A2 Chemical Ideas

Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Appendices

Chemical Idea	Related Storyline	Contributor	Type of resource	Description
Chapter 1: Measuring amounts of substance
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1.5
Chapter 2: Atomic Structure Back to Top
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Chapter 3: Bonding, shapes and sizes Back to Top
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3.5	TL2	K L Fullilove	PPoint	From structural isomersim to stereo isomerism; from geometrical to optical isomerism, it's all here - everything you were afraid to ask. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but remember to mention E/Z as an alternative to cis/trans isomerism.
3.5	TL2	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	Word	A question sheet intended to reinforce ideas about angles in molecules, bonding and isomerism before CI 3.5 is taught. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
Chapter 4: Energy changes and chemical reactions Back to Top
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4.4	05	Carol Crowley Franklin College Grimsby	PPoint	A valuable presentation on entropy. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
4.4	05	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	PPoint	Lesley has developed the above presentation, prepared by Carol Crowley, so that there is a greater emphasis on the A2 aspects of entropy. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
4.5	02	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	PPoint	A presentation intended for the start of the Oceans unit, revisiting ions in solution and then moving to energy changes in solution. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
4.5	02	Anne Unseld Newstead Wood School	PPoint	This presentation is concerned with the Size of Ions. It is relevant for CI 4.5 in the 3rd edition but may have more detail than is required.
4.5	02	Anne Unseld Newstead Wood School	PPoint	Anne's second presentation deals with energy changes in solution. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
Chapter 5: Structure and propertiesBack to Top
5.1	O2	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School		A presentation intended for the start of the Oceans unit, revisiting ions in solution and then moving to energy changes in solution. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
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5.7	MR4	Daniel Dean Bramcote Hills Sport and Community College		A presentation on properties of polymers. Still may be useful for the 3rd edition.
5.8	AI2	Jolene Gardner		This slide show went with CI 5.6 in the 2nd edition; it revises bonding and pulls together work on structures and properties. Will need some tweaking for the 3rd edition although much of it still relevant. It would be useful if you were making a PowerPoint for CI 5.8.
Chapter 6: Radiation and matter Back to Top
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6.2
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6.4	WM4	Chris Hall Hele's School Plympton	Word	This extensive revision book, sent in by Chris Hall provides theoretical background and a range of spectra for students to interpret including – ir, ms and nmr The links in the booklet relate to the RSC Spectroscopy CD ROM which is usually to be found in schools/colleges. Updated to match 3rd edition spec.
6.5	WM4	Chris Hall Hele's School Plympton		This extensive revision book, sent in by Chris Hall provides theoretical background and a range of spectra for students to interpret including – ir, ms and nmr The links in the booklet relate to the RSC Spectroscopy CD ROM which is usually to be found in schools/colleges. Updated to match 3rd edition spec.
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6.9	CD3	Melanie Tyrell Small Heath School Birmingham		This presentation covers the chemistry of colour. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
Chapter 7: Equilibrium in chemistry Back to Top
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7.3	CD3	Paul Luton Richmond upon Thames College	PPoint	This is an animated treatment of the 'theory' of paper / thin layer and gas chromatography. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
Chapter 8: Acids and bases
8.1	WM6	Catherine Coultous The Ashcombe School, Surrey	PPoint	A presentation on acids and bases. This is intended to be used in conjunction with the next resource. Still relevant for the first edition although not all examined in WM, some examined in O. Will need tweaking.
8.1	WM6	Catherine Coultous The Ashcombe School, Surrey	Word	A 'template' in Word to enable students to record the key ideas on acids and bases as they watch the PowerPoint presentation listed above. Still relevant for the first edition although not all examined in WM, some examined in O. Will need tweaking.
8.2	03	Robert Osman Archbishop Holgate’s school	Word	Starter activity to review prior knowledge of acids and bases. Consists of some bullet points with all vowels converted to xs – for translation. New for the 3rd edition.
8.2	03	Robert Osman Archbishop Holgate’s school	Word	Have these cards cut up. Students sequence the answer to the Ka question which is in bold. New for the 3rd edition.
8.2	04	Robert Osman Archbishop Holgate’s school	Word	Answered questions re [H+] and pH calculations with mistakes to spot. New for the 3rd edition
8.3	04	Andrew Harris Barclay School Stevenage	Word	A Summary Sheet for Chemical Ideas 8.3 (Buffer Solutions). Andrew states that the Summary Sheets are set for A4 paper, but he prints them as two pages per sheet of that size of paper. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
8.3	04	Sardar Mohammed Small Heath School Birmingham	PPoint	This presentation covers the calculation of the pH of a buffer solution. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
8.3	04	Robert Osman Archbishop Holgate’s school	Word	Answered questions re [H+] and pH calculations with mistakes to spot. New for the 3rd edition
Chapter 9: Redox Back to Top
