Students remind themselves of what are common indicators of a chemical reaction and watch the video link of Professor McG transfiguring into a cat from the first Harry Potter movie. Students then watch a demonstration of Lead nitrate + Potassium Chloride --> Lead chloride and Potassium nitrate. Students then calculate the masses of the reactants and products. After watching a clip of Antone Lavoisiuer of proving the conservation of mass, students use their knowledge to complete a series of questions

Each lesson includes a ‘blast from the past quiz’, a range of activities and an AFL task that relates to their progress. This lesson is part of the Environmental Chemistry unit targeted at Year 8s. Students watch a news report regarding an acidifed lake and form questions regarding how it may have happened. Students watch the demonstration: ‘Acid rain in a jar’ and complete a mini-quiz of their new knowledge. students are introduced to a environmental chemsitry scenario in which they need to complete a graph work to analyse why fish populations are increasing and decreasing during the year HINT: Acid rain is freezing in the winter and melting into the lake in the summer.

Students are introduced to the "horrific", yet incredibly improbable event of three lorries each containing sand, iron fillings and salt colliding. Their loads have been perfectly mixed and need separating... Students will work in groups to decide on how they might use their allocated equipment to separate these substances. Using content from the "ocean-clean up lesson", and "sieving for gold" lesson students will extract the iron fillings with magnets, use filtration to remove the sand filtrate and evaporation to remove the salt from the water.

Students have the opportunity to explore six unusual materials that will stretch and question their prior understanding in relation to solids, liquids and gases. 1) Borax slime 2) Water in a vacuum 3) Is toothpaste a solid? 4) Syphoning water 5) Is Ooblek a liquid? 6) Changing states of cream Students use the lesson to answer an extended question

Students are introduced to the gruesome effects of long term indigestion. Students use their previously learnt knowledge of pH indicators to design and carry out an experiment to test which indigestion tablet is most effective in reducing the acidity of stomach acid. Higher level students can begin to evaluate the method used to carry out the experiment as well as their conclusion in terms of validity.

Students use their knowledge from the unit to compare a range of pH indicators in terms of effectiveness in identifying a range of pH in everyday household products. Students compare red cabbage indicator (prepared in a previous lesson), litmus paper, universal indicator solution and pH probes to decide which one is the most accurate and easy to use. Students have an opportunity to write an evaluation that can be levelled as part of an assessment.

Students are introduced to Democritus and his ideas of divisibility. Building on KS2 knowledge, students use plasticine to build models of solids, liquids and gases in groups. Using the idea that syringes of water and sand cannot be compressed, students rework their models to demonstrate the density of liquids. Teacher uses a simple demonstration of: floating and sinking, compression and shape to reinforce the idea of the "particle model". Students complete their findings independently.

Students are introduced to some evidence related to a winged dinosaur. Using this evidence to provoke questions students are introduced to the formation of sedimentary rocks and how this type of rock can occasionally lead to the formation of fossils. Students produce their own fossils using Plaster of Paris and evaluate their model.

Students are introduced to Robert Boyle's observations of Roses changing colour in different chemicals. Students test the idea of preparing a natural substance to test acids and alkalis by planning an experiment that prepares red cabbage as an indicator. Student complete a risk assessment and design a procedure for their experiment. Higher level students have the chance to evaluate their indicator in terms of effectiveness.

Student are introduced with a series of keywords that describe general properties of metals and non-metals which they organise into a Venn diagram to demonstrate their understanding. Students challenge these general properties by completing a table that highlights the unique properties of six different metals. Students use extracted information from the swapping posters to complete their table.

Students watch the teacher demonstrate lead nitrate reacting with Potassium Iodide, Copper reacting with oxygen and Magnesium reacting with hydrochloric acid to demonstrate conservation of mass in a closed and enclosed system. Students learn how to calculate reacting masses using a worked demo Students practice their knowledge by answering a series of questions Based upon page 74-75 of the Edexcel new specification

Student creatively theorise possible reasons to explain the Sphinix's damaged nose. After which students are introduced to weathering and erosion. Using this knowledge, as well as content from the rock types lessons, students can model James Hutton's rock cycle using a simple class practical experiment. Students observe, crush, heat and melt sugar cubes to represent different parts of the rock cycle.

Students are introduced to factors that affect melting points, focusing on how impurities can alter melting and boiling points. Students set up an experiment testing the difference in melting point between Steric acid and Paraffin by heating two samples up in a water bath above a bunsen burner. Students collect the data and present it in a line graph gluing text boxes to explain the plateau and increases in temperature. Students write a description of their graph using the prompt questions.

Each lesson includes a ‘blast from the past quiz’, a range of activities and an AFL task that relates to their progress. This lesson is part of the Environmental Chemistry unit targeted at Year 8s. Students are introduced to Elon Musk and his new prototype. Students choose a new fuel with an ‘expert task’. Student groups learn content and share their knowledge with the class before explaining to Mr Musk what would be the best fuel.

Students are reminded of the features of igneous rock from last lesson. Students develop theories to explain why some igneous rock have larger crystals then other samples. Students test this theory with a simple experiment using Salol as a model for igneous rock cooling. Students complete a GCSE style mark question related to the formation of igneous rocks.

Students are introduced to the acid bath murderer of Crawley. After watching a quick clip students see the reaction between concentrated sulfuric acid (20ml) and sugar (50ml). Students use the PowerPoint slides to gain an understanding of concentration and practice a few calculations. Students follow a series of instructions to make a standard solution of calcium sulfate.

Students are introduced for the need of ratios in chemical reactions before running through a worked example on the PowerPoint. Students complete the famous magnesium oxide crucible experiment before completing a range of calculations.

Each lesson includes a ‘blast from the past quiz’, a range of activities and an AFL task that relates to their progress. This lesson is part of the Environmental Chemistry unit targeted at Year 8s. Students are introduced to the Earth’s structure through the use of models. Students complete a literacy task describing each layer of the Earth and complete a task that allows students to evaluate each model.

Each lesson includes a ‘blast from the past quiz’, a range of activities and an AFL task that relates to their progress. This lesson is part of the Environmental Chemistry unit targeted at Year 8s. students are introduced to a scenario where they are ship wrecked. Students need to prioritise what are the immediate, intermediate and long term actions to ensure safety of their crew. The lesson moves three days later to when the group are running out of potable water. Students move into groups, become experts in a purification technique and decide on where on a map would be best to use their technique. Students share their findings with the class and complete an AFl task showing their new knowledge. A dry topic made very… undry… wet.

Each lesson includes a ‘blast from the past quiz’, a range of activities and an AFL task that relates to their progress. This lesson is part of the Environmental Chemistry unit targeted at Year 8s. Students are introduced to hydrocarbon fuels by planning and completing an experiment to test two hypotheses: H1) Longer chain hydrocarbons release more energy and H2) Shorter chain molecules burn cleaner. Students decide what application the fuels have in an AFl task. Bonus: A version of the lesson with a christmas theme is included "which fuels could power Santa’s Sleigh’.