Mind maps to support learning for the entire AQA GCSE Chemistry and GCSE Combined Science for 2018 exams. These summaries cover every single section from the specifications and cover both the Combined Science and Chemistry specifications and also show clearly which is Higher content. They are PDF files that can be incorporated into powerpoints, given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. Powerpoints of the PDF files have been included as a bonus to make it easier to include them into presentations. They can also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind maps help pupils to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.

Mind maps to support learning for OCR Chemistry A for first teaching in September 2015. These summaries cover the specification content for 6.2.5 Organic Sythesis in Module 6: Organic Chemistry and Analysis, including the Practical Techniques section of the specification. The mind maps could be given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. I often encourage students to come up with their own interconnecting reaction schemes when given all of the reactions that they need to put together according to the specification and then use these resources to give them an 'answer sheet' and show them how they can all fit together elegantly. They could also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind maps help students to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point. The bundle includes two blank mind maps - one for the aliphatic reactions and one for the aromatic reactions. These are brilliant for helping students to see which of the reactions they have already learned securely and which still need work.

This summary covers the sections on Electrolysis from the specifications and cover both the Combined Science and Chemistry specifications and also show which is Higher content. It is a PDF file that can be incorporated into powerpoints, given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. It can also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind map help pupils to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.

Mind maps to support learning for AQA GCSE Chemistry and GCSE Combined Science for 2018 exams. These summaries cover various sections from the specifications and cover both the Combined Science and Chemistry specifications and also show which is Higher content. The sections covered are: Carbon Compounds and Polymers, Electrolysis, Batteries and Fuel Cells, Amounts of Substances and Mole Calculations, Corrosion, Alloys, Ceramics, Polymers and Composites and The Haber Process and NPK Fertilisers. They are PDF files that can be incorporated into powerpoints, given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. A powerpoint of the entire collection has also been included in the bundle of resources as a bonus. They can also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind maps help pupils to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.

A bundle of resources to support learning for Year 8 Science Lessons for six topics over the year (taught as part of a 2 year KS 3 Science course). The topics covered are: 1. Motion and Forces (speed, balanced and unbalanced forces, springs, upthrust, density, pressure and pressure). 2. Organ Systems (muscles and the skeleton, the respiratory system, illegal drugs and smoking, food digestion and absorption) 3. Elements, Compounds and the Periodic Table (elements, atoms, mixtures, compounds, metals and non-metals, the reactivity series, the Periodic Table). 4. Waves (sound, light and colour) 5. Evolution and Respiration (classification, variation, genes and DNA, natural selection, biodiversity, aerobic and anaerobic respiration) 6. The Earth and Atmosphere (the rock cycle, structure of the Earth, volcanoes, weathering and erosion, Energy resources, the Earth’s Atmosphere) The mind maps could be given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. They could also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind map help students to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps. Each map is hand-drawn – pupils seem to prefer this to computer generated versions. They are scanned in as pdf files and I have included the powerpoint slides of each one as well – this is how I tend to use them most.

A bundle of resources to support learning for Year 7 Science Lessons for six topics over the whole year (taught as part of a 2 year KS 3 Science course). The topics covered are: Unit 1 - Particles, Mixtures and Separation Unit 2 - Electricity Unit 3 - Cells and Reproduction Unit 4 - Chemical and Physical Changes Unit 5 - Energy and space Unit 6 - Plants and Ecosystems The mind maps could be given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. They could also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind map help students to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps. Each map is hand-drawn – pupils seem to prefer this to computer generated versions. They are scanned in as pdf files and I have included the powerpoint slides of each one as well – this is how I tend to use them most.

Mind maps to support learning for AQA GCSE Chemistry and Combined Science for 2018 exams. These summaries cover various sections from the specifications and cover both the Combined Science and Chemistry specifications and also show which is Higher content. The sections covered are: The Periodic Table, Chemical Bonding, Structure and Bonding, Structure and Bonding of Carbon, Energy Changes, Equilibrium, Composition of the Atmosphere and Using the Earth's Resources. They are PDF files that can be incorporated into powerpoints, given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. They can also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind maps help pupils to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.

