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.
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.
Loud, energetic activity to make the connection between metals forming alkaline oxides, and non-metals forming acidic oxides. Choose your class carefully!
Loud, energetic activity to make the connection between metals forming alkaline oxides, and non-metals forming acidic oxides. Choose your class carefully!
Print the first slide out on 9 pages and make a poster. Print the others out on card as handouts (9 to a page works). Get the students to place them in the right place on the spider diagram. Under time pressure with active music and competatively is also good.
Print the first slide out over several sheets as a poster. Print the others as handouts - nine to a page - onto card, and cut out. Students learn the reactions by placing the carsd in the correct place on the poster.
The text is used with both levels of the worksheet. Both worksheets are gradated, but aimed at different abilty levels, the LAPS sheet for lower ability students.
As a result of student feedback, this slighlty improved version of the previous powerpoint distinguishes the Markovnikov and Anit-Markovnikov products with HBr more clearly. As before, print the first slide over several pages to make a poster, print the rest as handouts onto card - 9 per page is a good size. 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 shapren the instincts. Minor mistakes have been corrected.
Print the first slide out as a 9 page poster. Print the other slides onto card as a handout - 9 slides on each works. Students place the cards on the right place on the spider diagram. Under time pressure with active music and competatively is also good.
Print the first slide on several pages to make a poster. Print the other slides as handouts, 9 slides per page, onto card and cut out. Place the cards in the correct place on the poster.
The worksheets are to summarise the main properties and trends in properties of the elements in groups 1, 7 & 8. The text boxes activity sheets that go with them can be used for lower ability students as a cut and stick exercise, or a tick list to complete the worksheet.
Print the first slide out on several pages to make a poster. Print the rest of the slide as handouts, 9 slides per page, onto card and cut out. Place the cards onto the poster in the correct place.
The worksheets are to summarise the main properties and trends in properties of the elements in groups 1, 7 & 8. The text boxes activity sheets that go with them can be used for lower ability students as a cut and stick exercise, or a tick list to complete the worksheet.
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.
The power point image sheet and the pollution boxes go together. This is a cut and stick activity to distinguish between acid rain and the greenhouse effect. The pollution 1 powerpoint is to show where the text boxes should go on the diagram , before they are stuck down.
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 power point image sheet and the pollution boxes go together. This is a cut and stick activity to distinguish between acid rain and the greenhouse effect. The pollution 1 powerpoint is to show where the text boxes should go on the diagram , before they are stuck down.
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
Spagetti junction matching activity. Indicate which acid and other reactant need to be put together to make the salt named in the middle. Quick starter for KS4 or quick plenary/extension for KS3 students.
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.
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.
