Predominately a Chemistry teacher, although I dabble with Biology and Physics too. Most of my schemes of work were planned for either AQA or iGCSE schemes of work at KS4 and the IB at KS5 (although I have no official affiliation with the IB)
Predominately a Chemistry teacher, although I dabble with Biology and Physics too. Most of my schemes of work were planned for either AQA or iGCSE schemes of work at KS4 and the IB at KS5 (although I have no official affiliation with the IB)
This 86 slide PowerPoint was planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Periodicity, and covers the necessary content for Standard Level topics. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are the fully completed PowerPoint, a student version of the PowerPoint with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics included are:
- The development of the Periodic Table
- The structure and arrangement of the Periodic Table
- How metallic/non-metallic properties change as you go left to right across the periodic table
- How atomic radius of elements changes across periods and down groups, and why this occurs
- How ionic radius of ions changes across periods and down groups, and why this occurs
- How first ionisation energies of elements changes across periods and down groups, and why this occurs
- How electron affinity of elements changes across periods and down groups, and why this occurs
- How electronegativity of elements changes across periods and down groups, and why this occurs
- Properties and reactions of the Group I metals
- Properties and reactions of the Group XVII non-metals
- The acid-base character and reactions of the period 2 and 3 oxides
This unit was planned as part of the Chemistry IB Option B - Biochemistry scheme of work, and covers the topics in B.10
It includes a full PowerPoint, along with a student version to use as notes, which has spaces for the students to add in missing information and activities for them to complete. It also includes exam questions for practice or assessment purposes
Topics covered are:
- Stereoisomerism
- 2-amino acids
- Fischer and CORN projections
- Stereochemistry in Carbohydrates
- Stereochemistry cyclic forms of monosaccharides
- Stereochemistry in cellulose
- Stereochemistry in fatty acids
- Stereochemistry in retinal and vision chemistry
Also available in my Shop as part of a bundle of Biochemistry resources, which between them cover all the information needed for the IB Option B syllabus - heavily discounted!
These two PowerPoints were planned as part of the IB scheme of work on Periodicity, including Transition Metal Chemistry and the Chemistry behind coloured complexes, and cover the necessary content for both the Higher Level topics. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics included are:
- Electronic structures of the Transition Metals
- Electronic structures of Transition Metal ions
- The definition of a Transition Metal
- Properties of Transition Metals
- Variable oxidation states and the trend in First Ionisation Energies
- Paramagnetism and Diamagnetism
- Complex Ions
- Transition Metals as catalysts
- How colour occurs in compounds
- Ligand Field Theory
- Which Transition Metals are coloured and which are colourless and why
- Factors which affect colour - including identity of the metal, charge on the metal and identity of the ligand
This PowerPoint was planned as part of the Higher Level IB scheme of work on Medicinal Chemistry, and covers the necessary content for the D.8 section. It would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are the fully completed PowerPoint, a student version of the PowerPoint with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions, with markschemes.
Topics covered include:
- The use of radionuclides in medicine
- Types of ionising radiation
- Radiotherapy
- Radioactive Decay
- Targeted alpha therapy
- Boron neutron capture therapy
- Use of gamma emitters in radiotherapy
- Radiodiagnostics
- Positron Emission Tomography
- Use of Technetium-99m
- Half life and decay constant calculations
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
This lesson was planned as a stand alone investigation lesson for KS3, designed to allow students to work on their practical skills. When observed it got an ´Outstanding´ (for what it is worth), and I have attached the lesson plan.
It involves a ´poisoning´ scenario where students are asked to identify an unknown powder used to poison someone. Students are asked to choose the equipment that they will use, test some named powders and use this to identify the unknown powder. They are then asked to write a letter to a detective (using a level ladder as a guide) explaining how they identified a poison. They should then peer assess against the level ladder.
This unit was planned as part of the iGCSE experimental techniques scheme of work. It was used as an introduction to the iGCSE, and contains differentiated work for students from C/D to A/A* grade.
The unit contains powerpoints, experiments, worksheets, activities and an assessment.
Topics covered include:
- Chemical and Physical reactions
- Melting and boiling points
- Separating techniques - filtration, evaporation, distillation and fractional distillation
- Preparation of a salt
- Chromatography
A series of three lessons prepared for the AQA GCSE C3.3 unit of work about energetics, including Q=mcT, how to calculate the energy change from bonds broken and bonds made and how to draw enthalpy level diagrams for reactions.
Includes PowerPoints, lesson plans, practicals, activities, worksheets and exam questions to accompany the topic.
This 50 slide PowerPoint was planned as part of the IB schemes of work on Energy. They would also be suitable for other post-16 courses.
