating Techniques. For the starter, students are asked to complete one set of questions. The main part of the lesson allows the students to complete a set of key notes on each topic before answering a set of questions. They are to start with the topic that they ignored in the starter because it was too hard. There are two levels of questions for each topic and the student can either choose their level or be directed by you. Answers are provided for the students to self assess. If they do not meet the minimum requirement to demonstrate understanding, a mini masterclass can be run to reinforce the key topics. An exam style question for each topic is provided. The plenary is about balancing equations and students are given the rules, a brief overview of writing equations and practice questions with answers. I have run this lesson with a challenge for the main part of the lesson. Prizes awarded for the first student to complete all of the notes and questions for each topic; highest mark overall; highest mark for each section etc…

A Level resources showing all of the different mechanisms to produce all of the organic molecules covered in the AQA course. The ppt takes the students through the different mechanisms and shows the reagents and conditions needed as well as identifying the type of mechanism involved. Questions are included which are planned using the “I do, We do, You do” principle.