GCSE and iGCSE chemistry revision resources

The whole of Edexcel Chemistry GCSE broken down into questions with answers. Students test themselves or work in pairs. C1 documents are also for Core Science and C2 documents for Additional Science. I've had positive feed back from students, I hope you find them useful.

NEW for SEPTEMBER 2017

Year 10 Mock 2017 or just revision for the following:
Edexcel CC1 States of matter
Edexcel CC2 Separating techniques
Edexcel CC3 Atomic structure
Edexcel CC4 The periodic table
Edexcel CC5 Ionic bonding
Edexcel CC6 Covalent bonding
Edexcel CC7 Types of bonding
Edexcel CC9 Masses
.....for the new 9-1 GCSE

A series of revision session using:
- A series of powerpoints (Lesson 1-4 and 6-8)
- Revision mats (bonding, masses and atoms)
- Whiteboard lessons

What is included:
- Powerpoints (Lesson 1-4 and 6-8)
- Past paper - NOT WITH BUNDLE (Can be found on edexcel website for free - due to copy right I am not allowed to upload it) (Lesson 5)
- PLEASE NOTE: no powerpoints for masses only revision mats (there is too much content for condensed lesson and I have found it works best with revision mats - students can work at their own pace) (Lesson 9)
- Powerpoint for MOLES (Lesson 10)

The information IS condensed and NOT all spec has been added in due to time constraints in our mid-term plan; however the main topics are covered.

All directed at the revision for the Year 10 mock (2016)

As follows:
Lesson 1: State of matter and melting points CC1/Method of separation/CC2- Rock salt/ Method of separation/CC2- Drinking water (L7)- powerpoint
Lesson 2: Method of separation/CC2- Chromatography - CORE P (L4) - powerpoint
Lesson 3: Method of separation/CC2 - Distillation - CORE P (L5/6)- powerpoint
Lesson 4: Atomic structure CC3 - Atomic structure/mass/PEN (L7/8) Atomic structure CC3 - Isotopes (L9/10)- powerpoint
Lesson 5: Past paper - NOT WITH BUNDLE (Can be found on edexcel website for free)
Lesson 6: Types of bonding CC5 - Ionic/properties (L15-17)- powerpoint
Lesson 7: Types of bonding CC6 - Covalent/properties (L18-19)- powerpoint
Lesson 8: Types of substance CC7 - Allotropes/metals/polymers (L20-22) - powerpoint
Lesson 9: Masses CC9 - revision mats without moles
Lesson 10: Moles CC9 - powerpoint

Revision mats: Masses, atoms and bonding
All extension questions available on each slide
Answers all underneath each slide
Support also available where necessary
AfL sections and mini quizzes

All relating to specification (any pictures used have all been taken from the internet and I am not trying to claim rights to any pictures or information used)

Enjoy !!!!

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A tarsia (triangle) puzzle with 30 questions and answers.
This took my top set students an hour to complete.

Booklet to give to students t help them to identify and record their learning gaps for AQA Separate Sciences (Biology Chemistry, Physics)

New AQA GCSE Chemistry 9-1 specification. Topic 1 - revision cards for all theory lessons atoms/elements/compounds, separation techniques, history of the atom, periodic table to Group 1, 7, 0 Elements etc. Also includes the isotopes mathematical mastery.

Useful for students to use for revision, and for teachers to use in a lesson as an activity or plenary.

Includes a 'Do' and 'Review' slide, the 'Do' will check understanding and make the learning more active, the 'Review' can help students check answers and act as a revision card. Equally works well as a starter for the next lesson to check retention.

Use in a flipped classroom situation as an instructional sheet, as homework in the lesson prior.

UPDATED 09/2018

These simple revision mats can be printed A3 with a single sheet forming a revision activity for an entire topic. With free suggested answers typed and handwritten onto completed sheets. These files are PowerPoints which you can tweak for your classroom if desired (but please do not re-distribute). Non-editable PDF files available separately at a discount.


