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Spark Science provides high quality science educational resources for teachers.
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Naming Chemical Compounds
A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with SEN and non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind!
This lesson contains:
Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section
Student led lesson worksheet
Teacher answer sheet
Lesson resources contain:
In-built challenge tasks throughout
In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities
Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources
Objectives:
Students will be able to…
Name simple compounds ending in –ide, -hydroxide and –ate
Name simple compounds using the mono-, di-, tri- naming system
Be able to identify the elements present in a compound from its name
Be able to name a compound from its formula
This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.
This lesson contains AFL tasks which require mini-whiteboards but can be adapted if these are not available.
Chemical Reactions and Physical Changes
A comprehensive, engaging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind!
This lesson contains:
Lesson powerpoint - including teacher delivery notes in “notes” section
Student led lesson worksheet
Teacher answer sheet
Practical Risk Assessment
Lesson resources contain:
In-built challenge tasks throughout
In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities
Objectives:
Students will be able to…
Describe what physical changes and chemical reactions are
Know the different signs of a chemical reaction taking place
Class different examples as either physical changes or chemical reactions
Describe the difference between a physical change and chemical reaction
This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing, practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.
Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with AEN students and non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind!
This lesson contains:
Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section
Student led lesson worksheet
Teacher answer sheet
Risk assessment for class practicals
Printable practical instruction cards
Risk assessments for teacher demonstrations
Lesson resources contain:
In-built challenge tasks throughout
In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities
Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources
Objectives:
Students will be able to…
Describe what an exothermic and endothermic reactions is in terms of heat energy transfer
Give and identify examples of endothermic and exothermic reactions in everyday life
Identify reactions as exothermic or endothermic from measuring temperature changes in practical investigations
This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.
Formation of Crude Oil Storyboard
A quick and simple student led activity designed for AQA GCSE Chemistry (Triple and Double award) explaining how crude oil is formed from plankton.
Students should put the cartoon panels in the right order, then match the correct description to each panel.
This can be a cut and stick activity or a numbering/line drawing activity.
Good for SEN and students in need of visual cues and support.
Resource download includes PDF and Editable Powerpoint versions.
KS3 - Unicellular Organisms
This lesson covers the KS3 national curriculum on unicellular organisms, focusing primarily on euglena and amoeba.
This lesson looks at what unicellular organisms are as well as their parts and what each part does, and how they are similiar/different to animal/plant cells.
Lesson Objectives:
Know what a unicellular organism is
Name 2 examples of unicellular organisms
Describe the features of an amoeba
Describe the features of an euglena
This lesson resource includes:
Interactive lesson powerpoint with answers, teacher delivery guidance and plenary task
Student led reading task worksheet with questions (PDF and editable)
Reading task answer sheet (PDF and Editable)
Instrumental Analysis and Flame Spectra
A lesson covering instrumental analysis and flame emission spectroscopy for the AQA Triple Chemistry GCSE specficiation. Applicable to both higher and foundation candidates.
Lesson Objectives
Know what instrumental techniques are
Describe advantages and disadvantages of instrumental techniques over other analysis techniques (e.g. flame tests)
Interpret flame emission spectra to identify unknown elements in a mixture
Lesson Resources include:
Lesson powerpoint - including starter, example spectra, spectra analysis example and advantages/disadvantages task
Exam questions covering instrumental analysis, flame spectra analysis, and ion identification questions with full mark schemes.
Calculating Relative Atomic Mass
This lesson is designed for AQA GCSE Chemistry/Combined Science Trilogy and covers how to calculate relative atomic mass.
This lesson contains:
A lesson powerpoint complete with all answers, worked examples
Student worksheet (PDF and editable versions)
Worksheet answers (PDF and editable versions)
Lesson Objectives:
Define what an “isotope” is and identify examples
Calculate the relative atomic mass of elements from their relative isotopic masses and abundances
KS3 Introduction to Waves
This lesson covers what longitudinal and transverse waves are, the features of both kinds of waves, examples of these waves and what happens when waves meet barriers or each other. This is a perfect introduction lesson to KS3 topic on sound and waves.
This Lesson Contains:
Lesson powerpoint, including instructions for key demonstrations of both types of waves, full answers, plenary tasks, AFL whiteboard and discussion activities
Student worksheet (PDF and editable version)
Student worksheet answers sheet (PDF and editable version)
Lesson Objectives
Name the two different types of waves and label their features
Give an example of each kind of wave
Describe what happens when waves hit a barrier
Describe what happens when waves superimpose
The Law of Conservation of Mass
A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with AEN students and non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind!
