An introductory sheet of answers, followed by cut and stick exercise for this challenging mechanism. Cut and stick promotes familiarity with the mechanism, promotes discussion when done in groups, and is enjoyed immensely by sixth formers.

Reaction mechanisms are beautiful dances, with the dancing atoms throwing out two (heterolytic ) or one (homolytic) arms out to their partner. Thus, I added a little beat to this reaction mechanism.

This is also available on my You Tube channel below.

I have added the new definitions to the SI wheel of units. Possibly for display in your lab.

Just a very simple display.

A very eccentric revision movie about making salts. Uses repetition to aid memory.

A device to help students remember the first ten names of the alkanes, and hence have the key to IUPAC nomenclature

No frills short presentation illustrating the calculation of concentration in a step by step way.

A simple video illustrating the neutralisation of hydrochloric acid by sodium hydroxide, in terms of symbols.

I have tried to produce a clear example of an acid/base titration for use on the board or as a handout. I used colour to make it as clear as possible.

For display.

I have made a very simple information sheet about forming mineral acids, for display or handout. Very few students are aware of this bit of basic chemistry, so I think it is worthwhile.

Info sheet followed by a bit of practice in the calculations.

An alternative to my cut and stick exercise. Double click on the .html file, and it will open in your browser. You can zoom it so it’s huge using the browser zoom controls. Drag the structures to the correct places, then get a reward. Please note: in order to provide a rich interactive experience, my drag & drop resources are mini-web sites local to your computer. After unzipping, they comprise a folder containing the main .html file and another folder containing the graphic resources and my coding to make the resource work. Double click on the .html file and the resource will work. If, however , you move or delete any of the files frome this hierarchy, the resource will not work.

Double click on the .html file, et voila, it opens in your browser. Helps identify all the marking points in the mechanistic questions in an interactive way. Please note: in order to provide a rich interactive experience, my drag & drop resources are mini-web sites local to your computer. After unzipping, they comprise a folder containing the main .html file and another folder containing the graphic resources and my coding to make the resource work. Double click on the .html file and the resource will work. If, however , you move or delete any of the files frome this hierarchy, the resource will not work.

Double click on the .html file and it will open in your browser. Make it massive using the browser zoom controls if you so desire. Drag the symbols to the correct places. Gives a different flavour to learning mechanisms. Please note: in order to provide a rich interactive experience, my drag & drop resources are mini-web sites local to your computer. After unzipping, they comprise a folder containing the main .html file and another folder containing the graphic resources and my coding to make the resource work. Double click on the .html file and the resource will work. If, however , you move or delete any of the files from this hierarchy, the resource will not work.

Could be useful at the end of term. Students could then research some scientists of whom they hadn’t heard.

A simple cut & match activity which is really just practice at naming and recognising structures and their representations. I made this because I enjoy doing this sort of thing!

A cut N stick version of my interactive cycle.

A simple worksheet, with chlorine as an illustrative example, followed by a question on xenon.