These 3 printable A3 mats cover unit 5 - Energy Changes

Mat 1
Definitions of exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions
Uses of exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions
Particle model and activation energy
Relative energies of reactants and products in exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions
Energy profiles for exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions
Changes in temperature for exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions

Mat 2
Energy profiles to show activation energy and overall energy change
Bond energies
Using bond energies to calculate overall energy change
Calculating bond energies
Drawing molecules to show all the bonds present
Improving experiments to measure changes in temperature
Comparison of energy needed to break bonds with energy released making them

Mat 3
Chemical cells and the factors affecting voltage
Rechargeable and non-rechargeable cells identification
Rechargeable and non-rechargeable cells advantages and disadvantages
Hydrogen fuel cell advantages and disadvantages
Equations in a hydrogen fuel cell overall and at each electrode
Designing a lemon clock

Activities for chemical changes I used this when Y10 were in mock exams to help keep on top of content

Includes
Reactivity series
Displacement reactions
Making salts
Acids and Alkalis

A fun revision game with exam style questions to revise electrolysis (Topic 10) for Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 9-1

Instructions for game on sheet. Students use mini-post its and place their answers on top of the questions. The student with the most points wins the game.

Revision sheets for all the NEW AQA chemistry paper 1 topics. Also suitable for combined science as the triple science stuff is clearly labelled.

Also suitable as end of topic summary sheets.

Designed to match the AQA specification for Chemistry (C2) but also highly useable for other examination boards.
44 comprehensive individual help/revision cards to help summarise the key exam topics with examples and top tips to help simplify and make the course easily digestible for students.
Bigger and better than my previously uploaded “AQA Science A Unit 5 Revision Flash Cards” which were rated a full 5 stars and downloaded nearly 900 times over the past 18 months!
Use for; display boards, end of topic test revision, summer exam revision or in class as HELP CARDS to help aid student differentiation.
Please rate and comment, I appreciate any feedback.
ALL diagrams have been constructed by myself to comply with copywriting rules, please appreciate that cost reflects the time taken to do each and every one of these!

This is a sequence of lessons that I use for teaching the topic C5 Chemical Changes for the new AGA GCSE. This can be used to teach students following both the Trilogy Course and the Chemistry Course. These lessons cover 4.4.1 Reactivity of Metals and 4.4.2 Reactions of Acids (excluding Titrations which I teach in an earlier module) from the AQA curriculum.

The lessons in the sequence of lessons are:
Metal Oxides
Reactivity Series
Displacement Reactions
Extraction of Metals
Reactions of Acids with Metals
Neutralisation
Soluble Salts
Making Salts from Metal Carbonates (Required Practical)
The pH Scale
Weak and Strong Acids

For each of the following lessons PowerPoints and accompanying resources are included:

Metal Oxides
1. Metal Oxides PowerPoint
2. Prepare for Learning Chocolate Bar

Reactivity Series
1. Reactivity Series PowerPoint
2. KWL Sheet
3. Recording Results Worksheet
4. Symbol Equations
5. Methods

Displacement Reactions
1. Displacement Reactions PowerPoint
2. Think, pair, share worksheet

Extraction of Metals
1. Extraction of Metals PowerPoint
2. Tell Me 3 Things Starter
4. Write a Tweet

Reactions of Acids with Metals
1. Reactions of Acids with Metals PowerPoint
2. Boarding Card
3. Making Ionic Equations
5. Landing Card

Neutralisation
1. Neutralisation PowerPoint
2. A-Z Starter
3. Acids and Bases Constructing Ideas
5. Formula of Salts Homework

Soluble Salts
1. Soluble Salts PowerPoint

Making Salts from Metal Carbonates (Required Practical)
1. Making Salts from Metal Carbonates PowerPoint
2. Tell me 3 things Starter
3. Required Practical Task sheet
4. Required Practical Exam Style Question
5. Required Practical Marking Token
6. Write a Tweet

The pH Scale
1. The pH Scale PowerPoint
2. Think Pair Share Worksheet
3. The pH Scale
5. Changing pH Results Table

Weak and Strong Acids
1. Weak and Strong Acids
2. KWL Sheet
3. Strong and Weak Acids
6. Comparing Strong and Weak Acids Homework Sheet

This is a revision poster based on the first chemistry topic in the new AQA Trilogy course. It could be used as a support placemat throughout lessons, but I tend to give pupils these as a revision summary at the end of the topic. It contains keywords for the topic and information for each of the subsections. It is very text heavy, so may only be suitable for higher ability pupils, which is the group I am teaching. I have pulled ideas together from similar formats already on TES. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

This resource contains question cards for the IGCSE edexcel syllabus but topics included are also relevant to GCSE chemistry.

Topics include:

• States of matter
• Diffusion
• Atomic Structure
• Separation Techniques
• Covalent Bonding
• Ionic Bonding
• Metallic Bonding
• Oxygen and Oxides
• Acids, Alkalis and Salts
• Rates of Reaction
• Equilibrium
• Energetics
• Organic Chemistry - alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, isomers, fractional distillation, cracking, polymerisation
• Chemistry in industry - Haber Process, Contact process, Extraction of Metals

A set of task cards for the AQA Chemistry GCSE. I intend to use them with my Year 11 classes for revision both in class and for homework.