9.1	SS1 Revision	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	Word	The Redox Reminder was printed on card and cut up into little bits. Each group was given a bag of bits and the instruction was to fit them together. It was a quick way of revisiting work from AS. Would still be a useful starter for the 3rd edition.
9.1	SS1 (revision of CI 9.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	Word	To play Connect 4 oxidation states, you need the grid on paper and also the questions on cards (cut up). This is much loved by Y13 who like to play to stop their opponents gaining a line of 4. It generates a lot of discussion. Based on an idea from ALPS. New for the 3rd edition.
9.1	SS1 (revision of CI 9.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	Word	This answers without questions will allow you to gauge students’ understanding of formulae of ions and oxidation numbers. One student in a pair writes the questions for the top part of the sheet and the other for the bottom part. They then ask each other their questions and see if they come up with a valid answer. I would quickly go over this. Include how charge relates to group and ions to learn. New for 3rd edition.
9.2	SS3	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	Word	In this type of equation card sort, students select the ionic equations, half-equations and neither (stoichiometric?). Reinforce the differences. Ionic equations have no spectator ions in them, half equations have electrons in them. These could be further classified as oxidation and reduction. New for the 3rd edition.
9.3	SS3	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	Word	These two documents are based on an idea from a course called Active Assessment and consider the feasibility of reactions. Students worked in 2/3s and were given the word document and the words/phrases on cards. It did generate a lot of discussion. Students were asked to put their sentences on OHP transparency strips so the whole class could look at them after small group discussion. It led to consideration of what the ideal answer might look like and the careful use of scientific terminology. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
9.3	SS3	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	PPoint	In this plenary PowerPoint, students are invited to choose a number and then asked the question. Based on a template from the Secondary National Strategy. New for the 3rd edition.
9.3		Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	PPoint	This What’s the word starter will loop until you press escape. Students use the pictures to decide on the word. Really an entry activity. New for the 3rd edition.
Chapter 10: Rates of reactions Back to Top
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10.2
10.3	TL4	Andrew Lethbridge King James’s School Knaresborough	Word	This poster brief would be a useful homework before starting CI 10.3 which enables you to pick up any misconceptions on AS rates work. New for the 3rd edition.
10.3	TL4	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	Word	Students work in pairs to classify the cards as true or false. This will pick up on any misconceptions. New for the 3rd edition.
10.3	TL4	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	Word	A simple presentation showing a number of rate of reaction graphs, intended for use in a question-and-answer lesson starter or any other plenary session. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
10.3	TL4	K L Fullilove	PPoint	Measuring and understanding the rate of a chemical reaction and reaction mechanisms. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
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Chapter 11: The Periodic Table Back to Top
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11.3	AI2	Andrew Harris Barclay School Stevenage	PPoint	This presentation covers nitrogen and Group 5. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
11.4
11.5	SS3	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	PPoint	In this brain gym, students stand up. Start the slide show. Students shout out the name of the transition metal and either hold up their left hand above their heads, right hand above their heads or clap above their heads. New for 3rd edition.
11.5	SS3	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	PPoint	Put the Who do you agree with? slide up. Students discuss the statements in pairs before discussion of who is right. Based on the KS3 Concept cartoons. New for the 3rd edition.
11.5	SS5	Andrew Harris Barclay School Stevenage	Word	Andrew's presentation deals with the d-block. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
11.6	SS5	Paul Luton	PPoint	Have this A3 size Complexes sheet ready. Students work in pairs to complete after reading about complexes for homework. After 5 minutes, you could ask students to swap partners.
Chapter 12: Organic chemistry: frameworks Back to Top
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12.1
12.3	CD4	Carol Crowley Franklin College Grimsby	PPoint	A presentation summarising the evidence for the currently-accepted structure of benzene. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
12.3	CD4	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	Word	Students need a bingo card each. Each student crosses out three structures. You call out the names of compounds. Students shout Benzene Bingo when they have a full house. New for the 3rd edition.
12.3	CD4	Joanna Bowman Our Lady's Convent HS Hackney	Word	This document is concerned with the structures and reactions of arenes. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
12.3	CD4	Peter Tyson Uplands, Malaysia	PPoint	This PowerPoint summarises Chemical Ideas 12.3.
12.4	CD4	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	Word	Students need a bingo card each. Each student crosses out three structures. You call out the names of compounds. Students shout Benzene Bingo when they have a full house. New for the 3rd edition.
12.4	CD4	Joanna Bowman Our Lady's Convent HS Hackney	Word	This document is concerned with the structures and reactions of arenes. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.