This set of resources contains a structured booklet that has been written to follow the specification for the AQA GCSE Chemistry and Combined Science exams on the Quantitative Chemistry sections. It can be used in conjunction with the detailed mind map that covers the same material. The mind map in particular could be incorporated into powerpoint slides for teaching and it is a superb way to link the teaching of individual lessons to the bigger picture of the whole unit of work. I tend to give students an A5 copy of the mind map so that they can follow and ‘tick off’ where we are in the unit each lesson. The booklets and mind map could be used together as a way for students to structure their notes as part of teaching a series of lessons on this topic. I have created two different booklets – one covers the specification content for the GCSE Combined Science course (‘Double Science’) and the other contains the content for the GCSE Chemistry course (‘Triple Science). The booklets have been created as A4 powerpoint slides that will print out as an A5 booklet to save on printing costs if desired. The resources could also be used as a revision resource at the end of learning about the topic as a way to consolidate information prior to a test. They have been used most successfully as a way for students to revisit material as a way of ‘spaced revision’. A series of these booklets has been developed with a similar format so that students will have a concise set of revision notes to refer back to when they come to take their final exams in Year 11.

A presentation to use in a lesson to support the learning of part of the 6.2.4 Carbon-carbon bond formation unit in the OCR Chemistry A (2015) specification. Notes in the presentation explain how the slides can be used as part of a lesson plan.

Mind map to support learning for OCR Chemistry A for first teaching in September 2015. This summary covers the specification content for 6.1.1 Aromatic Compounds in Module 6: Organic Chemistry and Analysis. The mind map could be given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. It could also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind map help students to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.

Mind maps to support learning for AQA GCSE Chemistry and Combined Science for 2018 exams. These summaries cover sections various sections from the specifications and cover both the Combined Science and Chemistry specifications and also show which is Higher content. The sections covered are: Atomic Structure and Separating Mixtures, The Reactivity series, Acid Reactions, Making Salts, Chemical Analysis and Rates of Reaction. They are PDF files that can be incorporated into powerpoints, given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. They can also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind maps help pupils to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.

A worksheet that has been used extensively to encourage reflection by students who have been not been learning effectively and are not in lessons as part of a sanction. Pupils reflect on why their learning in lessons is important and how their behaviour is affecting their learning. They work through the questions to describe what could happen to a student if their behaviour was poor and what could happen if their behaviour was good. They then describe the later consequences for these actions.

Mind map to support learning for OCR Chemistry A for first teaching in September 2015. This summary covers the specification content for 6.1.3 Carboxylic Acids and Esters in Module 6: Organic Chemistry and Analysis. The mind map could be given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. It could also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind map helps students to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.

A presentation to use in a lesson to support the learning of part of the 6.2.5 Organic Synthesis unit in the OCR Chemistry A (2015) specification. Notes in the presentation explain how the slides can be used as part of a lesson plan. Updated to correct some previously un-spotted errors, June 2017.

Mind maps to support learning for OCR Chemistry A for first teaching in September 2015. These summaries cover the specification content for 5.3.1 Transition Elements in Module 5: Physical Chemistry and Transition Elements. The mind maps could be given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. They could also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind maps help students to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.

A presentation to use in a lesson to support the learning of part of the 6.2.5 Organic Synthesis unit in the OCR Chemistry A (2015) specification. Notes in the presentation explain how the slides can be used as part of a lesson plan.

A presentation to use in a lesson to support the learning of part of the 6.2.4 Carbon-carbon bond formation unit in the OCR Chemistry A (2015) specification. Notes in the presentation explain how the slides can be used as part of a lesson plan.

These summaries cover the sections on Amounts of Substances and Mole Calculations from the GCSE Combined Science and GCSE Chemistry specifications and also clearly show which is Higher content. They are PDF files that can be incorporated into powerpoints, given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. They can also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind maps help pupils to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.

Mind map to support learning for OCR Chemistry A for first teaching in September 2015. This summary covers the specification content for 5.1.1 How Fast in Module 5: Physical Chemistry and Transition Elements. The mind map could be given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next. It could also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind map helps students to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.