This is a worksheet that makes the concept of catalysts more relevant for key stage 3 pupils with contexts of car manufacturers.

Print element cards (4 per A4 page) Supply pupils with most element cards, except Te, I, Ge and Ga. Pupils must construct groups 1-8 (1-zero) of periodic table on their desk. Gap cards supplied with ‘?’ and group chemical properties. Answer cards for gaps to be printed separately by teacher and supplied to pupils who successfully construct groups showing gaps mendeleev left. (In reality, Mendeleev only left gapd for Ge and Ga and not for I and Te. However, the I-Te swtich is an important teaching point. Monitor whether pupils put Te first or I first, based on either atomic mass or proton number. Then teach about Mendeleev changing order)

These resources were used to guide year 9 pupils through this Key Stage 4 Required Practical. The experiment does not always work properly (in regards to approximating the intensity of the bubbles produced). Therefore, a sensible results table has been prepared, to share with the students. Activities for the students were; -design sensible experiment method -revise different types of variables identify the inverse relationship between Light intensity and distance of lamp from the plant. correct the crossed-out data in table calculate averages of number of bubbles, use correct units. Make graph with correct X axis (light intensity or distance) and Y Axis (dependent, bubbles) analyse graph, is there correlation? explain graph, what is happening to cause bubbles?

Two resources here; mixture of correct and deliberately incorrect electronic shell diagrams for first 20 elements of periodic table. Print in black/white, get pupils to mark in red pen, This reveals whether they grasp what is correct and incorrect (2:8:8:2 rule). Pupil name column for info on atomic and electronic structure. Pass around class during lessons, to collect pieces of information about how pupils are progressing.

This is a useful document. Once one pupil has experienced been asked to write out several lines of this, the whole class will be eager to avoid being asked to do so. It is humerus and also includes many references to scientific content from GCSE curriculum such as atomic structure.

15minute educational interesting assesmbly

Potable Water, Waste Water managment, Life Cycle Assessments, Distillation Practical. Used on Key Stage 4 classes.

These have activities embedded into powerpoints that pupils can follow from interactive white board.

This is for key stage three or four. An intro to Energy Physics topic.

These powerpoints cover AQA topics for Biology, Digestion.

This lessons is differentiated. It is three tasks. It is designed for three groups to do a competition.

Year 10 revision, for AQA units C1 C2 and C3. Useful for end of year exam revision. Works as a lesson or homework.

This will help introduce key stage 3 pupils to reactions and balancing equations.

Powerpoint covers basics of resultant forces and types of levers with various tasks to fill up a lesson.

Covers basics of pitch (frequency) and volume (amplitude).

Lesson on physics basics of changing states and melting curves. Interesting fact sheets about liquid metal at end of powerpoint.

Slides and a booklet to teach and assess Key Stage 4 pupils on most of the content from the topic Plant Organisation. Booklet adapted from BBC bitesize web pages. Slides are full of questions which increase in their difficulty/complexity and interesting examples of real life plants.

Many examples of classification of animals, comparing common name to scientific name.

Song to tune of popular pop song. Song lyrics about group 1 alkali metals (lithium, sodium and potassium), their reaction with water, and their reactivity trend.

Cards to be printed. Does atom/ion symbol match the atom/ion diagram? (all diagrams are ‘accurate’, so pupils decide if symbol (mass, proton, overall charge) is correct. I suggest you play this as rounds in pairs with monopoly money.