Included are fully completed PowerPoints including many examples, student versions of the PowerPoints with sections to complete independently and some exam style questions.
Topics covered include:
- Spontaneity and Disorder
- Entropy
- How to predict the sign of an entropy change
- Entropy across period 2
- Standard Entropy Change: ΔSθ
- Predicting whether a reaction will be spontaneous
- Calculating ΔSθ Universe
- Gibbs Free Energy
- At what temperature does a reaction become feasible?
- Gibbs Free Energy and Equilibrium
8 lesson scheme of work planned for KS3 Chemistry - covers material in 9E and 9F on the reactions of metals and metal compounds and the reactivity series.
The scheme of work includes PowerPoints, worksheets, activities and practicals, with each lesson featuring a differentiated task (levels 4-8), enabling all students to make progress.
A series of three lessons prepared for the AQA GCSE C3.5 unit of work about equilibria
Includes PowerPoints, lesson plans, practicals, activities, worksheets and exam questions to accompany the topic.
Unit of work on structure and bonding focusing on the four different types of bonding - ionic, covalent (simple and giant) and metallic.
The Unit includes a PowerPoint and a booklet. The booklet provides spaces for the students to fill in answers as they go through the PowerPoint and also includes an exam question summary of each type of bonding. The answers to the questions are also included.
Could be used for students to learn the topic independently in a flipped classroom setting, or in class with a lower ability group.
Scheme of work planned for the IGCSE scheme on equilibria, but would be suitable for other exam boards too.
PowerPoints cover:
Equilibria and how they can be altered
Properties, reactions and uses of Hydrogen, Nitrogen and Ammonia
The Haber Process
Properties, reactions and uses of Sulphur, Sulphur Dioxide and Sulphuric Acid
The Contact Process
Also included are a practical activity and a computer research task (could be a homework)
Scheme of work designed for year 9 (starting the GCSE course early) on making salts. However it could also be used for a low-mid ability year 10/11 group
This resource includes:
- A full scheme of work, with objectives, practical activities etc.
- Presentations for the 6 lessons
- Worksheets
- Some exam style questions that could be used as an end of topic test, or as practice questions.
Lesson Titles:
- Recapping acids and alkalis
- Making soluble salts - metals and acids
- Making soluble salts - bases and acids
- Making soluble salts - metal carbonates and acids
- Making soluble salts - alkalis and acids
- Making insoluble salts
A PowerPoint covering all the topics covering in Organic Chemistry for the iGCSE Coordinated Science course. The accompanying booklet has gaps and questions for the students to fill in as they go through the PowerPoint.
This was designed for a low ability group with weaker writing skills in order to move through the content more quickly. It includes the topics of:
Crude Oil
Fractional Distillation
Structure of alkanes, alkenes and alcohols
Properties and reactions of alkanes
Cracking of alkanes
Saturated vs. Unsaturated Compounds
Addition reactions of alkenes
Reactions and uses of alcohols
Macromolecules
Synthetic plastics
Addition and condensation polymers
Natural Macromolecules
2 lessons developed for the iGCSE AQA C3.1 unit of work on the Periodic table and its trends.
Includes PowerPoints, lesson plans, practicals, activities, worksheets, exam questions and videos to accompany the topic.
These three 2 week KS3 scheme of work were designed to take 4x100 minute lessons each. The aim of the projects were to guide students to research, test, ´market´ and evaluate their own product. These products were a fertiliser, a chemical hand-warmer and a mobile phone chargers.
The lessons are broken down as follows:
Lesson 1 - Research and Planning
Lesson 2 - Testing options
Lesson 3 - Product Design
Lesson 4 - Pitching the design to peers and evaluation
Originally designed to link Science with Business and Enterprise, they could also be used to encourage the use of transferable skills in science, and would make independent and interactive ´end of year´ activities.
Scheme of work planned for the iGCSE Air and Water Unit. The scheme of work contains PowerPoints, worksheets, activities, experiments, homework and an assessment.
Topics covered:
- Water
- Composition of Air
- Pollution
- Catalytic Converters
- Gas Tests
Three homework projects for the Exploring Science 7 scheme of work on Cells, Reproduction and Adaptations.
Each project comes with a level ladder style success grid for students to maximise their learning
Three homework projects for the Exploring Science 8 and 9 schemes of work on Elements and the Periodic Table, Metals and their reactions and Environmental Chemistry.
Each project comes with a level ladder style success grid for students to maximise their learning
Four homework projects for the Exploring Science 8 and 9 schemes of work on Food and Digestion, Microbes and Disease, Health and Fitness and Plants
Each project comes with a level ladder style success grid for students to maximise their learning