I have taught secondary school science, Chemistry being my specialism, for 28 years. I have developed and used my resources in my own lessons, usually in response to a specific need or a gap in provision. I like resources that are multifaceted in the way they are used, if possible, so that they can be easily adapted to the needs of different classes, without necessarily having to alter them. I share my most frequently and successfully used here. I am now tutoring Chemistry online.
I have taught secondary school science, Chemistry being my specialism, for 28 years. I have developed and used my resources in my own lessons, usually in response to a specific need or a gap in provision. I like resources that are multifaceted in the way they are used, if possible, so that they can be easily adapted to the needs of different classes, without necessarily having to alter them. I share my most frequently and successfully used here. I am now tutoring Chemistry online.
NEW AND IMPROVED and exam board specific organic reaction pathways and worksheets.
Help your OCR A A level chemistry students to learn all those organic reactions.
The completed reaction pathways can be used to memorise the reactions and/or as a reference to check when practising questions.
Use the blank worksheets (whichever version suits your students) as a Quick Quiz to check they have learned them, or as a plenary, or any other way that you think will help your students know these reactions.
NEW AND IMPROVED and exam board specific organic reaction pathways and worksheets.
Help your EDEXCEL A level chemistry students to learn all those organic reactions.
The completed reaction pathways can be used to memorise the reactions and/or as a reference to check when practising questions.
Use the blank worksheets (whichever version suits your students) as a Quick Quiz to check they have learned them, or as a plenary, or any other way that you think will help your students know these reactions.
**NEW AND IMPROVED ** and exam board specific organic reaction pathways and learning game.
Help your **OCRA A level chemistry **students to learn all those organic reactions painlessly.
Print out the poster for each functional group over several pages and the cards onto card. The game is for students to place the cards in the correct place on the poster. Under pressure to music such as ‘mission impossible’ can help to sharpen the instincts and makes serious learning sociable and enjoyable.
What some people have said about my organic pathways learning games (in my free resources):
“Used effectively as a revision exercise during a cover lesson. Worked well in pairs. Many thanks.”
“Excellent resource for revision.”
“excellent revision aide! I printed first slide full size and the rest of the presentation onto 9 slides per page. laminated it and have all your activities and used them at home tutoring and at school saved my bacon!”
**NEW AND IMPROVED ** and exam board specific organic reaction pathways and learning game.
Help your **EDEXCEL A level chemistry **students to learn all those organic reactions painlessly.
Print out the poster for each functional group over several pages and the cards onto card. The game is for students to place the cards in the correct place on the poster. Under pressure to music such as ‘mission impossible’ can help to sharpen the instincts and makes serious learning sociable and enjoyable.
What some people have said about my organic pathways learning games (in my free resources):
“Used effectively as a revision exercise during a cover lesson. Worked well in pairs. Many thanks.”
“Excellent resource for revision.”
“excellent revision aide! I printed first slide full size and the rest of the presentation onto 9 slides per page. laminated it and have all your activities and used them at home tutoring and at school saved my bacon!”
Useful lists to drive home a general learning point with plenty of examples. An enjoyable, noisy category sort, if you like that sort of thing...which I do, with the right class!
Learn the different organs and their function in the digestive and respiratory sytems and explore the relationship between surface area and the size of the parts in order to understand and explain structure of alveoli in the lungs and villi in the intestine.
**NEW AND IMPROVED ** and exam board specific organic reaction pathways and learning game.
Help your **OCRA A level chemistry **students to learn all those organic reactions painlessly.
Print out the poster for each functional group over several pages and the cards onto card. The game is for students to place the cards in the correct place on the poster. Under pressure to music such as ‘mission impossible’ can help to sharpen the instincts and makes serious learning sociable and enjoyable.
The completed reaction pathways can be used to memorise the reactions and/or as a reference to check when practising questions.
Use the blank worksheets (whichever version suits your students) as a Quick Quiz to check they have learned them, or as a plenary, or any other way that you think will help your students know these reactions.
What some people have said about my organic pathways learning games (in my free resources):
“Used effectively as a revision exercise during a cover lesson. Worked well in pairs. Many thanks.”
“Excellent resource for revision.”
“excellent revision aide! I printed first slide full size and the rest of the presentation onto 9 slides per page. laminated it and have all your activities and used them at home tutoring and at school saved my bacon!”
NEW AND IMPROVED and exam board specific organic reaction pathways, learning game and worksheets.
