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I have taught secondary school science, Chemistry being my specialism, for 28 years. I have developed and used my resources in my own lessons, usually in response to a specific need or a gap in provision. I like resources that are multifaceted in the way they are used, if possible, so that they can be easily adapted to the needs of different classes, without necessarily having to alter them. I share my most frequently and successfully used here. I am now tutoring Chemistry online.

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I have taught secondary school science, Chemistry being my specialism, for 28 years. I have developed and used my resources in my own lessons, usually in response to a specific need or a gap in provision. I like resources that are multifaceted in the way they are used, if possible, so that they can be easily adapted to the needs of different classes, without necessarily having to alter them. I share my most frequently and successfully used here. I am now tutoring Chemistry online.
EDEXCEL Organic Pathways Complete Set
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EDEXCEL Organic Pathways Complete Set

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NEW AND IMPROVED and exam board specific organic reaction pathways, learning game and worksheets. Help your EDEXCEL A level chemistry students to learn all those organic reactions painlessly. Print out the poster for each functional group over several pages and the cards onto card. The game is for students to place the cards in the correct place on the poster. Under pressure to music such as ‘mission impossible’ can help to sharpen the instincts and makes serious learning sociable and enjoyable. What some people have said about my organic pathways learning games (in my free resources): “Used effectively as a revision exercise during a cover lesson. Worked well in pairs. Many thanks.” “Excellent resource for revision.” “excellent revision aide! I printed first slide full size and the rest of the presentation onto 9 slides per page. laminated it and have all your activities and used them at home tutoring and at school saved my bacon!” Use the blank worksheets (whichever version suits your students) as a Quick Quiz to check they have learned them, or as a plenary, or any other way that you think will help your students know these reactions.
Energy level diagrams, bonds energies, enthalpy.
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Energy level diagrams, bonds energies, enthalpy.

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The powerpoint and the tutorial together move students from simple energy level diagrams through to quantitative calculations of enthalpy of a reaction using bond energies. Molymods are needed to follow throught the activity on the slides and a bunsen burner burning is intended to be the reaction they see and write the equation for at the beginning of the starter.
Diffusion
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Diffusion

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Worksheet with diagrams for students to describe and explain the brown gas diffusion experiment. Its worth printing this one out in colour - that usually goes down well.
EDEXCEL Organic Chemistry Synthetic Routes
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EDEXCEL Organic Chemistry Synthetic Routes

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Are your EDEXCEL A level Chemistry students struggling to remember all those Organic reactions? Help them to conquer the confusion and answer those reaction pathways questions like a PRO. The linked video shows how to turn those pathways charts into a game so they can learn them painlessly. Easy peasy! This set of charts covers the EDEXCEL A level Chemistry specification specifically. Red boxes show reagent and conditions. Green boxes show the functional group. Blue boxes are reaction mechanism and type. Purple boxes contain further annotations or points to note.
Naming Ionic Compounds
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Naming Ionic Compounds

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Cut and stick activity. Match two labels to each chemical formula to name the compound represented by the formula. Students may experience a little conflict with some of the names but should be able to figure out the -ate and -ide rule from the examples given.
SPLAT games
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SPLAT games

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Useful lists to drive home a general learning point with plenty of examples. An enjoyable, noisy category sort, if you like that sort of thing...which I do, with the right class!
Surface area and size of the particles or parts.
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Surface area and size of the particles or parts.

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A range of concrete activites for students to explore the relationship between the size of particles or parts and the total surface area. Concept is important in explaining the function of alveoli in the lungs, villi in the intestine, particle size in reaction rate and catalysis. The concept can be explored at differentiated levels from the basic idea to deriving a quantitative relationship, depending on age, ability and context. Additional activities are included to demonstrate the functionality of moisture and thinness of the walls in the alveoli.
States of Matter and Change of State.
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States of Matter and Change of State.

