Over 200 resources available for KS3-KS4 Science, KS5 Chemistry and Whole School! Lesson resources are suitable for live lessons in school, remote teaching at home or independent student study. It’s your choice how you use them 😊 Don’t forgot to explore my free resources too!
Over 200 resources available for KS3-KS4 Science, KS5 Chemistry and Whole School! Lesson resources are suitable for live lessons in school, remote teaching at home or independent student study. It’s your choice how you use them 😊 Don’t forgot to explore my free resources too!
A complete lesson including starter activity and main work tasks with answers for a KS4 GCSE lesson on electrolysis of ionic compounds. Suitable for AQA GCSE Chemistry and higher tier combined science
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know what electrolysis is and to state its uses
Explain how electrolysis works
Predict the reactions that occur at each electrode
Students will be able to take rich notes on Electrolysis
The lesson presentation enables teachers to guide students through the process of electroylsis and how to predict the products formed from a particular ionic compound
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided
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5 well structured chemistry lessons covering topics in the Introduction to Organic Chemistry (Year 12) suitable for the AQA specification (IMPORTANT NOTE: please look in my shop for similar bundle suitable for the OCR specification)
Lesson 1: Organic and Inorganic Compounds
Describe what organic and inorganic compounds are
Compare the strength of bonds in organic and inorganic compounds
Explain the molecular shape of carbon containing compounds
Lesson 2: Naming organic compounds
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know the IUPAC rules for naming alkanes and alkenes
Know the IUPAC rules for naming aldehyde, ketones and carboxylic acids
Construct structural or displayed formulae from named organic compounds and name organic compounds from the structural or displayed formulae
Lesson 3: Types of formulae
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know what is meant by the terms empirical and molecular formula
Compare the terms general, structural, displayed and skeletal formula
Construct organic compounds using either of the 6 types of formulae
Lesson 4: Isomers
Know the what structural isomers and stereoisomers are
Describe the three different ways in which structural isomers can occur
Construct formulae of positional, functional group or chain isomers and stereosiomers of alkenes
Lesson 5: Introduction To Reaction Mechanisms
Understand that reaction mechanisms are diagrams that illustrate the movement of electrons using curly arrows
Understand where curly arrows being and where they end
Identify and illustrate homolytic and heterolytic bond fission in reaction mechanisms
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS4 GCSE lesson on waste water treatment.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
State the stages of waste water treatment
Explain the stages of waste water treatment
Compare the ease of treating waste, ground and salt water
Students will be able to take rich notes on waste water treatment.
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of waste water treatment by carrying our mini AfL questions using A,B,C cards or mini white baords
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS4 GCSE lesson on forces, mass and weight.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Describe what a force is
Explain the difference between contact and non-contact forces
Explain the difference between mass and weight
Students will be able to take rich notes on forces, mass and weight on their prior KS3 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of forces, mass and weight by carrying our mini AfL questions
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided, followed by a plenary quiz
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS5 lesson fractional distillation of crude oil
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Describe what crude oil contains and to understand its uses
Explain how crude oil is separated into useful fractions on an industrial scale
Explain how crude oil is separated into useful fractions on an industrial scale
Students will be able to take rich notes on fractional distillation of crude oil, building on their KS4 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of fractional distillation of crude oil by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS5 lesson on isomers (structural isomers and stereoisomers). Suitable for the AQA specification
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know the what structural isomers and stereoisomers are
Describe the three different ways in which structural isomers can occur
Construct formulae of positional, functional group or chain isomers and stereosiomers of alkenes
Students will be able to take rich notes on isomers, building on their KS4 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding on isomers by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS4 GCSE lesson on variation. Main work task is differentiated with sentence starters for the 6 mark exam question
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Identify variation causes by genes and by the environment
Describe how variation contributes to an organism’s survival
Explain the mechanisms of genetic variation
Students will be able to take rich notes on variation, building on their KS3 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of variation by carrying our mini AfL questions using A,B,C cards or mini white baords
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS5 lesson on naming organic compounds
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know the IUPAC rules for naming alkanes and alkenes
Know the IUPAC rules for naming aldehyde, ketones and carboxylic acids
Construct structural or displayed formulae from named organic compounds and name organic compounds from the structural or displayed formulae
Students will be able to take rich notes on naming organic compounds, building on their KS4 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of the how to name organic compounds by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS5 lesson on Types of Formulae. Resources also include a personal information sheets for students as well as a fill out sheet students fill in throughout the lesson on the different types of formulae
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know what is meant by the terms empirical and molecular formula
Compare the terms general, structural, displayed and skeletal formula
Construct organic compounds using either of the 6 types of formulae
Students will be able to take rich notes on types of formulae, building on their KS4 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of the how to calculate types of formulae by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS5 lesson on organic and inorganic compounds
