PowerPoint/Lesson plan going through the structure of an atom. Aim is to understand how the periodic table can be used to calculate numbers of sub atomic particles in particular elements.

good tasks and explanations

an example and questions

ppt to introduce students to the different types of isomerism

runs through types, mechanisms, properties and uses. Activity looking at life cycle and recycling.

introduction ppt

looks at different ways to represent organic molecules,

lesson plan for medeleev lesson - students watch link, making notes on mendeleev and then create a radio interview with the scientist, explaining what he did. This works really well!

Looks at the difference between animals and plant and the fact that sometimes it isnt straight forward. There is a nice plenary task.

worksheet including questions on definitions, properties, uses and differences between HDPE and LDPE.

Year 13 test to check previous knowledge. Also looks at a range of reactions - synoptic!

ppt looking at the difference between hazards and risks followed by practical task, where students must write a risk assessment before carrying out demo in front of rest of class

starter worksheet to help new A level students learn the naming process

I use this for lesson 1 of Unit 1 organic chemistry - progressing to isomerism in second lesson.

fill in sheet, separating metals by reactivity

Task to cover topics: Relative formula mass Empirical formula % composition by mass Use balanced equations to calculate masses of reactants and products Yields

A fun homework where pupils research what a virus is and then write a poem about it - always gets interesting results!

help sheet - i get by pupils to glue this into inside of back page, so they can refer to it whenever they are unclear.

lots of good activities to do

looks at properties, recycling and alloys includes activities