I use this cracking hydrocarbons resource as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Organic chemistry’ topic in paper 2. The resource includes an information sheet and two worksheets to help students understand how larger hydrocarbons are used to provide feedstock for other organic reactions. This resource includes: 2 x Information sheet 2 x Worksheets Answer sheets

I use this hydrocarbons resource as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Organic chemistry’ topic in paper 2. The resource includes information sheets and differentiated work sheets to help students understand fractional distillation and the properties of different fractions (hydrocarbons). This resource includes: 3 x Information sheet 2 x Worksheets 1 x 6 Mark question Answer sheets

This 6 mark question is a great way to assess if students have understood the fundamentals of states of matter. I use this states of matter resource with my GCSE students as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry course. The resource comes with an answer sheet including examiners guidance.

This is a great revision resource or starter activity for the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Structure, bonding, and the properties of matter’ topic in paper 1. The resource includes the question sheet and answer sheet.

I use this burning hydrocarbons resource as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Organic chemistry’ topic in paper 2. The resource includes information sheets and differentiated work sheets to help students understand the products of the combustion of hydrocarbons. This resource includes: 1 x Information sheet 2 x Differentiated Worksheets Answer sheets

The ions information sheet explains how ions are formed to students and how to draw ions. The accompanying ions worksheet and answer sheet challenges students to deduce the electron configuration of ions and draw their structures. The common ions resource lists ions that are useful for students when learning about ionic bonding and electrolysis. This resource is useful for students to have as a reference in their folders or exercise books. Please note that students in the UK will not be able to take this resource into any public exams.

I use this bonding resource as the second lesson in the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Structure, bonding, and the properties of matter’ topic in paper 1. The introduction to bonding resource introduces students to the idea of different types of bonds. The unique flow chart is a really useful way of supporting students to deduce the type of bonding in a substance. This resource also includes and introduction to dot and cross diagrams and how they are used to represent different types of bonds. The resource includes: Information sheet (Bonding introduction) Information sheet (Dot and cross diagrams) Worksheet (Bonding introduction) Answer sheet (Bonding introduction)

This resource defines the relative atomic mass of an element and also describes to students how to calculate the relative atomic mass. The resource includes an information sheet and question sheet for practice. The great thing is that students can check their answers against the relative atomic mass displayed on the periodic table. A good resource for GCSE students and a good starter or reminder for A Level students. I use this resource as part of the AQA Chemistry, Quantitative Chemistry topic.

These resources linking moles, mass and relative formula mass teach students the relationship between these concepts. The resource includes an information sheet as a reference resource for students and also three question sheets with accompanying answers. I use these moles resources as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry Quantitative Chemistry topic. The resources could easily be used as a main task or as a starter for more able or A Level students.

I use this resource as the part of the fourth lesson of AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Atomic structure and the periodic table’ topic in paper 1. I often use this resource during a computer lesson or as a homework so that students can do some additional research. The History of the atom resource includes: Information sheet (History of the atom) Worksheet (History of the atom) Cut and stick (History of the atom) Answer sheet (History of the atom)

This resource is the fifth part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Atomic structure and the periodic table’ topic in paper 1. I use this resource with my GCSE students and occasionally as a stretch and challenge for KS3 or a reminder for A Level. The atomic structure resource includes: Information sheet (Atomic structure) Worksheet 1 (Atomic structure) Answer sheet 1 (Atomic structure) Worksheet 2 (Atomic structure) The answers to worksheet 2 are the same as the 1.7 electron configuration worksheet.

This explaining trends resource is part of a series of lessons on the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Atomic structure and the periodic table’ topic in paper 1. Explaining trends is also covered in the Group 1 and Group 7 resources. This lesson focuses on AQA GCSE Chemistry past paper questions. I often use this as a homework lesson to summarise the learning students have done in previous lessons. The explaining trends resource includes: Information sheet (Explaining trends) Worksheet (Explaining trends) Answer sheet (Explaining trends)

Redox is the sixth lessonin a series of lessons from the AQA GCSE Chemistry ‘Chemical changes’ topic. The redox resource outlines the different definitions for oxidation and reduction. The worksheet then gives opportunities to identify redox in reactions. The redox resource includes: Information sheet (Redox) Worksheet (Redox) Answer sheet (Redox)

These element sudoku games come in three different levels; easy, medium, and hard. There are twelve different element sudoku grids per level. Element sudoku is based on normal sudoku but instead of filling the grids with numbers 1-9, students have to fill the grids with elements 1-9 i.e. H to F. The principle is the same, elements can only appear once in each row, column, and mini grid. This is a great starter, numeracy task, gap filler or Christmas activity. I use this a lot with my AQA GCSE Chemistry students and my OCR A Level chemists for a fun starter. This could even be used as an extension task for KS3 students.

This resource introduces students to calculating reacting masses using the scaling method. I use this as part of the AQA Chemistry Quantitative Chemistry topic. The resource comes with an information sheet on reacting masses and accompanying question and answer sheets. The question sheet can be used to do the moles method and also with A Level students.

This resource contains an information sheet on relative formula mass, a question sheet and an associated answer sheet. GCSE students need to be able to calculate relative formula mass as part of the Quantitative Chemistry topic in paper 1. Students can file the resource or use it to help them answer the questions. A great resource for GCSE but also a good starter or reminder for A Level students too.

This resource is a series of periodic tables at different stages of completion. Challenge your students by setting a time limit to complete the periodic table or simply use it as a memory retrieval technique. One of the periodic tables is completed and can be distributed as a resource to students.

This is a great chemistry and literacy game. Students learn the element symbols whilst also spelling words. It is best to use a combination of GCSE and A Level chemistry periodic tables so that students have the full scope of elements available to them. I use this resource with KS3, KS4 and KS5 as a starter and sometimes as a gap filler. Students really enjoy trying to find complex words and seeing how many individual element symbols they can use in a word. The resource comes with a question sheet, some example answers and a list of over 450 words that can be found in the periodic table. Questions cover different categories like foods, cars, countries, cities, football teams, and even Marvel characters.

This explaining trends 6 mark exam question is a great resource to assess students understanding of the atomic structure and the periodic table topic as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry course. I use it as part of the AQA GCSE Chemistry revision for paper 1 or at the end of the 1.11 Explaing trends lesson. Sometimes I use it as a starter with my A Level students (OCR Chemistry A). The resource is a common AQA exam question.

This resource includes two 6 mark questions and corresponding answer sheets on the periodic table. These 6 mark exam questions are examples of longer answer questions from previous AQA GCSE Chemistry exams. I use this resource with my GCSE classes as a plenary or memory retrieval starter. I also use it sometimes with KS3 classes to extend the more able. These 6 mark questions are great to be used as a synoptic revision tool as they link in with many other concepts from the course.