After teaching and tutoring thousands of chemistry students over the years, I've found that the topic of ions tends to cause tremendous confusion (and is generally poorly understood).This is one of those fundamental topics that must be understood properly if students are going to learn about balancing equations, stoichiometry and advanced level chemistry later in in school. I created this resource booklet as a very clear way for students to understand the following: • What the period and group numbers tell us about the structure of an atom • What anions and cations are • How to use the group number of an element to figure out what kind of ion it will form Complete with full colour images, activities and answers; this booklet finally offers a clear and comprehensive explanation of this fundamental topic in chemistry. At the end there is also a link to a website, where students can take this topic to the next level and learn about ionic bonding and the formulae of ionic compounds. I've set the price at 2 pounds because this resource took a lot of time to create, and is of a very high quality. All images have no attribution (they have been self-created or obtained from www.pixabay.com)

This is a fun (and moderately challenging) crossword puzzle that would serve as an excellent starter, plenary or in-lesson activity for any class about elements, compounds and isotopes. This crossword tests students’ knowledge of: 1. The differences between elements and compounds in terms of physical structure, ease of separation and reactivity 2. Groups and periods in the periodic table, and how they relate to valence electron and shell number 3. The atomic definition of isotopes This is a lot of fun and your kids will love it. If your students have never learnt anything about elements, compounds and isotopes before, then you could provide the students with a summary to help them as they do the puzzle. In this pack you get a PPTX (which you can edit), a pdf version and a png of the puzzle itself (in case you want to project it on your interactive whiteboard for students to fill in).

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A summary sheet containing useful words and phrases to describe your feelings in German. This will benefit your high ability KS3 students, along with your GCSE kids, as they will be able to describe their feelings about themselves and others. Very good preparation for oral examinations.

This well-formatted worksheet is perfect for high-ability GCSE students and post-16 learners. It covers: The definition of isotopes (in terms of neutrons, protons and electrons) The uses of radioisotopes (along with examples for each use) Symbols for radioisotopes This sheet should keep your students busy for some time as they will need to do some research to find out the answers for each question. It also comes as a Word document, so is fully editable and easy to re-format if needs be.

This quick activity can be used as a starter, plenary or mid-lesson worksheet. Students have to fill in the boxes to show the stages in photosynthesis (and how they all link together). Students should be familiar with the following vocabulary: Chloroplast Chlorophyll Grana Stoma

This professional PowerPoint bundle covers everything the students need to know for the 2016 Course Guide for IBDP Chemistry Topics 8 and 18: Acids and Bases. This bundle includes eight PPTs (which match the Course Guide): 8.1: Theories of Acids and Bases 8.2: Properties of Acids and Bases 8.3: The pH scale 8.4: Strong and Weak Acids and Bases 8.5: Acid Deposition 18.1: Lewis Acids and Bases 18.2: Calculations with Acids and Bases 18.3: pH Curves Each PPT professionally covers all required areas of the Course Guide for this topic, including: Essential Ideas Nature of Science International Mindedness Theory of Knowledge Key Understandings Application/Skills Guidance These PPTs have been painstakingly developed over many years and are guaranteed to satisfy immediately. Not only will you save valuable time by purchasing these PPTs, but your students will also receive the very best instructional PPTs out there

This professional PowerPoint bundle covers everything the students need to know for the 2016 Course Guide for IBDP Chemistry Topic 11: Measurement and Data Processing and Analysis. This bundle includes three PPTs (which match the Course Guide): 11.1: Uncertainty and Error 11.2: Graphical Techniques 11.3: Spectroscopic Identification Each PPT professionally covers all required areas of the Course Guide for this topic, including: Essential Ideas Nature of Science International Mindedness Theory of Knowledge Key Understandings Application/Skills Guidance These PPTs have been painstakingly developed over many years and are guaranteed to satisfy immediately. Not only will you save valuable time by purchasing these PPTs, but your students will also receive the very best instructional PPTs out there

A PowerPoint presentation about how to balance chemical equations. Useful when printed as a handout or when used as an actual presentation.

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A test on atomic structure, suitable for 'AS' - level students.

A brilliant, well-illustrated, clear and varied worksheet that works well as starter, plenary or as a chunk of the main body of lesson. Suitable for GCSE or IGCSE Chemistry, Science (Double Award) or Science (Single Award), this resource covers: 1. The differences between elements and compounds in terms of physical structure (represented by diagrams), ease of separation and reactivity 2. Groups and periods in the periodic table, and how they relate to valence electron and shell number Comes complete with answers. Great for peer or self-assessment. Included in this pack are both the word doc (which you can edit) and pdf versions.

This professional PowerPoint bundle covers everything the students need to know for the 2016 Course Guide for IBDP Chemistry Topics 4 and 14: Bonding. This bundle includes seven PPTs (which match the Course Guide): 4.1: Ionic Bonding and Structure 4.2: Covalent Bonding 4.3: Covalent Structures 4.4: Intermolecular Forces 4.5: Metallic Bonding 14.1: Further Aspects of Covalent Bonding 14.2: Hybridization Each PPT professionally covers all required areas of the Course Guide for this topic, including: Essential Ideas Nature of Science International Mindedness Theory of Knowledge Key Understandings Application/Skills Guidance These PPTs have been painstakingly developed over many years and are guaranteed to satisfy immediately. Not only will you save valuable time by purchasing these PPTs, but your students will also receive the very best instructional PPTs out there

This professional PowerPoint bundle covers everything the students need to know for the 2016 Course Guide for IBDP Chemistry Topics 9 and 19: Redox Processes. This bundle includes three PPTs (which match the Course Guide): 9.1: Oxidation and Reduction 9.2: Electrochemical Cells 19.1: HL Electrochemical Cells Each PPT professionally covers all required areas of the Course Guide for this topic, including: Essential Ideas Nature of Science International Mindedness Theory of Knowledge Key Understandings Application/Skills Guidance These PPTs have been painstakingly developed over many years and are guaranteed to satisfy immediately. Not only will you save valuable time by purchasing these PPTs, but your students will also receive the very best instructional PPTs out there

This incredibly clear PowerPoint goes through the key calculations involved in working out the mol/dm cubed for solutions. Suitable for 'A' - Level and IBDP students, this PowerPoint even includes some great questions at the end that the students can try for themselves.

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A very clear PowerPoint presentation showing the 'arrows in boxes' electronic sub shell filling order from hydrogen to krypton. My students find this very helpful and it is useful when printed as a handout. It also shows clearly the incomplete 4s subshell in chromium and copper.

This worksheet is probably best given to students in year 9 and older. It is basically a series of questions to test their skills in writing down times of the day in German, followed by a useful wordsearch that introduces some new vocabulary

This PowerPoint presentation offers the perfect introduction to the alkanes unit of organic chemistry for advanced learners (e.g. 'A' - Level and IB students). Beautifully illustrated and clear, this resource will enhance your delivery of this topic immensely.

This is the second chapter in my book: The Quick Guide to Classroom Management. This chapter covers: 1. The features present in all outstanding lessons 2. How to keep your students on-task through effective starter activities and games 3. How to make your students subtly aware of the learning outcomes, so that maximum memory retention takes place 4. How to enhance learning by using your physiology This resource is guaranteed to help you make your lessons more stimulating