Resources here for IBDP and A-Level Chemistry, as well as Edexcel IGCSE and AQA GCSE Chemistry. I have a huge range of resources for 11-14 so ask if you need something specific. After teaching for 13 years in the UK and in international schools I have built up quite a selection of teaching resources. You can also visit my site www.toptenteacher.co.uk.
Resources here for IBDP and A-Level Chemistry, as well as Edexcel IGCSE and AQA GCSE Chemistry. I have a huge range of resources for 11-14 so ask if you need something specific. After teaching for 13 years in the UK and in international schools I have built up quite a selection of teaching resources. You can also visit my site www.toptenteacher.co.uk.
The 'Limestone and Building Materials' topic looks at uses of limestone and reactions of the carbonates.
Lesson objectives:
Can you state the general equation for the reaction between a metal carbonate and acid?
Can you construct equations (word and symbol) for reactions studied?
Resources included:
1. Alternative lesson starter on limestone cycle, good for revision also.
2. Help sheet for students to understand the products formed when acids react with carbonates, should be used after practical.
3. Essential homework sheet. The social and environmental impacts of building factories often comes up in exam papers. This has an assessment criteria sheet that can be used in the following lesson for students to self assess.
4. PowerPoint, main part of the lesson with starter, theory, practical activity on reacting acids with carbonate, then focus on reactions, includes plenary.
5. Alternative plenary activity, revision as this would be last lesson in the topic. Taboo- students have to guess the word without using any words on the list.
The 'Limestone and Building Materials' topic looks at uses of limestone and reactions of the carbonates.
Lesson objectives:
Most students will be able to:
Recap uses of limestone
See how metal carbonates react similarly to limestone, when they are heated, and the products that they make.
Write word equations to describe thermal decomposition in a metal carbonate.
Some students should also be able to:
Detail thermal decomposition of metal carbonates, in a balanced symbol equation.
Resources included:
1.Worksheet to explain practical lesson with questions included.
2. PowerPoint with starter recapping uses of limestone, method to explain practical, with expected results provided. Then a plenary to test understanding of word and symbol equations.
The 'Limestone and Building Materials' topic looks at uses of limestone and reactions of the carbonates.
Lesson objectives:
To understand the differences between cement, concrete and mortar.
To test the strength of concrete
Resources included:
1.Starter on ppt but if required this could be an alternative- Revision of limestone cycle.
2-5. Practical worksheets that can be given to students of different abilities, investigate how to make concrete and how the strength can change depending on the ratio of sand, cement and aggregate. Could be extended to include reinforced concrete.
6. Alternative to practical also involves finding out how glass is made.
7. Video, about 1min 30sec on how concrete strength is tested in a lab. Has cool backing music!
8. Possible homework- double sided worksheet, recaps previous work.
9. PowerPoint linking the main parts of the lesson together, has starter and plenary.
The second lesson in 'The Fundamental Ideas in Chemistry' topic looking at how electrons are arranged in shells.
Lesson objectives:
-Understand that elements in the same group in the periodic table have the same number of electrons in their highest energy level (outer electrons) and this gives them similar chemical properties.
-Know that elements in Group 0 of the periodic table are called the noble gases. They are unreactive because their atoms have stable arrangements of electrons.
Resources included:
x1 Powerpoint starter on identification of element from atomic number.
x1 PowerPoint with lesson objectives from AQA with main content of lesson and plenary.
x 4 worksheets, all based on understanding electron arrangement, chose which one depending on your students.
x2 teaching aid/animation good to use with interactive whiteboard or mouse (.swf files need Adobe Flash Player)
Students investigate surface area though a range of practical applications. Suitable for GCSE or an able year 9 group.
Objectives
What is surface area and how is it calculated? (Grade C)
Can you explain how surface area affects the rate of a reaction? (Grade C)
Can you explain why surface area affects the rate of a reaction? (Grade B)
Can you apply this explanation to a reaction between limestone chips and acid? (Grade A)
