Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Unit 4 – Organic Chemistry: Lesson 15, Making Ethanol
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry (4CH1) Unit 4 Organic Chemistry, Lesson 15: Making Ethanol. A complete, ready-to-teach lesson: animated PowerPoint, interactive AfL activity, a worksheet and a scaffolded worksheet (both with answers) and homework.
Fermentation or hydration of ethene? Pupils compare the two ways of making ethanol, learn the conditions for each and the reasons behind them, then set up a fermentation of glucose with yeast and test the gas.
In detail: Lesson 15 compares the two ways of making ethanol, hydration of ethene and fermentation, with the conditions for each and the reasons fermentation needs its own; pairs set up a fermentation of glucose with yeast and test the gas.
Practical: Class practical: fermenting glucose with yeast, and testing the gas.
Walk in and teach: the lesson is planned minute by minute, with the slides, two levels of worksheet, homework and every answer ready to go.
Specification points: 4.6, 4.32C, 4.33C. Chemistry-only points (ending in C), for the separate Chemistry course.
What you get
28-slide animated, editable PowerPoint: worked examples that build a click at a time, an interactive AfL activity with instant feedback, and speaker notes with timings
Two-page lesson plan, block by block, with the mistakes pupils usually make
Worksheet with full answers
Scaffolded support worksheet with full answers: the same questions, with word banks and sentences to complete
Homework (about 15 marks) with its mark scheme
16 exam-style questions worth 35 marks across the worksheet and homework
Student notes, flashcards (plus a text file for Quizlet or Anki) and a misconception check with key
Technician notes: chemicals, amounts, apparatus, hazards and clear-up on one page
Every document as PDF and editable Word
Why teachers like it
One idea at a time: every slide builds up a click at a time, so there is never a wall of text
See straight away who has got it: a wrong answer brings up a cross, the reason and Try again; the right one brings up a tick and the reasoning
Mixed classes covered: the scaffolded worksheet asks the same questions with more help, so everyone works on the same chemistry
Homework is yours to set or not
Every diagram and animation was drawn for this lesson: nothing is borrowed from a textbook or the web
Save more on ChemWorks: this lesson is also in the Topic 4e Alcohols pack (3 lessons, £12) and the complete Unit 4 Organic Chemistry pack (22 lessons, the 2 unit tests with mark schemes and all the unit documents, £73.50). Lesson 1 of the unit is free, so you can try before you buy.
Written for Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Chemistry (4CH1). Not produced or endorsed by Pearson.




