Help your EDEXCEL A level chemistry students to learn all those organic reactions painlessly.
Print out the poster for each functional group over several pages and the cards onto card. The game is for students to place the cards in the correct place on the poster. Under pressure to music such as ‘mission impossible’ can help to sharpen the instincts and makes serious learning sociable and enjoyable.
What some people have said about my organic pathways learning games (in my free resources):
“Used effectively as a revision exercise during a cover lesson. Worked well in pairs. Many thanks.”
“Excellent resource for revision.”
“excellent revision aide! I printed first slide full size and the rest of the presentation onto 9 slides per page. laminated it and have all your activities and used them at home tutoring and at school saved my bacon!”
Use the blank worksheets (whichever version suits your students) as a Quick Quiz to check they have learned them, or as a plenary, or any other way that you think will help your students know these reactions.
Atoms and the Periodic Table teaching Presentation for A level Chemistry.
You’re teaching A level Chemistry, and let’s face it, you just don’t have time to make those pretty presentations that lay it all out, step by step, progressing from one concept to the next, with the opportunity to consolidate each step as you go.
Here is everything you need in one presentation, split into 6 sections and covering Atoms and The Periodic Table. ALL of the exam boards start with atoms and then move onto Relative mass– kind of fundamental to understanding Chemistry, right? When you teach the next sections depends on which exam board you are doing. The sections are written in such a way that you can slip them into your teaching when you need them. The Alkaline Earth metals and the Halogens are included in their own sections.
Models of the Atom.
Relative mass and the Mass Spectrometer (link to RSC video )
Electronic Structure, Ionisation Energies and Atomic Emission Spectra.
The periodic Table and Periodicity
Group 2: The Alkaline Earth Metals
Group 7: The Halogens
Each section includes worked examples and opportunities to apply the learning, with the application questions worked out on the following slide. Just what you need to teach the topic, so that you can set further questions from the textbook in class or for homework. This pretty presentation will save you loads of time and help you to be the awesome teacher you know it is in you to be.
You’re teaching A level Chemistry, and let’s face it, you just don’t have time to make those pretty presentations that lay it all out, step by step, progressing from one concept to the next, with the opportunity to consolidate each step as you go. Here is everything you need in one presentation, split into 6 sections and covering the whole of the **Mole Calculations **topic:
The Mole, Formulae and Using Masses.
A Map for Mole Calculations and Using Masses - laying out the explicit strategy so that students can deal with those unstructured questions.
Standard Stock Solutions, Concentrations and Dilutions.
Acid/Base Titrations and Calculations.
Calculations Involving Gases and the Ideal Gas Equation.
Balancing Equations from Mole Calculations.
Each section includes worked examples and opportunities to apply the learning, with the application questions worked out on the following slide. Just what you need to teach the topic, so that you can set further questions from the textbook in class or for homework. This pretty presentation will save you loads of time and help you to be the awesome teacher you know it is in you to be.
The student handout with the Map for Mole Calculations and Summary Infographic is included, as well as the pdf to print as Notes.
If you omit the Uncertainty in the Acid/Base titrations and The Ideal Gas Equations, you can also use it with your GCSE Separate/Triple Chemists who are pushing for grade 9.
The A level Chemistry resources for teaching the** Mole Calculations **topic that allow you to focus your energy on a major factor that helps your students make the most progress – teacher feedback and the learning conversation. This set of resources contains:
The student handout with the Map for Mole Calculations and Summary Infographic is included, as well as the pdf to print as Notes.
The presentation, split into 6 sections and covering the whole of the Mole Calculations topic: The Mole, Formulae and Using Masses; a Map for Mole Calculations and Using Masses - laying out the explicit strategy so that students can deal with those unstructured questions; Standard Stock Solutions, Concentrations and Dilutions; Acid/Base Titrations and Calculations; Calculations Involving Gases and the Ideal Gas Equation; Balancing Equations from Mole Calculations.
Videos of the presentations. Teaching by an experienced, subject expert.
Use the video presentations for:
Flipped learning – students receive the teaching before your lesson and you can then spend your time with them consolidating, practicing, giving feedback and deepening their learning.
Cover work – if you are unable to be in the lesson, your students can still be moving forward,
Catch up – if a student was away for that section, they can catch up easily.
Homework support - students can review the teaching again, at their own pace.
Revision – students can revisit areas they are struggling with as revision for tests and exams.
Free up your time to do the bit that only you can do – engage with your students in the learning conversation so that they can make the progress you know they can make.
