quick and easy - just project and offer prize to who ever finishes first!

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

revision lesson with quick quiz

I set h/w to use books to make notes on the diazonium ion (will have interesting results). I start lesson by offering pupils a selection of sweets (including skittles) and then put up first slide. Would they allow their children to eat these sweets? after this lesson we do the prac to make an azo dye

includes questions on: molar mass amount of substance mass and moles avagadros constant my top set enjoyed this, they were worried about this part of the course

i start the lesson with a wham bottle demo (for extra entertainment tell pupils they need to look and listen carefully because the reaction can be hard to notice). I demo the citric acid prac in a balloon, so they can all feel how cold it gets.

First I do a starter activity about risks and hazards of practical work. I use this as an assessed practical skills lesson. Allow pupils to do practical with as little help as possible and then give feed back on their technique.

Aims: Know some of the uses of the different types of chromatography; Be able to analysis a chromatogram.

Which element am I? taboo game - tests understanding of atomic structure. Good for starter or plenary.

v quick starter activity to check understanding of drawing and naming alkanes and alkenes.

handy homework to check understanding - could be quality marked.

ppt looking at the difference between hazards and risks followed by practical task, where students must write a risk assessment before carrying out demo in front of rest of class

fun activity, making concrete, as part of limestone topic - can also test strength when made

I use this for lesson 1 of Unit 1 organic chemistry - progressing to isomerism in second lesson.

exactly what it says - tests writing and balancing equations.

will add mark scheme when I've done one!

fill in sheet, separating metals by reactivity

lesson including activities to cover both of these topics

I use this as a starter once I have taught bonding to check understanding.

Crib sheet to be filled in as end of topic revision.