This is a Middle School Chemistry tarsia for revision of elements and compounds. I suggest that the A4 tarsia is printed on card and then the outline is cut out. Students can then quickly cut out the individual triangles. Included are the following topics: number of atoms in a molecule, number of elements in a compound, definition of elements and compounds.

This is a fun High School Chemistry tarsia for revision of the halogens. There are 16 triangles with 18 pairs of questions and answers that make a parallelogram. I suggest that the A4 tarsia is printed on card and then the outline is cut out. Students can then quickly cut out the individual triangles. Included are the following topics: state of the halogens at room temperature (astatine is unstable), uses of the halogens, trend for melting point and reactivity with group 1 metals, charge of group 1 metal and halogen ions. The tarsia software is free to download but there is not currently a version for Mac computers.

This is a fun KS3 chemistry tarsia for revision of metals and non-metals. There are 16 triangles with 18 pairs of questions and answers that make an equilateral triangle. I suggest that the A4 tarsia is printed on card and then the outline is cut out. Students can then quickly cut out the individual triangles. Included are the following topics: element symbols and properties of metals and non-metals. The 'fjsw' file can be opened and modified with tarsia software. The tarsia software is free to download but there is not currently a version for Mac computers.

This is an A level Chemistry lesson on orders of reaction for an able group of students. Questions and markschemes are included.

This is a demanding lesson on orders of reaction for Senior High School Chemistry. Questions and markschemes are included.

This is an assembly about the hero of our tutor group - President Obama. The assembly can open with music from Will.I.Am and close with the President Obama's singing of the hymn Amazing Grace at Pastor Pinckney's eulogy in Carolina following a mass shooting. Links to the videos are provided within the PowerPoint.

Debating and critical thinking skills are an absolutely essential component of scientific thinking. I have provided a range of resources to promote debating skills: a lesson plan where students consider the disadvantages of cars and create their own solutions, debating strategies ideas and student instructions that can easily be adopted into a wide variety of lessons across different subjects. Feedback to my TES inbox please. Thank you.

This is a fully differentiated tarsia puzzle for GCSE alkali metals. It is a fun kinesthetic way of revising the alkali metals. This sort of revision activity is particularly useful for boys. Answers are provided as well an 'easy start' that provides 4 of the 16 triangles as a starting point for weaker students. The 'group 1 metals A4 2 page' is an A4 tarsia that has 8 triangles per page. I suggest that these are printed on card and students cut them out. They are great for AFL. end of lesson plenary or plenary. If the writing of the A4 tarsia is too small then use the medium version. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is a chemistry lesson designed for the 2016 specification for the exam board AQA. The updated specification specifically makes reference to chlorine and iodine and so the results of alkene tests with these halogens has been included. There is a practical that is based on a RSC practical. Instructions and safety advice for the practical are included in the lesson. Please only carry out the practical in a room with windows that is well ventilated. The lesson starts with a recap of cracking - this is taught previously in my scheme of work. It then moves on to alkene formulae. The students then carry out the alkenes and bromine water practical. They then write word and symbol equation for the tests. More able students can identify the functional groups in the molecules. The lesson finishes with a fun plenary using whiteboards. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

Dative covalent bonding A level chemistry

This is a lesson designed for the updated 2016 GCSE chemistry specification for AQA and was not previously included in additional science. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is a worksheet designed to support Key Stage 3 and GCSE students with being able to work out the state of a substance at a given temperature. It is particularly useful in being able to answer GCSE chemistry questions about the halogens - e.g. being able to predict the state of astatine. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

These cards provide information about 4 fictional plants and provide information about the height of the plant, length of root hair cell, number of chloroplasts in each leaf cell, time to grow, yield and other information such as drought tolerance. Students can use in a variety of plants lessons. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This lesson forms part of the AQA 2016 specification organic chemistry scheme of work. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is chemistry lesson designed for the 2016 specification for the exam board AQA and topic 4.7 organic chemistry. This lesson covers content that is new to GCSE and was previously covered only in A level chemistry. The challenge with planning this is that students are greatly limited by what they learn at GCSE. For example they do not learn about terms such as 'arene', 'carbonyl', 'amine' and do not recognise that (CH2)6 = CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2. The lesson recaps addition polymers then introduces condensation polymers as polymers that are found in nature as well being man-made. There is an exam of an easier A level past paper question on identifying the monomers. Most A level questions on this topic are far too challenging to be put into the 2016 GCSE specification. Students then compare the environmental impact of natural vs manmade polymers (RSC paper cups activity - link has been provided) and answer a 6 mark exam question. They then peer mark the exam question using a student friendly marking grid. There is the option of carrying out a bioplastics practical that I have created - note that the bioplastics take at least 2 days to dry out. Please rate these resources and leave feedback.

Green chemistry A level chemistry - includes ozone depletion, free radical, production of ethanol. Exam questions and answers are included to demonstrate progress. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.

This is a lesson designed for the 2016 AQA GCSE chemistry specification. In my scheme of work it follows the topics of crude oil and properties of different fractions. Students are introduced to the terms 'homologous series' and 'functional group'. These terms are clearly mentioned in the specification. Students learn about these formulae: molecular, displayed and skeletal. Students make ethene using plastic molymods or they could use the paper molymods supplied. They will need paper fasteners to attach the atoms and the bonds. They then complete the formula worksheet then describe then explain the trend with reference to intermolecular forces. The lesson ends with an exam question plenary. Please rate this resource and leave feedback.