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Elements of Life

Resourcing	Author	Description or Subject	Download
Scheme of Work EL	Natasha Callaghan Farringtons School	SOW Elements of Life.
EL 1	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	New for 3rd edition. The first slide could be used when talking about the big picture for this Storyline.
EL 1 or 3 (CI 2.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	This covers the build-up of sub-atomic particles in atoms and isotopes. The last few slides on mass spectrometry are no longer relevant for the 3rd edition.
EL 1 and 3 (CI 2.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	This "true-false" presentation covers GCSE work on atomic structure and is structured in a timer-loop system. It is a suitable resource for the start of a lesson on CI 2.1. This is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
EL 1 or 3 (CI 2.2)	Phil Pearson Calder High Technology College	Nuclear reactions is a useful slideshow. It is still relevant for the 3rd edition although it goes with the health warning that the mass and atomic numbers should be on the left of the symbol for the element.
EL 1 and 3 (CI 2.2)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	A copy of Radiation Taboo needs to be provided on card for each group of three students. One student is the "guesser", a second gives clues and the third is the judge to make sure none of the "taboo" words are used. The winning group of students being the one with the most correct guesses in the five minutes. This is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
EL 1 (CI 6.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	This PowerPoint explores Radiation and Matter.The last two slides covering the calculation of ionization energy are no longer needed for the 3rd edition.
EL 1 (CI 6.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	This is a mapping from memory exercise on light and electrons. Students work in groups of three and have a black-and-white copy of the template (1). The teacher has the completed coloured form(2). One of the students 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. It could be followed up with past questions. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
EL 1	Paul Luton Richmond upon Thames College	This PowerPoint is concerned with the development of ideas about atomic structure. The first part of this 2005 presentation would be useful for reviewing the How Science Works criteria in the 3rd edition.
EL 2 (CI 3.1)	Carol Crowley Franklin College Grimsby	A presentation providing a good summary of ionic bonding. The references in the slides would need updating for the 3rd edition.
EL 2 (CI 3.1)	Carol Crowley Franklin College Grimsby	A presentation providing a good summary of covalent bonding which is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
EL 2 (CI 3.1	Eddie Grimble Queen Mary College	An exercise on the effect of structure on properties, similar to the one above. The references to other Chemical Ideas may need alteration for the 3rd edition.
EL 2 (CI 3.1)	Eddie Grimble Queen Mary College	An exercise on bonding, based on text boxes in Word documents and designed to reinforce students' understanding. The references to other Chemical Ideas may need alteration for the 3rd edition.
EL 2 (CI 3.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	This loopy PowerPoint is concerned with types of bonding. Once started it runs until esc is pressed. Run the slideshow through a couple of times as a starter or plenary. It is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
EL2 (CI3.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	New for 3rd edition. Have this A3 size to review structure, properties and bonding. Students fill in as much as they can, discussing what they know in pairs. After 5 minutes, ask students to swap partners and work with another student. It will generate dialogue between students and with you.
EL2 CI 3.2)	Peter Tryon Uplands, Malaysia	A comprehensive presentation looking at molecular shapes.
EL2 (CI3.2)	Katy Fullilove Langley Park Boys School	A simple PowerPoint summarising the main points needed to understand the shapes of simple molecules.
SL EL3	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	New for 3rd edition. Have these cut out and on card. Students sort the cards into true, false and unsure piles to review the use of radioactive isotopes as tracers.
EL3 (CI1.1)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Learning Village, Northumberland	A Powerpoint introducing the concept of the mole using sweets.
EL 3 (CI 1.1)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Village	A structured PowerPoint introducing notetaking, guiding the way through what are we made of in the storyline and introducing mole calculations as well as activity EL3
EL 3 (CI 1.1)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Village	A comprehensive guide to balancing equations and an introduction to mole calculations
EL 3 (CI 1.1) (CI 1.2)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Village	An introduction to the theory and practice needed for activity EL3
EL 3 (CI 1.1) (CI 1.2)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Village	Lots of clear examples and instructions on balancing equations and mole calculations
EL3 (CI 1.2)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Village	A presentation on balancing equations. Links directly to activity EL3.2
L 3 or 1 (CI 2.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	This "true-false" presentation covers GCSE work on atomic structure and is structured in a timer-loop system. It is a suitable resource for the start of a lesson on CI 2.1. This is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
EL 3 or 1 (CI 2.2)	Phil Pearson Calder High Technology College	Nuclear reactions is a useful slideshow. It is still relevant for the 3rd edition although it goes with the health warning that the mass and atomic numbers should be on the left of the symbol for the element
EL 3 or 1 (CI 2.2)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	A copy of Radiation Taboo needs to be provided on card for each group of three students. One student is the "guesser", a second gives clues and the third is the judge to make sure none of the "taboo" words are used. The winning group of students being the one with the most correct guesses in the five minutes. This is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
EL 4 (CI 1.2)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Learning Village, Northumberland	A presentation on classification of elements leading to group 2 and linking to activity EL4.1
EL 4 (CI 1.2)	Daniel Dean Bramcote Hills Sport and Community College	Balancing equations is a short but useful slide show. It is relevant for the 3rd edition.
EL 4 CI 11.1	Katy Fullilove Langley Park Boys School	Periodicity a spreadsheet providing data for the first three periods. This would be useful for students to demonstrate their ICT skills and links to activity EL4.3
EL 4 (CI 11.1)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Village	An introduction to the Periodic Table and periodicity.
