A GCSE research lesson all about metal ores! Have fun!

A straightforward lesson about safety for year 7. Nice and easy for lower attaining pupils.

Straightforward IT research lesson for problems associated with polymers . Questions get more challenging as you move through the sheet.

How negative ions are formed - could be used for any exam board. A couple of old images from “boardworks” have been used to illustrate the concepts. Feel free to adapt for yourself.

Lovely little lesson introducing the skills and application of this fundamental chemistry topic. Includes a reminder about the periodic table and what all the "numbers mean"Aimed at the higher end so contains some tricky extension work for the students to have a go at. feel free to share this with colleagues.

Revision lesson on the main themes in the chemical calculation topic. Use of the Pearson combined textbook would be handy as there are some page references that relate to it, but you could use whatever textbook you have and adapt it.

Super simple rates of reaction practical lesson for a low ability foundation set. To save cash use magnesium carbonate powder or if you can afford it - alka seltszer tablets broken up into rough quarters. Visual method availableto help students with the practical that could be printed out.

Simple knowledge organisers that students can fill in on some organic topics based on the textbook pages polymer properties and uses alkanes and alkenes ethanol production

Good revision sheets to help students revise for the organic tests. Page numbers refer to the standard Pearson textbook.

simple lesson template you could use for monitoring phase changes (melting ice over a Bunsen). Data can be used to test their graph drawing skills.

Simple lesson to remind students about the wonders of the titration method. A good reminder from GCSE moving onto more sophisticated work at AS level.

Straightforward practical where you can use “waxy” acids available in many school labs e.g steric acid to find out there melting points and compare them to their carbon chain length. In this practical I use lauric, steric ans palmitic acid tn this practical, You must carry out your OWN risk assessment before using with pupils. “Active learn” sheet cc7a sheet is handy for this but not essential

Acid and metal theory and practical lesson for a mid level set. Make sure you do your own risk assessment 1st!

% yield theory + a practical you could do with students to illustrate the principle.

Simple experiment you could pull off in one lesson. Good opportunity to introduce independent/dependent and control variables. How many “drops” will the penny hold? Let’s find out!

Nice lesson looking at safety in Science along with some straightforward tasks to try. Hazcard info on slides you can print out, stick to walls so students can do some focused research.

A structured worksheet for recapping the calculation section of combined science/chemistry using the bbc bitesize website as a source of info.

Lesson that goes through the basics of phase changes - keeping it simple.

A practical investigation looking at the solubility of sugar. Simple practical involving identification of variables, data collection and practical analysis questions at the end. Could be fit into an hour lesson or perhaps a double lesson depending on how long you give students to collect data. Simple to resource - no unusual bits of kit needed.

Intro lesson to polymers as part of the bonding and structure unit. Starter questions and video links included. Uses the standard Edexcel combined Science textbook for some of the activities from section CC7a. Aims of the lesson are State what a polymer is State what a monomer is Explain how a polymers structure affects their properties Describe how polymers can form Link a polymers melting temperature to their physical properties