This lesson contains:
Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section
Student led lesson worksheet
Teacher answer sheet
Lesson resources contain:
In-built challenge tasks throughout
In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities
AFL activities to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources
Objectives:
Students will be able to…
Define the law of conservation of mass
Explain why the mass of a chemical reaction does not change in a closed system
Predict/calculate the mass of reactants and products in a chemical reaction when given the masses of the other reactants/products
This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.
Electrochemical Cells
Preview video of resources: https://youtu.be/WWaqwYbo6IY
A pair of GCSE Chemistry Lessons for Triple Science covering electrochemical cells and associated half equations.
Lesson 1: What are Electrochemical Cells?
Lesson Objectives:
Describe what an electrochemical cell is and what we use it for
Describe how to make an electrochemical cell
Identify factors which affect the size of the voltage produced by an electrochemical cell
This lesson contains:
Lesson powerpoint
Student practical investigation
Teacher notes on how to deliver lesson slides/content and answers
Lesson 2: How do Electrochemical Cells Work?
Lesson Objectives:
Recall the definitions for oxidation and reduction
Identify which elements are oxidised and reduced in an electrochemical cell
(H) – write half equations for oxidation and reduction taking place in electrochemical cells
Explain why alkaline/non-rechargeable batteries eventually stop working
This lesson contains:
Lesson powerpoint, containing animation about how electrochemical cells produce electrical current and the reactions that take place within it
Student exam questions (23 marks worth) from AQA syllabus with mark scheme
Teacher notes on how to deliver lesson slides/content and answers
Bundle
GCSE Triple Chemistry: Chemical Analysis
This bundle contains all the content relevant to AQA Triple Chemistry students in the new 9-1 syllabus.
Includes 4 LESSONS worth of teaching materials:
This includes the standard tests and characteristic results/colour changes for:
positive metal ion flame tests (Li, Cu, K, Na, Ca),
positive metal ion precipitate tests with NaOH (Fe(III), Fe(II), Cu(II), Mg, Ca, Al)
sulfate test with barium nitrate/chloride
halide tests (Cl, Br and I) with silver nitrate
carbonate tests with dilute acid and lime water
These lessons contain full powerpoints, student worksheets, complete answers, risk assessments/technician order forms, stretch and challenge tasks, relevant exam questions, and AfL plenary activities
Lesson 1-2: Identifying positive metal ions (flame tests and precipitate tests)
Lesson objectives:
Carry out simple flame tests to identify positive metal ions
Carry out simple precipitate tests to identify positive metal ions
Describe how to carry out a flame test and a precipitate test, including the names of any important reactants
Describe the problems and limitations of using flame tests and precipitate tests to identify positive metal ions
Lesson 3 - Identifying negative non-metal ions
Lesson objectives:
Carry out simple precipitate tests to identify halide, sulfate and carbonate ions
Describe how to carry out precipitate tests to test for halide, sulfate and carbonate ions, including the names of any important reactants
Write balanced symbol and ionic equations for the reactions taking place in precipitation reactions
Lesson 4 - Instrumental Analysis and Flame Emission Spectra
Lesson objectives:
Know what instrumental techniques are
Describe advantages and disadvantages of instrumental techniques over other analysis techniques (e.g. flame tests)
Interpret flame emission spectra to identify unknown elements in a mixture
Lesson resources include:
Complete and full powerpoints - including starter activities, challenge activities, tables of results, practical instructions, questions with complete answers
Student worksheets and practical sheets with instructions and tables for results (PDF and editable word versions)
Student worksheet answers (PDF and editable word versions)
Practical risk assessments/order forms (up to date with CLEAPPS data as of Oct 2023)
Relevant practice exam questions with mark schemes and examiners reports.
Chemistry GCSE 9-1 - Reactions of Acids
An interactive powerpoint resource designed for distance learning from home.
Students can work their way through questions on the powerpoints and all answers are revealed within the slides.
By the end of this resource, students should be able to:
Know how an acid reacts with metals, metal oxides (bases), metal hydroxides (alkalis), and metal carbonates
Write general equations, word equations and balanced symbol equations for reactions of acids
HIGHER – Be able to write ionic equations for the reactions of acids
NOTE: Students should already have some idea how to balance an equation and work out the formula of an ionic compound before attempting this lesson.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chem - Acids and Alkalis
Resource designed for distance learning - GCSE Chemistry AQA - Chemical Changes - Acids and Alkalis
Contains links to useful youtube videos and extension acitivites
Students should be able to:
Identify common acids and alkalis
Know what ions are found in acids and alkalis
Know what an indicator is and give pros and cons for each
Bundle
KS3 - Elements, Compounds and Mixtures Bundle
A comprehensive, complete, engaging and challenging set of lessons and activities to teach students the basics of elements, compounds, mixtures and chemical formulas. This scheme/package is designed with non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind!
