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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.

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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.
Transition metals in aqueous solutions.
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Transition metals in aqueous solutions.

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An excellent summary resource to guide you through the maze of transition metal aqueous ion reactions. Help your A level chemistry students make sense of the reactions of transition metal ions in aqueous solutions with this flowchart handout. Includes reactions with water (hydrolysis), sodium hydroxide, ammonia, sodium carbonate and concentrated hydrochloric acid (ligand substitution) with colours, state symbols and generic equations with applied lists of common examples. All Exam boards.
EDEXCEL Organic Chemistry Synthetic Routes
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EDEXCEL Organic Chemistry Synthetic Routes

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Are your EDEXCEL A level Chemistry students struggling to remember all those Organic reactions? Help them to conquer the confusion and answer those reaction pathways questions like a PRO. The linked video shows how to turn those pathways charts into a game so they can learn them painlessly. Easy peasy! This set of charts covers the EDEXCEL A level Chemistry specification specifically. Updated version now includes Grignard Reagents. Red boxes show reagent and conditions. Green boxes show the functional group. Blue boxes are reaction mechanism and type. Purple boxes contain further annotations or points to note.
Benzene Versus the Rest – 6 Ways
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Benzene Versus the Rest – 6 Ways

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“Give more detail.” How often does this comment get written next to those unstructured, written response questions? Let’s face it, the chemistry of aromatic compounds really lends itself to those comparison type questions. The reactions and functional group are multi-faceted and influence each other. Scan back through some A level past exam papers and you will see them there. This resource summarises different aspects of aromatic chemistry that might be compared. Similarities and differences are presented in 6 Venn diagrams, laying out the main points to take note of. The planning of answers to different questions is done here, ready to put into a clear, coherent paragraph, depending on the question asked. Ace those level of response questions in Arenes!
Properties of groups.
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Properties of groups.

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The worksheets are to summarise the main properties and trends in properties of the elements in groups 1, 7 & 8. The text boxes activity sheets that go with them can be used for lower ability students as a cut and stick exercise, or a tick list to complete the worksheet.
Learning game
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Learning game

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Print the first slide out as a 9 page poster. Print the other slides onto card as a handout - 9 slides on each works. Students place the cards on the right place on the spider diagram. Under time pressure with active music and competatively is also good.
Learning game
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Learning game

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Print the first slide out on 9 pages and make a poster. Print the others out on card as handouts (9 to a page works). Get the students to place them in the right place on the spider diagram. Under time pressure with active music and competatively is also good.
Equilibria exam questions
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Equilibria exam questions

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Video tutorial showing how to tackle calculations on equilibria in A level Chemistry. The common mistake of students not using equilibrium concentrations is pointed out and a strategy to help with that problem. Make available to students to help with homework and revision.
Acid rain vs Greenhouse Effect
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Acid rain vs Greenhouse Effect

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The power point image sheet and the pollution boxes go together. This is a cut and stick activity to distinguish between acid rain and the greenhouse effect. The pollution 1 powerpoint is to show where the text boxes should go on the diagram , before they are stuck down.
Acid rain vs Greenhouse Effect
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Acid rain vs Greenhouse Effect

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The power point image sheet and the pollution boxes go together. This is a cut and stick activity to distinguish between acid rain and the greenhouse effect. The pollution 1 powerpoint is to show where the text boxes should go on the diagram , before they are stuck down.
Giant and simple structures
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Giant and simple structures

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Starter slide. Sodium, sodium chloride and carbon dioxide. which is the odd one out? Several answers possible for different reasions. Students should explain why they have chosen a particular answer.
Alloys text activity
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Alloys text activity

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The text is used with both levels of the worksheet. Both worksheets are gradated, but aimed at different abilty levels, the LAPS sheet for lower ability students.
Home Insulation
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Home Insulation

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First worksheet as a starter for students to estimate the how much heat is lost from different parts of the home. the powerpoint merely shows where the numbers go. The U - values worksheet is gradated. Less able students need only the first side. More able students should do some calculations and the last question is open enough to push the maths to perhaps even deriving a formula.
Hazards plenary and homework.
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Hazards plenary and homework.

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Make a set of cards by printing the 'which hazard cards' onto card. The 'Which hazard?' makes a good plenary where the name and description of the hazards of the chemical are read out. Students hold up which label or labels should be put on each chemical. The homework sheet is to consolidate, and to make students aware that some everyday chemicals, for everyday uses, carry hazards and should be used with due care.
Properties of groups.
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Properties of groups.

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The worksheets are to summarise the main properties and trends in properties of the elements in groups 1, 7 & 8. The text boxes activity sheets that go with them can be used for lower ability students as a cut and stick exercise, or a tick list to complete the worksheet.
How Acid Rain is formed.
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How Acid Rain is formed.

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Starter or plenary. Cut 'n&'stick. Text to sequence and diagram to label with the text. Presentation to check labelling (before final stick down.)
Carbonyls and acids reaction pathways
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Carbonyls and acids reaction pathways

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Print the first slide out over several sheets as a poster. Print the others as handouts - nine to a page - onto card, and cut out. Students learn the reactions by placing the carsd in the correct place on the poster.