Author of 'The Quick Guide to Classroom Management: 45 Secrets That All High School Teachers Need to Know' which is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1798536722/ Currently teaching IBDP and IGCSE Chemistry at an international school in Bangkok, Thailand. I'm originally from North Wales in the UK.
Author of 'The Quick Guide to Classroom Management: 45 Secrets That All High School Teachers Need to Know' which is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1798536722/ Currently teaching IBDP and IGCSE Chemistry at an international school in Bangkok, Thailand. I'm originally from North Wales in the UK.
This PowerPoint Presentation covers most of the requirements for Group 1 Alkali Metals unit for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry in a clear and coherent manner.
These slides may also be useful for other exam boards, such as AQA, WJEC, CIE, etc., if modified after download.
Specification statements covered include:
Describe the reactions of these elements with water and understand that the reactions provide a basis for their recognition as a family of elements
Describe the relative reactivities of the elements in Group
Explain the relative reactivities of the elements in Group 1 in terms of distance between the outer electrons and the nucleus.
This PowerPoint presentation goes through the basics of ion formation and is suitable for GCSE and IGCSE Level students. Metals are clearly shown to lose electrons, whereas non-metals are clearly shown to gain electrons. Key words such as ‘anion’ and ‘cation’ are included, and electron shell/‘dot and cross’ diagrams with sqaure brackets are given (i.e. in the same format as required by the exam).
Activities included (feel free to edit or modify after download):
Whiteboard.fi starter
Main teaching content (beginning from first principles with simple atomic structure, leading into ion formation)
Google Doc suggested plenary (feel free to copy the slide into a Google Doc. or print for students to fill in)
Some syllabus references that this PPT satisfies (to name but a few):
AQA GCSE Chemistry:
4.2.1.1 Chemical Trends:* Ionic bonding occurs in compounds formed from metals combined with non-metals.*
4.2.1.2 Ionic Bonding: Students should be able to draw dot and cross diagrams for ionic compounds formed by metals in Groups 1 and 2 with non-metals in Groups 6 and 7.
**Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry: **
1.37: Understand how ions are formed by electron loss or gain
1.40: Draw dot-and-cross diagrams to show the formation of ionic compounds by electron transfer, limited to combinations of elements from Groups 1, 2, 3 and 5, 6, 7
This beautiful crossword puzzle is suitable for both CIE and Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry students. An answer sheet is provided too.
Key words covered by this crossword include:
Acidic oxide
Decomposition
Precipitation’
Neutralisation
Amphoteric oxide
Basic oxide
Neutral oxide
Acid
Base
Flame test
Dissociate
Indicator
I am an IGCSE Chemistry teacher with almost two decades of experience and I have created this resource from scratch.
This is a fun (and challenging) crossword puzzle that would serve as an excellent starter, plenary or in-lesson activity for any products from crude oil class. This crossword tests students’ knowledge of:
Fractional Distillation
What oil is and how it is formed
The different fractions obtained from crude oil
Alkanes and cracking
This is a lot of fun and my students loved it. If your kids have never learnt anything about the products of crude oil 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).
This is the perfect starter, plenary or homework for any advanced biology lesson that introduces students to cellular respiration. This resource is suitable for 'A' - Level and IBDP students.
This quick quiz (with answers) covers the following:
1. The differences between reduction and oxidation (essential prior knowledge for any student hoping to learn about respiration)
2. The four main stages of glycolysis
There is also a handy acronym at the end that helps students to remember the four stages of glycolysis
This is the third chapter of my book: The Quick Guide to Classroom Management.
In this chapter, you will learn a series of effective secrets which are guaranteed to help you improve the behaviour of your students.
This is a really clear PowerPoint that shows students how to use Hess's Law to solve problems. Includes a number of examples to help students see Hess's Law being used effectively.
Printable and fully editable, this PowerPoint is suitable for advanced chemistry classes (e.g. 'A' - Level and IB Diploma)
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
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 is a fun (and moderately challenging) crossword puzzle that would serve as an excellent starter, plenary or in-lesson activity for any periodic table class. This crossword tests students knowledge of:
Group number
Names of groups (e.g. The 'Halogens' are the group 7 elements)
Symbols (e.g. Ca is the symbol for calcium)
Properties (e.g. Potassium has similar properties to sodium because it is in the same group)
This is a lot of fun and my students loved it. If your kids have never learnt anything about the periodic table before, then you could provide the students with a periodic table 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).
This is a fun (and moderately challenging) crossword puzzle that would serve as an excellent starter, plenary or in-lesson activity for any radioactivity and isotopes class. This crossword tests students’ knowledge of:
Isotopic/atomic structure
The difference between alpha, beta and gamma radiation
Knowledge of the isotopes of hydrogen (i.e. deuterium and tritium)
Radioactive decay and half-life
The use of Uranium-235 as an electricity generating fuel
This is a lot of fun and my students loved it. If your kids have never learnt anything about the radioactivity 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).
This is an awesome crossword puzzle that would serve as an excellent starter, plenary or in-lesson activity for any periodic table and electron shells class. This crossword tests students’ knowledge of:
Order of filling of electrons
Position of elements in the periodic table
Electronic configurations of type 2,8,2 (s,p and d orbitals are not covered)
This is a lot of fun and my students loved it. The kids will literally have to hunt through a periodic table to find answers to clues such as:
This element has an electronic configuration of 2,7
This element has an electronic configuration of 2,8,5
The first three periods of the periodic table are tested.
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).
This is basically a big collection of worksheets that covers the entire content from a typical IGCSE Edexcel Chemistry first year class (i.e. Year 10 in the British system). This workbook has massive crossover with other IGCSE Chemistry and GCSE chemistry syllabuses.
Guaranteed to:
Save you planning time
Provide meaningful material for homework or classwork
Can be set in sequence as separate assignments or could even be printed out in entirety and given to students at the start of the academic year.
Topics covered:
Particle Theory
Density, pressure and diffusion
Changes of state (solids, liquids and gases)
Cooling curves
Mixtures
Separating mixtures (chromatography, distillation, filtration and crystallization)
Atomic structure (including isotopes, RAM, electronic configurations. relative isotopic mass, relative molecular mass, relative formula mass and molar mass)
Writing and balancing equations
Molar calculations (including The Mole, Empirical Formula, Molecular Formula, Reacting Mass Calculations, Percentage Yield
Ionic bonding
Covalent bonding (including ‘dot and cross’ diagrams and ‘giant’ structures)
Metallic bonding
Electrolysis (solutions and molten compounds)
The periodic table (groups and periods)
Group 1
Group 7
Oxygen chemistry
Carbon dioxide chemistry
Hydrogen chemistry
Reactivity series (including ‘galvanising’ and ‘sacrificial protection’
Extraction of metals
Crude oil
The only disadvantages of this resource are:
It’s a big word document so might need a little tidying-up prior to printing
There’s no answers with it yet (but I’m working on that)
This professional PowerPoint bundle covers everything the students need to know for the 2016 Course Guide for IBDP Chemistry Topics 3 and 13: Periodicity.
This bundle includes four PPTs (which match the Course Guide):
3.1: Periodic Table
3.2: Periodic Trends
13.1 : First Row D-Block Elements
13.2: Coloured Complexes
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 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
A powerpoint presentation all about the differences between small covalent molecules and giant covalent network structures. Suitable for 'A' - level or high ability GCSE classes. Can be used effectively as a handout. Students particulary enjoy the part about the allotropes of carbon