End of unit test for the Chemical calculation unit, aimed at the Gd 5-9 end - full test and mark scheme students could use to self assess it. Could easily be done in an hour if you get cracking.

Rates of reaction lesson focused on surface area v rates with marble chips and HCl. Blank results table included.

Simple lesson for a foundation set where they use alka seltzer tabs to measure a rate of reaction. Divide the tablets into rough quarters to save money!

Edexcel SC13a Transition Metal Theory - straightforward theory lesson on transition lessons - some page references relate to the Pearson GCSE Chemistry textbook.

Worksheet for pupils to work through independently. They can use their textbooks or the internet to find the answers. Useful if you’ve booked the computer room/laptop trolley. Questions start easy and get harder.

Straightforward lesson on solids liquids and gases for a low attaining class. Printable results sheet for them to fill in - easy to adapt to suit your class.

Simple lesson to introduce the particle theory idea focused on a lower attaining group.

A lovely little lesson for introducing concentration in g/dm3. The accompanying worksheet gets more challenging as they move through the questions. Calculators will be needed!

A lesson all about the structure of the alcohols and how ethanol is made using the two main industrial methods. The end tasks are linked to the standard Pearson Chemistry textbook. ppt includes a variety of different video links showing how ethanol is made.

A lesson on simple and fractional distillation - including links to relevant videos. Lesson includes quick starter questions and main written tasks linked to the combined science textbook by Pearson.

A great little review lesson for this topic. Helpful if you have the standard combined science textbook for one of the tasks. Includes starter. main tasks and plenary. State the 4 bonding model types Describe their properties Explain their properties Deduce unknown substances from their data Evaluate the pro’s and cons of the way the models are represented

Top lesson for carrying out the core practical - making copper sulfate. Full method and equipment checklist as well. Includes a starter lesson, focused on the higher end. For the extension tasks you could use the Pearson textbook.(combined science or chemistry version) WARNING: Risk Assessment must be completed before attempting this (or any practical with students)

Edexcel core practical focused on electrolysis with inert (graphite electrodes). Includes starter quiz, practical observation sheet , summary sheet and suggested further tasks ( page number relates to Pearson textbook - Combined Science, though any relevant textbook will do). Should save you some time!

A lesson for lower attaining pupils to help them predict states of matter given melting and boiling points for different substances. The main activity involves students deciding whether certain substances will be solid liquid or gas on the different planets of the solar system. This could be a desk-bound actovity or you could print the imahes of the planets and their average temperatures and students could circulate the room to complete the activity. Suitable for mid-low attaining GCSE group or a sparky KS3 group.

A resource that would be useful for higher achieving KS3 students or as a reminder about formulas at the beginning of GCSE Combined Science or Chemistry Main presentation includes 2 activities that can be printed or copied from the board. Also a word doc which has some more challenging questions. Both the power point and the word document can be easily amended to suit your class. Lesson length 50 minutes

Chromatography lesson suitable for GCSE Chemistry. Can be used in conjunction with the Pearson Edexcel Combined Science book ( if your school has them), but not essential.

Lesson including - starter main task and plenary. Main task links to the Pearson textbook for combined science . Also includes video links Lesson is aimed at foundation tier Lesson content… Describe what a giant covalent structure is State what an allotrope is State some uses for diamond and graphite Describe the properties of diamond, graphite, Explain why diamond and carbon have these properties using correct scientific language.

Full theory and practical for making an insoluble salt focused on the higher end grades 6-9. Some of the questions at the end link to the Pearson Combined Science text book (same questions will also be available in the GCSE Chemistry version of the book). Practical is straightforward, but make sure you do your own risk assessment for your class.

A theory lesson on the electrolysis of water. Contains video links and some good visuals to explain the concept. Starter and plenary activities also included. Give it a go - it’ll save you 2 hours of planning!

Foundation lesson focused on extraction of metal from a metal oxide using reduction. In this case using carbon to extract copper from copper oxide. This is a lesson suitable for foundation tier.