looks at different methods of extraction, reactivity series. Good weblink for extraction of aluminium.

ppt that will work with any concentration reaction contains a peer assessment activity for graph drawing skill

lots of good activities to do

the never ending explanation of when and how to draw a bar chart! this is a straight forward ppt to help - good luck!

this is a worksheet where pupils use a description of distillation of air to annotate a diagram. There is also a help sheet for less able students.

expert group task on diamond, graphite and bucky balls. Instructions for how to use on ppt.

starter worksheet to help new A level students learn the naming process

Goes through main points on Edexcel specification. Includes activities. I finish lesson with an extended answer question.

Lime cycle/ limestone revision activities.

introduction ppt

This works really well. Just print off a selection of NMR, IR and mass spectra and pupils write exam questions and mark schemes (easy to differentiate). They then swap and try each others exam questions.

lesson plan for medeleev lesson - students watch link, making notes on mendeleev and then create a radio interview with the scientist, explaining what he did. This works really well!

PowerPoint/Lesson plan going through the structure of an atom. Aim is to understand how the periodic table can be used to calculate numbers of sub atomic particles in particular elements.

worksheet including questions on definitions, properties, uses and differences between HDPE and LDPE.

explaining how to increase gas pressure

help sheet - i get by pupils to glue this into inside of back page, so they can refer to it whenever they are unclear.

Aims: Revise free radical substitution mechanism; Know the relevant reactions of alkanes.

runs through types, mechanisms, properties and uses. Activity looking at life cycle and recycling.

Introduces the four different levels of structure of proteins and asks questions to get pupils to think about the chemistry.

Aims: To know what a mass spectrometer is/does; To learn how to interpret data produced in mass spectroscopy.