In this activity students draw a graph modelling the rate of decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. Then sketch and explain how the curve changes with increasing concentration, a catalyst and increasing temperature.

This is an activity suitable for a lesson or as a piece of homework. It is designed to develop literacy and promote an interest and awareness in science. The students find a science based news story published in the last 7 days that they find interesting. They pick out keywords and find definitions for them. They research additional information and summarise the story in their own words.

These are 12 picture cards each describing a different stage of the rock cycle. They can be cut out and arranged by the students. Could be a 15 minute activity on its own, or could be a longer activity if you ask the students to use the cards as a basis for making their own poster.

This is an investigation into the effect changing the concentration of hydrochloric acid has on its rate of reaction with magnesium. This is intended as a short project over several lessons to get students used to some of the factors needed in an investigation write-up. Includes student investigation sheet, mark scheme and grading information. The mark scheme is written with the students in mind, the intention is to give it to them with the student guide to encourage them to get maximum marks and or as a tool for peer-assessment.

An activity that allows students to build a food web and work out the numbers of animals. Then asks them to see how changing the numbers of one animal changes the rest of the web. Requires: String, scissors and counters. Sheets need printing and photocopying. Includes results table and questions and a completed results table for the teacher. Also includes slides to incorporate into your lesson to review the activity. There is a version which is for more advanced students and a lower ability/starter activity version which is just to build the food web.

These are lessons, assessment materials, resources and a scheme of work for the entire 1st year of the OCR A Chemistry A-Level Course (or the whole AS Course). However, can be adapted for other A-Level Chemistry specifications.

This is an interactive scenario which covers the US governments response when a bird flu outbreak spreads to the US from China in a global pandemic. The students are given key choices at each stage of the pandemic which affect the number of US citizens getting sick and the overall death toll. The tough choices can be used to encourage debate within your class and get students to justify their decisions. This can be used in either science, politics or history class and will last approximately 20-30 minutes. Provided are slides and accompanying worksheet.

This is a scheme of work, a collection of lessons, student workbook and assessment materials for the first part of the OCR AS/A Level GCE Chemistry A course. Please rate if you find it useful.

This is a searchable bank of exam questions matched to points from the new OCR A Chemistry AS/A level specification (2015 onwards). Use the specification points document to find the relevant code for the learning objective you want, then use the find feature in the PowerPoint document to search for matching exam questions and answers. Contains papers from F321 & F322 as well as specimen papers. H032, H432. Breadth in chemistry, Depth in chemistry

This is an activity where the students have to identify the oxidizing and reducing agents in a redox reaction, then say whether the reaction is feasible based on the electrochemical potentials of the reactants.

This is a worksheet that asks students to identify the coordination, number, the shape and the ligand surrounding example meta ions.

This is a workbook with answers for the F334 topic: Developing fuels.

This worksheet guides students through performing a simple acid base titration. It was written for A-level.

This card sort was made as revision for Salters B, F334, What's in a medicine? It covers phenols, esters, acyl chlorides and acids and bases.

A card sort activity that asks the students to sort the difference between nucleophilic substitution & addition, electrophilic addition, rearrangement, condensation and elimination

A short card sort activity that highlights the key points from a recrystallization practical.

This worksheet covers enthalpy cycles. It focuses on enthalpy of combustion, formation and reaction. Born-Haber cycles.

These are a series of activities leading the students through, methods of following a rate of reaction, finding the initial rate, rate orders, the rate equation and half lives of reactants.

The PowerPoint file contains all questions matched with answers from June 2010 to January 2013 as well as the specimen paper. Questions have been broken down into individual sections. Using the specification points document you can identify specific points from the syllabus and search the test bank for related questions and answers. The specification points document also includes pages references for Chemical Ideas, Chemical Storylines and the Revision guide. Agriculture and industry. Colour by design. The oceans. medicines by design.

The PowerPoint file contains all questions matched with answers from January 2010 to January 2013 as well as the specimen paper. Questions have been broken down into individual sections. Using the specification points document you can identify specific points from the syllabus and search the test bank for related questions and answers. The specification points document also includes pages references for Chemical Ideas, Chemical Storylines and the Revision guide. Elements from the sea. The atmosphere. The polymer revolution.