Making a Soluble Salt: Extended Writing Practice

This is a full lesson that follows on from the AQA required practical 1: Making a soluble salt from an insoluble base. This lesson is designed to help students write 6 mark extended writing responses about this practical.
This lesson is scaffolded, designed for a mixed ability classroom,

This lesson is suitable for students studying AQA Trilogy Combined Science (higher and foundation) and AQA Triple chemistry (higher and foundation)

Lesson Objectives

• Name the metal base and acid needed to form a given salt
• Describe the steps needed to make a pure, dry soluble salt
• Construct extended writing responses to 6 mark exam questions

Lesson features

• Full answers integrated in slides where needed
• Mini-whiteboard AfL opportunities throughout
• Clear and consise format for a click-and-teach lesson
• Scaffolded practice of 6-marker extended response exam questions about Core Practical 1: Making a soluble salt
• Exemplar answers from a variety of levels and moderators marking feedback (from AQA)
• Student-led exam answer marking/analysis activity to improve understanding of what a good 6-mark answer should include
• Contains full answers, mark schemes and examiners reports for all exam-style questions.

Lesson Resource Contains

• Lesson Powerpoint (pptx.)
• Student 6-mark answers analysis worksheet (PDF)