Students work out the state different substances are in at room temperature, given their melting point and boiling point.

Part of a bundled series.

Terms from the AQA information sheet

As the title. Solution provided.

Just for fun

Much Ado about Nothing

Quick and short presentation on how to balance the manganate (vii) half equation, to save you time. I have now added the oxidation of ethanol by acidified potassium dichromate (VI) as another example.

A colourful explanatory poster explaining the nmr spectrum of ethanol.

chemical shifts

NMR examples explained: ethyl 2,2-dimethylpropanoate

A simple worksheet giving lots of examples of calculating Mr values. answers included. Black and white for ease of photocopying. Consists of introductory page, examples on back, and final page with answers.

Introduction on the front, eleven questions on naming esters on the back. All in black and white for photocopying cheaply. To save you some time. Useful for GCSE, but could be used at A level.

Word searches help concentrate on scientific literacy and aid concentration. they are good summary activities and for revision. I have tried to make this attractive and efficacious in that it uses only one side of A4. A solution is provided.

Every little bit helps.

A simple wordsearch.

A simple worksheet which reinforces organic functional groups. Could be printed or presented on screen as a starter.

Simply drag the configurations to the correct box, if it is correct it will stick and you will receive praise, if not it will invite you to try again. Open in a flash-enabled browser or windows media player, and maximise the window. I am working on a version for html5. Useful for reinforcing the basis of the periodic table.

This is a simple powerpoint presentation outlining how to write word equations for neutralisation reactions. It has plenty of examples and problems. It is allied to my worksheet of the same name, with the same problems for students to try. The answers are at the end of the presentation, for students to mark their own work.

A presentation to augment my displacement reactions and the reactivity series worksheet, with answers to problems.

Animate your lessons. Simple, hopefully clear animation of catalytic hydrogenation of ethene.