1 lesson running through exam anxiety, it’s causes and how it can be prevented. Bonus 1/2 lesson on stress in exams, and preventing stress on the build up to and during exams. This should be supplemented with free colouring / sodoku / wordsearches. Aimed at mixed ability year 9 and 10 pre-exams, but could easily be adapted to any group that struggle with anxiety and stress management in the context of exams.

Resources for the topic of crude oil and fuels including lessons on: Crude oil Fractional distillation of oil Burning Hydrocarbons Cracking hydrocarbons and an optional research homework. Options for practical demos are included. All lessons linked to the AQA Spec. Suitable for all foundation students and covers the basics needed for higher tier. All activities in powerpoinit. None of the pictures including are my own.

Break down of practical of magnesium oxide with explanation of mass changes, practise questions and evaluation of the practical in a second lesson focused on uncertainty as linked ni the AQA C1 Specification.

Lessons on chromatography and testing gases using practicals from the AQA specification of chemical analysis (C2). Suitable for all foundation students and as the bascis for higher tier students. No images in the powerpoint are owned by me.

5 full lessons on preparing for the next phase of life after school (post-16). ***Lessons are: *** 1 - Why work? Why should you be focused on getting a job, how does income work? This includes a break down of wages based on the average salary and what you would like to buy in daily life. 2 - How do you get where you want to go? A comparison of sixth form, college and school as well as overviews on university and apprenticeships. 3 - Behind the scenes jobs This lesson encourages students to think about the jobs in the same field as their passion. For example, if you are interested in football, you don’t just have the option of footballer, but also retail in the stadium, managers, security, contractors, camera man and much much more. It focuses on opening student’s eyes to the vast array of jobs and to then start planning some idea based on lesson 2. 4 - Getting a job, the skills of communication How do you actually get and apply to a job? What’s the difference between a CV and a cover letter and what should be included on each? How do interviews work and how can you effectively communicate your ideas to help you get the job? How do you leave a job you don’t like? 5- Skills in the workplace A general lesson focused on key skills and linking them to jobs. What are skills, how do you develop them and how can you show employers you are effective with them? Plus - Bonus Activities to choose from to help your students develop skills they need, these include exploring jobs on job explorer websites if a computer is handy, and additional skills slides you can use to swap out ideas from earlier lessons. Each lesson comes with information in the notes as to how activities work, prompts to support, and some expected ideas. Each lesson also has an activity based on building skills, such as resilience and communication. Includes: A break down of careers, skills involved in careers, apprenticeships V university, schools V college, how to apply for jobs, behind the scene jobs, interview skills, why work. Made for mixed ability year 9 with options and bonus content at the end of the powerpoint.

A lesson on understanding concentration and molarity as found on the AQA C1 specification Suitable for all abilities (for foundation students remove molarity questions)

A lesson covering the ideas in the AQA B1 specification on sampling and issues with sampling. Students calculate the people in a class with a disease / who will die from a disease by extraploating data from a smaller group. There are options for high and low ability sudents. Images used are not my own.

A scheme of work looking at 4 quantitative chemistry lessons for C1 AQA. This includes ideas for practicals and the specification covered in each lesson. There is foundation and higher tier signposted throughout. The lessons covered include: Relative Formula Mass Changes in Mass Uncertainty Concentrations The powerpoints for these lessons can be bought on my account.