Full lesson on acids and alkalis. Designed for lower ability KS4 but could easily be used for KS3. Includes starter, two short practical tasks, a differentiated task and differentiated plenary task. Could be split into two lessons or done as one depending on lesson length and class ability.

For the new AQA A Level Chemistry specification. Requires molymod kits. Looks at all the key words for this section of work. Encourages students to think about what makes a molecule chiral and come up with their own rules. This lesson has been very successful for me and the students have really engaged with the use of molymods. Print off the last slide to hand out and stick into notes.

Looks at the reactions and mechanism for reaction of aldehydes and ketone. Includes NaBH4 and KCN. Also covers chirality of products. Requires molymod kits.

A short practical activity for students to compare a carboxylic acid with hydrochloric acid. There is a starter included, full method and results table. My class particularly enjoyed the colour changes and extended this themselves in attempt to make a variety of colours.

I used this for my lower ability Y11 class (approx grades B/C). Introduces electrolysis of molten compounds then extends to solutions. Includes a practical activity and results table. Print either slide 14 or 15 for the class depending on ability. AfL plenary.

Introduction to the topic of equilibrium and what it means in terms of rate of a reaction. Links to two videos which my class found helpful to visualise equilibrium. Levelled tasks including an exam question.

Power point cover the basics of all of the above. Includes a scavenger hunt task to recap previous learning on separating mixtures. Required practical work sheet including questions to extend and consolidate knowledge in preparation for the exam.

Designed for AQA trilogy specification. Covers alkenes structure, formula and naming. Levelled tasks for level 4, 6 and 8. Page references are for the new Collins text book.

Designed for the new AQA trilogy specification. Covers alkanes, structure, naming and general formula as well as briefly discussing the need for cracking. Exam questions used throughout and for differentiation of tasks. I used a revision guide for the information that I asked them to read but could easily be text book pages or printed information.

Designed for a low ability set with lots of SEN. Practical, sentence starters for discussion and literacy tasks. Links to diffusion is cells and why this is important.

An introductory KS4 lesson to the difference between atoms, elements, compounds and mixtures as well as separation techniques. Starts with a quiz to assess knowledge/recall. Literacy task and scavenger hunt/market place activity with a blank table to complete for separation techniques. A good starting lesson before leading in to a practical lesson of some of the separation methods. You will need a text book or revision guide to go along with this for extra information.

Whole lesson covering how to calculate rates of reaction for the new AQA specification. Includes a recap of calculating mean and anomalous results. Calculating mean using numbers and graphs. Levelled task for students to pick tasks that suit their confidence level and an exam question included (this should be changed to suit the group).

Designed for the new (1-9) AQA specification. Covering reversible reactions, the energy changes associated with them and a practical. The practical sheet that goes along with this is designed to be used as a single sheet and encourages students to think about the practical in the same detail as is needed for the required practicals. The method is included along with space for their own notes and conclusions.

Starts with a reminder of the reactivity series. Practical for students to observe different reactivities and questions to answer.

Covers how soluble salts are made and separated from solution. Key word recall, recap of separation techniques and products of metal + acid reaction.

Covers how salts are made and how they are named (chlorides, sulphates and nitrates). This lesson followed the soluble salts required practical. Lots of mini white board practice built in and differentiated task.

Introduction to the reactivity series. Encourages students to think about the practical observations that they would make. Differentiated task included - based on an exam question.

Includes practical involving testing different substances the universal indicator with questions to answer and a differentiated task.