Lessons included in this bundle:
Elements and Compounds
Chemical Formulas
Counting atoms in a Formula
Pure Substances
Mixtures
Included in each lesson:
Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section
Student-led lesson worksheet
Teacher answer sheet
Lesson resources contain:
In-built stretch and challenge tasks throughout
In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities
Various AFL activities to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources (these include “think, pair, share”, molymod activities, mini-whiteboard quizzes)
Relevant risk assessments for any practical work (updated as of March 2023)
By the end of the topic, students will:
Know what an “element” and a “compound” is
Describe the difference between an element and a compound
Know what an “atom” and a “molecule” are
Describe the difference between an atom and a molecule
Draw/make particle diagrams and models to represent elements, compounds, single atoms and molecules
Understand why scientists use chemical symbols to represent elements
Identify simple elements from their chemical symbols
Identify elements in a chemical formula
Classify chemical formulas as elements or compounds
Count the number of atoms in a basic formula
Identify elements in a chemical formula
Count the number of atoms in formulas containing subscripts
Count the number of atoms in formulas containing multipliers
Describe what a pure substance is
Identify examples of pure substances in everyday life
Identify pure substances from particle diagrams and examples
Carry out a practical investigation to identify pure substances
Describe what a mixture is
Give examples of mixtures in everyday life
Identify mixtures from particle diagrams and examples
Draw/make models representing mixtures
Elements and Compounds
A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind!
This lesson contains:
Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section
Student led lesson worksheet
Teacher answer sheet
Lesson resources contain:
In-built challenge tasks throughout
In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities
Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources
Objectives:
Students will be able to…
Know what an “element” and a “compound” is
Describe the difference between an element and a compound
Know what an “atom” and a “molecule”
Describe the difference between an atom and a molecule
This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.
This lesson contains AFL tasks which require mini-whiteboards and molymods, but can be adapted if these are not available.
Writing Word Equations
A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with AEN students and non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind!
This lesson contains:
Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section
Student led lesson worksheet
Teacher answer sheet
Lesson resources contain:
In-built challenge tasks throughout
In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities
Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources
Objectives:
Students will be able to…
Identify reactants and products in a word equation
Write word equations for different reactions
Turn word equations into sentences
Describe and explain why we use word equations in chemistry
This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.
This lesson contains AFL tasks which require mini-whiteboards, but can be adapted if these are not available.
Nanotechnology - Uses and Problems
A lesson resource for teaching the possible applications, advantages and disadvantages of nanoparticles and nanotechnology.
Lesson/Resource Outcomes:
State possible uses of nanoparticles
Describe advantages of using nanoparticles
Describe some of the possible risks of using nanoparticles
Resource contains
Student worksheet (pdf and word doc)
Complete answer sheet (pdf and word doc)
5 A4/A3 printable information/newspaper article sheets (Reading level 3-4) on the uses of nanoparticles in medicine, electronics, cosmetics, clothing and catalysts
Exam question set on nanotechnology & mark schemes
Calculating Percentage by Mass
A fully resourced lesson for GCSE AQA chemistry on calculating percentage by mass.
Suitable and applicable for GCSE Chemistry Trilogy, and Combined Science Higher and Foundation.
Lesson Objectives
Recall how to calculate relative formula mass using a periodic table
Calculate the percentage by mass of an element in a substance using masses
Calculate the percentage by mass of an element in a substance using relative formula mass and atomic mass
Lesson includes:
Lesson powerpoint (including instructions on lesson activities, equipment to order, slide answers)
Student practical
Student worksheet (PDF and editable word versions)
Student worksheet answers (PDF and editable word versions)
Testing for Positive Metal Ions
A 1-2 lesson pack covering flame tests and positive metal ion tests.
This resource is designed for the AQA Triple Chemistry required practical from “Chemical Analysis”, and is relevant to higher and foundation students.
Lesson Objectives
Carry out simple flame tests to identify positive metal ions
Carry out simple precipitate tests to identify positive metal ions
Describe how to carry out a flame test and a precipitate test, including the names of any important reactants
Describe the problems and limitations of using flame tests and precipitate tests to identify positive metal ions
This resource contains:
Lesson powerpoint - including starter activity, practical instructions, tables, challenge task, multiple choice quiz plenary, and full answers
Student worksheet - including practical instructions, tables, and practical quesitons (PDF and editable word versions)
Student worksheet answers (PDF and editable word versions)
Risk assessment/order form - containing up to date CLEAPPS guidance as of Oct 2023.
Edexcel AS Organic Chemistry Reactions and Mechanisms Map
Resource contains a PDF of a blank mechanism map for AS chemistry students studying the new Edexcel syllabus (2016 onwards).
There is a blank and completed version of the map containing all reactions, mechanisms, conditions etc… that students should know for AS Organic Chemistry (Topic 6)