C2 L9: Giant Covalent Molecules

AQA GCSE Chemistry and Combined Science
Unit 2: Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter
Lesson 9: Giant Covalent Molecules

What is included in this resource:

• Lesson powerpoint
• Topic map
• Starter activity for retrieval practice
• Learning objectives and specification references
• Lesson content
• Opportunities for formative assessment

Why this resource?
This lesson prepares students to recognise giant covalent molecules, describe their properties and draw monomers, polymers and repeat units for addition polymers. For students on the combined science pathway, this is their only opportunity to explore polymers. For students on the triple pathway, this will be explored in further detail in units 7 and 10.
This lesson follows on from C2 L8: Giant Covalent Lattices.

All lessons are designed with the Ofsted framework in mind: minimal clutter on the slides, clear flow between the lesson sequence, a topic map to show how this lesson fits in with the rest of the topic, and lesson objectives that get referred back to at each interval in the lesson with questions to check for understanding of every learning objective.