Chapter 13: Organic chemistry: modifiers Back to Top
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13.2	WM4 (revision from DF)	Joe Blacker Peckham Academy Southwark	PPoint	Joe has provided a neat presentation on alcohols and ethers which he suggests could be used as an introduction to the topic or as a timed loop at the start of a lesson. Could be useful in reviewing CI 13.2 for the 3rd edition.
13.2	WM5	Melanie Tyrell Small Heath School Birmingham	PPoint	A presentations showing the theory of chromatography. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
13.3	WM3	Melanie Tyrell Small Heath School Birmingham	PPoint	This presentation deals with carboxylic acids and derivatives. It is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
13.4	WM2	Andrew Harris Barclay School Stevenage	Word	A Summary Sheet for Chemical Ideas 13.4 (the -OH group). Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
13.4	WM3	Natasha Callaghan Archbishop Tenison's CE High School Croydon	Word	A set of notes describing the behaviour of the -OH group with respect to oxidation and acid strength in the WM Unit. Still relevant for the 3rd edition although it goes beyond CI 13.4. Some of CI 13.2 from PR is revisited which is useful for CI 13.7 met in WM.
13.5	WM5	K L Fullilove	PPoint	A useful teaching tool giving the whys and wherefores of esters, including nomenclature, synthesis and reactions. Still useful for the 3rd edition although hydrolysis belongs in MR.
13.5	WM5	Helen Mitchell Long Road Sixth Form College Cambridge	PPoint	Helen's presentation contains two quizzes, the first being arranged for a Bingo game or a quick pen-and-paper test. The second, Functional Groups, gives immediate feedback on each slide so that students are able to learn from their performances on the first few slides. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
13.5	MR2	Lovjinder Gill Shanker Varma Roger Watson Slough Grammar School	PPoint	A presentation produced by students in order to teach the rest of the class abouthydrolysis of esters. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
13.5 (plus brief review of CI 13.3 and 13.4 met at AS)	TL2	K L Fullilove	PPoint	From structural isomersim to stereo isomerism; from geometrical to optical isomerism, it's all here - everything you were afraid to ask. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but remember to mention E/Z as an alternative to cis/trans isomerism.
13.6	CD3	Melanie Tyrell Small Heath School Birmingham	PPoint	This presentation deals with oils and fats. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
13.7	**WM2	Melanie Tyrell Small Heath School Birmingham	PPoint
13.8	MR2		Word
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13.10	CD5	Melanie Tyrell Small Heath School Birmingham	PPoint
Chapter 14: Organic synthesis Back to Top
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14.2	MD3	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	Word	These two word documents make up a mapping from memory exercise on Aromatic Reagents and Conditions. Students work in pairs and have a black-and-white copy of the template (1). The teacher has the completed coloured form (2). One of the pair of student looks at the coloured copy for 15 seconds and then returns to the template to discuss/transfer the information for 45 seconds. This is repeated seven more times. Still relevant for the 3rd edition
14.2	MD3	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	PPoint	This presentation on Aromatic reagents and conditions consists of a single PowerPoint slide and a series of audio files. Clicking on an "ear" icon runs the appropriate audio description of the reagents and conditions. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
14.2	MD3	Rob Laird The Queen Katherine School, Kendal	PPoint	Rob has contributed two progressively-built presentations for teaching and reinforcing the "organic toolkits" in MD. The first deals with Toolkit A for aliphatic compounds. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
14.2	MD3	Rob Laird The Queen Katherine School, Kendal	PPoint	Rob's second presentation concentrates on Toolkit B for aromatic compounds. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
14.2	MD3	Emma Doyle Thorpe St Andrew School, Norwich	PPoint	This is an example of a weekly quiz on organic chemistry. You could use mini whiteboards for students to hold up their answers. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
14.2	MD3	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	Word	Simple card match to help students start to get their head around types of reaction. Best done in pairs. New for the 3rd edition.
14.2	MD3	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	Word	A Revision Scheme for Medicines by Design. May need some tweaking of references for the 3rd edition.
14.2	MD3	Chris Hall Hele's School Plympton	Word	This PowerPoint, sent in by Chris Hall neatly summarises organic reaction mechanisms met across the whole course. It contains useful hyperlinks so you can move between different sections of the presentations easily.
Chapter 15: Greener industry Back to Top
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Appendices: Experimental techniques Back to Top
App A
App B
App C

A2 Chemical Ideas

Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Appendices

Chapter 1: Measuring amounts of substance

Chapter 2: Atomic Structure Back to Top

Chapter 3: Bonding, shapes and sizes Back to Top

Chapter 4: Energy changes and chemical reactions Back to Top

Chapter 5: Structure and propertiesBack to Top

Chapter 6: Radiation and matter Back to Top

Chapter 7: Equilibrium in chemistry Back to Top

Chapter 8: Acids and bases

Chapter 9: Redox Back to Top

Chapter 10: Rates of reactions Back to Top

Chapter 11: The Periodic Table Back to Top

Chapter 12: Organic chemistry: frameworks Back to Top

Chapter 13: Organic chemistry: modifiers Back to Top

Chapter 14: Organic synthesis Back to Top

Chapter 15: Greener industry Back to Top

Appendices: Experimental techniques Back to Top

Chapter 4: Energy changes and chemical reactions
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