The word document has them smaller and it might seem they are in a weird order but if you print them back to back it saves on paper - I've laminated a class set.

These simple revision mats can be printed A3 with a single sheet forming a revision activity for an entire topic. The sheets are differentiated specifically for foundation tier students.

These 4 printable A3 mats cover quantitative unit 3

Mat 1
1) Elements compounds and mixtures
2) Atomic structure
3) Sub-atomic particles
4) Separating mixtures
5) Isotopes

Mat 2
1) Timeline of the discovery of the structure of the atom
2) Comparative sizes of atoms and nucleus

Mat 3
1) Groups in the periodic table
2) Periods in the periodic table
3) Properties of elements with the same number of outer electrons
4) Mendeleev's periodic table

Mat 4
1) Group 7
2) Group 0
3) Transition metals
4) Group 1

Mat 5
1) Finding metals and non-metals on the periodic table
2) Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding
3) Metallic bonding diagram

Mat 6
1) Ionic bonding dot and cross diagrams
2) Covalent dot and cross diagrams

Mat 7
1) Properties of covalent substances
2) Properties of ionic compounds

Mat 8
1) Properties of metals and ions
2) How substances conduct electricity
3) The particle model and states of matter

Mat 9
1) Diamond's properties and structure
2) Graphite's properties and structure

Mat 10
1) Fullerenes structure and properties
2) Graphene structure and properties

Mat 11
1) The law of conservation of mass
2) Understanding coefficients
3) Understanding subscripts

Mat 12
1) Calculations of relative formula mass
2) Calculations of mean, range and uncertainty
3) Changes in mass in reactions involving gases

Mat 13
1) Concentrations in grams/dm3

Should take a fair few lessons to work though and revise or can set as a homework sheet a week in the run up to exams.

Knowledge organiser States of Matter iGSCE Chemistry Revision. Blank to use as a retrieval practice in conjunction with a revision guide or stand alone in a lesson.
To help students revise. Cover Sepecification points 1.1-1.7 which is the states of Matter unit.

A great resource if printed off in colour and laminated!

Great as a revision tool for summarising covalent bonding eitehr as a group, independently or in pairs. Good as a tool for assessment for learning and for covering the basic content.

Mind maps to support learning for the entire AQA GCSE Chemistry and GCSE Combined Science for 2018 exams.

These summaries cover every single section from the specifications and cover both the Combined Science and Chemistry specifications and also show clearly which is Higher content.

They are PDF files that can be incorporated into powerpoints, given out as a handout at the beginning of a topic to give the ‘big picture’ of the unit, and then referred to throughout the unit and/or used to encourage students to look ahead at what is coming next.

Powerpoints of the PDF files have been included as a bonus to make it easier to include them into presentations.

They can also be used as a revision tool – questions on the mind maps help pupils to see the point of each section and can also challenge them to add missing information or make their own better mind maps, using the specification as a reference point.

Give to your students from January. Each day has a different question for them to work out for preparation and revision of the 1-9 GCSE.

Questions for combined, separate, F and H tier students. Dates are from Jan 2018 (so they may need to be slightly altered if you use in 2019 onwards)

Quiz Quiz Trade cards for Reactions of Acids with Metals, Bases and Carbonates.
Revision of pH scale.

Science Trilogy Combined GCSE Chemistry topic 1 & 2 Revision worksheet

Topic 1 worksheet:
Atomic structure, periodic table development, group 1 and group 7 reactivity, isotopes.

Topic 2:
Chemical bonds, diagrams ionic and covalent, properties, polymers.

Easy to read worksheet to show the fundamentals of Chemistry GCSE including bonding, atomic structure, metals, periodic table etc. A powerpoint slide to help start revision for each Cambridge iGCSE Chemistry topic, which they can then learn. Can be used for homework or revision.

End of topic assessment using exam questions for triple science AQA GCSE students in the Quantitative Chemistry module.

39 marks covering as much as possible from the module and in as much depth of possible.

Mark scheme provided.

Higher tier trilogy test and mark scheme is also available (search "MrLaws quantitative chemistry test").

A scaffolded worksheet that takes students through calculating the mass of a certain number of moles using relative formula mass. It then moves on to students calculating the number of moles given the mass and working out the relative formula mass.

Other Chemistry and Physics worksheets are available from my shop, GradeGain.

To help my students I wrote these in the style of the new exams. Two versions one for combined one for separate.

