Resources aimed a teaching pupils about/summarising chemical reactions (reactants and products, conservations of mass etc.), but also helping to develop revision technique - specifically the skill of identifying the most important points in a text and condensing them down into bullet points. I usually set the Chemical Reactions Notes Homework first and then plan the subsequent based upon the responses! One of the nice things about this homework is that it is super quick to mark because pupils are limited to writing four short sentences. In the follow up lesson I have lots of discussion with the pupils about how they were able to determine the most important points - what clues does the text contain? For example - subtitles, key words in bold/a different colour. We then complete the other two worksheets.

Blank template pupil’s can use to create a newpaper front page.

To help ease Year 11 pupils into revision, a chart of short activities they can engage in. Best printed on A3.

A script about Bev and Kev preparing for a their first date, to be read by the teacher and acted out by a pair of students. It is even more effective if you bring in props like a TV remote, hairdryer etc. The remainder of students in the class listen carefully to the story so that they can calculate the cost of preparing for a date, using the student worksheet. An education as to why it is only fair for a man to pay for dinner on a first date, if nothing else!

Simple worksheet, which I usually print half size. Pupils look at the pictures and have to determine which side of the fire triangle is being removed/about to be removed.

Worksheets for the required practicals including instructions and tips and typical questions.

An activity designed to help pupils reflect on why a particular reaction pathway is chosen taking into account atom economy, yield, rates and usefulness of by-products. Introduce the LO and activity instructions using the first few pages of the Power Point. Arrange pupils into groups of two or three and provide them with the Aspirin synthesis worksheet. They have to use the information on the sheet to work out the atom economy for the two possible reaction pathways and use this, along with the useful information below to determine which of the two routes they will use. They also need to decide what sort of conditions they might use, catalyst and if they will sell any by products. It is a good idea to get them to record their choices, (maybe on a min white board) and share these with the class. They all begin with their shares at £10.00 each. Open the trading floor by moving onto the slide that says SALE SALE SALE! Share this with the class and get them to adjust their share prices accordingly. Try and build the drama as you read through each slide. THe winning groups are those whose shares are worth the most at ‘the end of trading’/when you have exhausted all the slides!