A fun and engaging activity for electron structures. Can be used as a starter or plenary. Great for energizing students!

Full lesson introducing the particle model and states of matter. Activities included - colourful and engaging.

Presentation to deliver a group 1 lesson at GCSE level, with enough detail to deliver to triple science students. Featuring video links, key explanations, and a reflection slide. A very enjoyable lesson to demonstrate the reactivity of group 1 metals in water!

A series of 10 lessons to cover the entire AQA trilogy GCSE specification for Triple science, but can easily be used for combined science students. This scheme takes students from atoms, elements and compounds, through mixtures, to then considering the structure of atoms. After this point, students are introduced to the ideas of ions and the structure of the periodic table with reference to subatomic particles. Finally, students then combine all of these ideas to evaluate the reactivity of elements in groups 1, 7 and 0. There are several opportunities for practical skills to be developed, including: Distillation demonstrations Chromatography Group 1 demos Group 7 displacement reactions Formation of ionic compounds to demonstrate predicted electron transfer, e.g. combustion of magnesium. A fun scheme, which has so far proved to promote excellent progress. A full powerpoint is provided, as well as individual lesson powerpoints. All lessons come with powerpoints. Some have activities omitted - how to find these free activities from TES included in notes. Please contact for any queries.

Engaging lesson taking students through the chemical and physical trends of group 7 elements. This lesson includes visual instructions for students when completing displacement reactions for group 7 elements, as well as an observation sheet for their practical experiments. An enjoyable lesson for what can be a dry topic. This lesson pushes students to think further and understand the trends, opposed to just wrote learning.

Lesson introducing the ideas behind isotopes and how to calculate relative formula mass.

A full lesson to teach students about ionic bonding, designed to meet the learning criteria for AQA GCSE Combined Science. This will form a full lesson when accompanied by a worksheet for student to test their knowledge.

Lesson taking students through the differences between mixtures and compounds, before considering how physical properties can be used to separate mixtures. This lesson provides an opportunity fro students to either practice or observe a demonstration on distillation, as well as understanding alternative techniques for separating mixtures. A fun and engaging lesson for what can be a dry topic.

Presentation used to explain to students the idea of an ion, before linking this to the way in which elements react to adapt their electron structures.

A research focused lesson where students investigate the uses of graphene and fullerenes. This lesson is structured to meet all learning outcomes for the AQA Combined Science Trilogy syllabus for fullerenes. An enjoyable and concise way to help students to navigate this topic.

A full lesson with tailored activity sheet to teach students about the structure and properties of metals and metallic bonds. This lesson uses a series of short animations and videos, each with complimentary activities, to discuss the bonding of metallic elements, and how this leads to their bonding properties. An enjoyable lesson, with great impact at imparting key ideas.

Lesson to compliment the required practical on ‘Food Tests’ from B3 AQA Activate module. Follow up questions, context, and reflection

A full lesson taking students through the properties of different hydrocarbons, with particular focus on how intermolecular forces affect the physical properties of viscosity and flammability. Students are then taken through the two types of combustion, before attempting to balance combustion equations.

A template which can be laminated and used to scaffold equation questions for students. The template walks students through how to determine information provided from questions, relate this to equations, rearrange equations, and ultimately solve for answers. A useful tool which can be used to build confidence in LA students. Laminating this document produces a resource which students can easily use over and over for different equations, and can change their working without feeling under pressure to have correct working in their books.

A full lesson, including practical, for the tests and uses of alkenes, where students are also introduced to the ideas of polymers, and how to draw polymers. An enjoyable lesson, where students have previously made excellent progress.

A full lesson taking students through the structure of alkanes, the process of fractional distillation, and the uses of different fractions. All key ideas from the AQA GCSE syllabus are included, with a focus on flammability and viscosity with regard to uses of fractions. This lesson could be used to cover several learning episodes, and builds nicely on key concepts. It has proven very powerful in building key ideas in what can be a tricky process for students to understand.