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Summary worksheets on the keywords describing change of state and the properties of and particle descriptions of solids, liquids and gases. The States of Matter worksheets are for different abilities and the keyword fill may be used as a preparatory sheet for students to find the keywords, or simply as an annotation sheet used in conjunction with the presentation. The wordbank cards have the meanings as well as the words and these or the flashcards may be used in conjunction with the keyword fill sheet for students to place the words before writing them down. The flashcards can be used in class for peer learning and checked with a quick quiz. Although intended for lower ability students, the longer "States of Matter cut and stick" worksheet can be useful in general on a Friday afternoon. "States of Matter - match" is intended for middle ability students and "States of matter" for higher ability.
Introduction to Hydrocarbons in Oil
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Introduction to Hydrocarbons in Oil

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Introductory less on to crude oil. Differentiated starter to introduce the connection between the size of a hydrocarbon and its boiling point and Fractional Distillation of crude oil
The Effect of Temperature on Reaction Rate
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The Effect of Temperature on Reaction Rate

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Differentiated, multiple choice lesson to introduce the effect of temperature on the rate of reaction. Alternative activities can be used in subsequent lessons. Allows the focus to be on Reaction Rates or How Science Works, with options to tie activites to the AQA ISA framework for GCSE Chemistry.
The Mole Calculations Ultimate Strategy
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The Mole Calculations Ultimate Strategy

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Do your ** A level Chemistry **or GCSE Triple/Separate Chemistry students get lost trying to make their way through Mole Calculations questions, especially those unstructured ones? Here is a map to show them the way. Do they get muddled about which relationship they need to use to calculate the number of moles and then resort to the old favourite n=mass/Mr? Here are some signposts to help them to orientate themselves. A handout that summarises the direction of travel and shows them what to look out for in the question as prompts to which relationships they need to use in the context of the question being asked. With over 20% of the marks available in the A level Chemistry for Mole Calculations, the clarity given here is a must! Suitable for all A level Chemistry courses AND if you ignore the ideal gas equation, GCSE Triple/Separate Chemistry.
Mole Calculations Gold
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Mole Calculations Gold

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The A level Chemistry resources for teaching the** Mole Calculations **topic that allow you to focus your energy on a major factor that helps your students make the most progress – teacher feedback and the learning conversation. This set of resources contains: The student handout with the Map for Mole Calculations and Summary Infographic is included, as well as the pdf to print as Notes. The presentation, split into 6 sections and covering the whole of the Mole Calculations topic: The Mole, Formulae and Using Masses; a Map for Mole Calculations and Using Masses - laying out the explicit strategy so that students can deal with those unstructured questions; Standard Stock Solutions, Concentrations and Dilutions; Acid/Base Titrations and Calculations; Calculations Involving Gases and the Ideal Gas Equation; Balancing Equations from Mole Calculations. Videos of the presentations. Teaching by an experienced, subject expert. Use the video presentations for: Flipped learning – students receive the teaching before your lesson and you can then spend your time with them consolidating, practicing, giving feedback and deepening their learning. Cover work – if you are unable to be in the lesson, your students can still be moving forward, Catch up – if a student was away for that section, they can catch up easily. Homework support - students can review the teaching again, at their own pace. Revision – students can revisit areas they are struggling with as revision for tests and exams. Free up your time to do the bit that only you can do – engage with your students in the learning conversation so that they can make the progress you know they can make.
Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
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Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table

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Presentation for** GCSE Chemistry** covering the key points and theory in the topic of The Atomic Theory and The Periodic Table. Includes: Atomic Structure Elements Isotopes The History of the Atom A comparison of the Plum Pudding and Nuclear Models Electronic Structure Electronic Structure and the Periodic Table Group 0: The Inert Gases Group 1: The Alkali Metals Group 7: The Halogens The Development of the Periodic Table Use together with my **FREE resource: Properties of groups. **
Benzene Versus the Rest – 6 Ways
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Benzene Versus the Rest – 6 Ways

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“Give more detail.” How often does this comment get written next to those unstructured, written response questions? Let’s face it, the chemistry of aromatic compounds really lends itself to those comparison type questions. The reactions and functional group are multi-faceted and influence each other. Scan back through some A level past exam papers and you will see them there. This resource summarises different aspects of aromatic chemistry that might be compared. Similarities and differences are presented in 6 Venn diagrams, laying out the main points to take note of. The planning of answers to different questions is done here, ready to put into a clear, coherent paragraph, depending on the question asked. Ace those level of response questions in Arenes!
AQA Organic Chemistry Synthetic Routes (Revised)
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AQA Organic Chemistry Synthetic Routes (Revised)

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Are your A level Chemistry students struggling to remember all those Organic reactions? Help them to conquer the confusion and answer those reaction pathways questions like a PRO. The linked video shows how to turn those pathways charts into a game so they can learn them painlessly. Easy peasy! This set of charts covers the AQA A level Chemistry specification specifically. Red boxes show reagent and conditions. Green boxes show the functional group. Blue boxes are reaction mechanism and type. Purple boxes contain further annotations or points to note.