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Describe what organic and inorganic compounds are
Compare the strength of bonds in organic and inorganic compounds
Explain the molecular shape of carbon containing compounds
Students will be able to take rich notes on organic and inorganic compounds, building on their KS4 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of the organic and inorganic compounds by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS5 lesson on reacting masses (moles and chemical equations)
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know how to balance symbol equations
Calculate the moles of reactants or products based on chemical equations and mole ratios
Calculate the masses of reactants used or products formed based on chemical equations and mole ratios
Students will be able to take rich notes on reacting masses, building on their KS4 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of the how to balanced equations and calculate reacting masses from chemical equations by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini AfL work tasks with answers, main work tasks with answers for a KS5 lesson on percentage yield and atom economy
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Know how to balance symbol equations
Calculate atom economy and percentage yield from balanced symbol equations
Calculate the masses and moles of products or reactants from balanced symbol equations
Students will be able to take rich notes on percentage yield and atom economy, building on their KS4 knowledge on this topic
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of the how to calculate percentage yield and atom economy by carrying our mini AfL tasks either on mini white boards or in students’ books
The lesson ends with a main work task for students to complete. Students will be able to self or peer assess their answers to this task using the detailed answers provided
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Whole lesson on planning for the AQA KS5 chemistry required practical 1 - how to make up a volumetric solution and how to carry out an acid-base titration
In this lesson the teacher will be able to:
address the aims of the required practical
address what key practical skills will be assessed
How students should carry out the practical
How students should record results and make observations
Post experimental quesitons are also included which will allow students to determine the unknown concentration of the base and to also consider issues with error in the experiment
It’s recommended that the teacher carries out a demonstration during this lesson or has the equipment pieces on display for students to see
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A complete lesson including starter activity, mini Afl tasks and main work task with answers for KS5 lesson on relative masses ( relative atomic mass, relative molecular mass and relative formula mass)
By the end of the lesson students should be able to
Define the terms relative atomic mass, relative formula mass and relative molecular mass
Calculate the relative formula mass and relative molecular mass of compounds and molecules
Students will be able to take rich notes on relative atomic mass, relative molecular mass and relative formula mass throughout the lesson
The teacher will be able to quickly assess students’ understanding of the relative mass terms by carrying out mini afl tasks either on mini white boards or in their books
The lesson ends with practice exam style questions for students to complete
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A complete lesson including starter activity, main work task and (all answers included) on the States of Matter (KS3 chemistry)
This lesson is a great introduction to the Particle Model Topic in KS3 Chemistry
Students are introduced to the topic with a starter activity on solids, liquids and gases
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
State examples of solids, liquids and gases
Describe solids, liquids and gases in terms of the particle model
Compare the different properties of solids, liquids and gases based on the particle model
Teacher is able to assess students understanding and progress through an interactive AfL task which can completed using A,B,C cards or on mini white boards
Students then complete a 20-30 minutes main work task (answers are provided for student self or peer assessment)
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A well structured lesson including starter activity, main work tasks with answers included on empirical and molecular formulae
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Understand what is meant by ‘empirical formula’ and ‘molecular formula’
Calculate empirical formula from data giving composition by mass or percentage by mass
Calculate molecular formula from the empirical formula and relative molecular mass.
Note: the starter activity involves students self assessing their homework on moles and the ideal gas equation (Homework questions and answers are included in this resource)
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A complete lesson including starter and main work task on the ideal gas equation
Lesson begins with exam style questions to recap on what students should know about moles
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
Recall the ideal gas equation
Understand the properties of an ideal gas
Rearrange the ideal gas equation to determine either pressure, temperature, moles or volume
Teacher will be able assess students understanding and progress throughout the lesson via mini AfL tasks
Students complete a 20-30 minute main work task at the end of the lesson on the ideal gas equation
Worked example answers to the main work task are provided to allow students to self assess their answers
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A complete lesson including starter activity, main work task, bonus task and answers on Avogadro’s constant and calculating moles using the mole equation
The lesson begins with a 5-10 minute starter task (DO NOW) on previous KS5 knowledge about relative atomic mass of elements and calculating the relative molecular mass of compounds
By the end of this lesson KS5 students should be able to:
Know that the Avogadro constant is the number of particles in a mole
Calculate the number of moles present in a given mass of an element or compound using the mole equation
Rearrange the mole equation to calculate either the number of moles, Mr or mass of an element or compound
The teacher will be able to check students have met these learning objectives through mini AfL tasks for students to complete as well as a 20-30 minute independent work task
All tasks have worked out answers which will allow students to self assess their work in the lesson
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