Exam analysis sheet included, with what to improve on and where to find help

A few quick introduction mole calculations to use as a starter or to check understanding in a lesson

This is revision for C7

6 pages of revision questions for the following topics in chemistry paper 2 (combined science paper 4)

1. Groups in the periodic table
2. Rates of reaction
3. Energy changes in chemical reactions
4. Fuels (two pages of questions)
5. Atmospheric science

Excellent for homework or as a revision activity
Questions are based on sample assessment material and common exam questions on those topics

I have created a mock style paper that I used with my year 10 class ahead of a chemistry paper 1 PPE.
The questions cover the content of the c5.1-c5.5 sections of the AQA TRILOGY GCSE exam spec. The total marks are 56, not the typical 70 marks expected of a paper. I used these for a 'walking talking' mock with my class. Questions have been taken from AQA past papers in Core, Additional and Further Additional papers.
They would be good prep if you plan to use the specimen chemistry paper on the aqa website with your class as a PPE. Its free to use so please give feedback if it helped you :)

A 19 mark multiple choice quiz for chemical analysis. It is ideal for revision at the end of topic for building confidence or retrieval practice to maintain understanding for the topic. This does not take 19 minutes so you can assess a whole topic very quickly. It is popular with students as it is multiple choice, and covers all tests in chemical analysis. I have also attached the answers. Suitable for all chemistry at KS4 as the tests are very similar across exam boards.

These 7 lessons are designed to teach students key skills they will need to complete science GCSE exams. Lesson should apply to any exam board (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, etc). All examples (apart from a very small amount) are real exam questions or use real exam tables and graphs from old spec (A*-G) and new spec (9-1).

Slides with blue headings are for information and students to take notes if you wish. Slides with orange headers are questions and activities for students to complete.

Not all lessons will last a full hour and others may be slightly too long. You know your classes best so use your judgement.
Lessons DO NOT need to be taught in order, but it would help to do lesson 1 first.

Lesson 1 - Variables
This lesson teaches students independent, dependent and control variables and more importantly how to identify them from tables, graphs and text in exams.
It also covers continuous and categoric variables and which types of graph should be plotted.
Lesson 2 - Conclusions
This lesson teaches students to write conclusions from graphs and tables of data, what it means if data is directly proportional and the difference between describe and explain questions
Lesson 3 – Comparing and Evaluating
This lessons teaches students what to do if they come across the command words compare or evaluate and not just to restate the information in the question
Lesson 4 – Graphs
This lesson focuses on how to plot graphs, how accurate students must be, drawing lines of best fit and dealing with anomalies.
Lesson 5 – Means, Significant Figures and Standard Form
This lesson reminds students of the need for certain mathematical skills in all science (not just physics equations). It covers how to calculate means and check you’re right, taking anomalies into account and how to use standard form and significant figures.
Lesson 6 – Writing Methods
This lesson teaches students how much detail is needed if they are asked to write a method and the need to describe the use of the apparatus.
Lesson 7 – Keywords
This lesson teaches students about common misuse of scientific keywords. For example, when they say something would be more accurate when they mean precise.

End of topic revision activity for high -ability GCSE students (new 9-1 spec).

Students to be put into teams and told to answer questions on the revision worksheet.
Teams then to be given answer cards. They should match their answers to the answers on the card. Each answer should yield a letter. Letters are not in any order so stduents should obtain an anagram to solve. First team to solve this wins! (Answer is "Revision equals success" - not so subtle hint there!).

More than 100 GCSE Chemistry multiple choice questions.

One copy has no answers, one copy has the correct answer highlighted in bold.

Possible uses include games, revision sessions and so on.

50 Question multiple choice revision quiz for GCSE Chemistry. Ideal class activity testing knowledge and understanding of content from across the specification. Suitable for students who have completed or nearly completed the course as part of a revision lesson and helps with developing memory recall skills. Contains some higher tier questions which can be edited for lower ability groups. Fully editable with ‘Ask me’ to give all students opportunities to answer.
The quiz makes use of a 15 second timer to encourage quick thinking and improve speed of knowledge recall, after which the question is covered, only leaving the possible answers. Incorrect answers chosen are highlighted red to provide instant feedback to the students during the quiz and allowing for opportunities to discuss the correct answer.
When playing the presentation, the quiz is navigated by on-screen buttons to encourage students to answer all questions rather than skipping through to ensure that they are familiar with these topics and consolidate their learning across the course. This also provides opportunities for students to identify areas of weakness where they need to focus their revision.