Acids Bases and Indicators Fully Resourced Lesson Plus Escape Room KS3

A comprehensive and fully resourced lesson on acids, bases and indicators (litmus and the pH scale) for middle school, plus an enjoyable and challenging escape room lesson to consolidate learning.

The lesson pack contains eighteen resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.

The game is closely related to the topic content and reinforces learning. Students must work their way through the clues to find the code to a combination lock on the school storeroom where Thumper the school rat has been locked accidentally without food and water.

What’s Covered

• An acid is a substance which contains hydrogen, tastes sour, turns blue litmus red and has a pH between 0 and 6;
• A base is a substance which is the oxide or hydroxide of a metal, feels soapy, turns red litmus blue and has a pH between 8 and 14;
• Hydroxides are soluble bases;
• Neutral substances are neither acidic nor alkaline;
• For neutral substances, red litmus stays red and blue litmus stays blue;
• The pH of strong acids (0 – 2), weak acids (3 – 6), neutral substances (7), weak bases (8 – 11) and strong bases (12 – 14);
• Explains concentrated and dilute in terms of solute and solvent particles;
• Concentrated acids and bases are corrosive;
• Many foods contain dilute weak acids and bases and gives examples;
  Models the particles and gives the formula of some acids and bases.

What’s Included for Each Lesson

• Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
• Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
• Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
• Foldable
• Cut and stick activity.
• Worksheet to support the PowerPoint (x3)
• Fact sheet
• Homework plus answers
• Fact share worksheet
• Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
• Exit Ticket
• Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources

Escape Room

• PowerPoint – scene setting and instructions (sound effects and built-in timer);
• crossword;
• word search;
• dominoes activity;
• worksheet;
• code breaker sheet;
• answers;
• lesson plan.

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