EL 4 (CI 11.1)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Village	An eyecatching introduction to trends and periodicity
EL 4 (CI 11.2)	Daniel Dean Bramcote Hills Sport and Community College	This presentation deals with The s block: Groups 1 and 2. It is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
EL 4 (CI 11.2)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Village	An innovative introduction to classification leading introduction to group 2 and activity EL4.1
EL 4 (CI 11.2) (CI 6.5)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Village	Summary of group 2 chemistry and an in introduction to mass spectrometry
EL 4 (CI 11.2) (CI 6.5)	Ulupi Barnett Cramlington Village	Interpreting results from activity EL4.1, introduction to mass spectrometry, the method and interpretation of simple elemental spectra
EL4 (CI 11.2)	Charles Ullermayer previously Northfields Dunstable	Importance of group 2 elements for life questions and answers.
EL4 (CI 6.5)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	New for 3rd edition. An updated PowerPoint which includes time of flight mass spectrometry.
EL 4 (CI 6.5)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	New for 3rd edition. Could be used as a plenary after teaching CI 6.5 on time of flight mass spectrometry.
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Resourcing	Author	Description or Subject
Scheme of Work DF	Natasha Callaghan Farringtons School
DF2 CI 4.1	Katy Fullilove Langley Park Boys School	A blank glossary of key terms for the students to complete
DF 3 (CI 12.1)	Daniel Dean Bramcote Hills Sport and Community College	This presentation deals with The alkanes. It is still useful for the 3rd edition.
DF3	Ann Corbin Cheltenham Bournside School	A 'cut and stick' visual aid for students to reinforce fractional distillation.
DF 4 (CI 13.2)	John Hudson Green School for Girls Isleworth	John has contributed an attractive animated presentation on alcohols and ethers. Still useful for the 3rd edition.
DF 5 (CI 4.3)	Louise Sibley King James’s School Knaresborough	New for 3rd edition. Useful as a plenary. Based on Q1 of the problems on entropy.
DF 7 (CI 10.5)	Anne Unseld Newstead Wood School	An impressive presentation, What is a catalyst?covering the nature of catalysts and how they work. Still relevant for the 3rd edition although CI 10.4 has become CI 10.5.
DF revision	Louise Sibley King James’s School Knaresborough	New for 3rd edition. Human Bingo could be used as a starter activity part way through the Storyline for revision. See sheet for the instructions.
DF revision and A1	Jennifer Hart Ashmole Academy	Tests students memory of thepollutants found in DF and their understanding of the PPM concept. Its quite tricky with a number of red herrings.
DF revision	Louise Sibley King James’s School Knaresborough	New for 3rd edition. Useful as a starter or entry activity for revision. Students write down answers in pairs. The slide show will loop until you press escape
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Resourcing	Author	Description or Subject
Scheme of Work ES	Natasha Callaghan Farringtons School
ES 1 (CI 1.5)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	New for 3rd edition. Needs to be on card and cut up. Students construct a rectangle in which questions and their answers touch. This activity reviews work on titrations.
ES 2	Mike Davis Mulberry School London	An attractive presentation on the extraction of bromine from sea water. This is still in the Storylines although no longer in the specification for the 3rd edition.
ES 2	Catherine Cross King Edward VII School Melton Mowbray	A valuable presentation on bromine production in the form of a progressive flowchart in which a blank is filled at each mouse-click. This could be used as a teacher-demonstration resource or for students checking their own responses. This is still in the Storylines although no longer in the specification for the 3rd edition.
ES 2	Ian Taylor City and Islington 6th Form College.	This PPoint updated for the 3rd edition was provided by Ian Taylor from City and Islington 6th Form College. It is based on Catherine Cross’s previous PPoint presentation on bromine production
ES 2 (CI 2.5)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	New for the 3rd edition. Use this as a plenary slide for CI 2.5. Allow students a few minutes to discuss in pairs before asking for ideas aboutionisation enthalpy.
ES2 (CI 5.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	This contribution covers ions in solution and in solids, and the formation of ionic precipitates. Most of it is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
ES 2 (CI 5.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	New for the 3rd edition. Students write questions on whether a compound is soluble in this game based on an idea from ALPs.
ES 2 (CI 5.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	New for 3rd edition. Use this to check that students can identify ionic equations for precipitation reactions.
ES 2 (CI 9.1)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	New for 3rd edition. Students join up words and write the relationship as a sentence on the lines for a concept map plenary which reviews redox reactions.
ES 2 (CI 11.4)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	New for 3rd edition. In halogens taboo, students work in 3s and need a set of cards cut out and on card. Student A gives clues so student B can guess the word/phrase. Student C checks that student A does not use the taboo words. Rotate roles. Winning group is the first to finish.
ES 2 (CI 11.4)	Carol Crowley Franklin College Grimsby	An attractive presentation summarising the physical properties and electron configurations of the halogens. This is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
ES 2 (CI 2.4)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	New for 3rd edition. Students move around to find answers to the Human Bingo questions. This generates conversations about what has been learned so far.
ES 2 (CI 2.4)	Paul Luton Richmond upon Thames College	A high quality presentation dealing with electron configuration.
ES 2 (CI 2.4)	Chris Otter (then) Bede College, Billingham	A very useful animated PowerPoint to illustrate the build up of electron configuration using shells and sub-shells. This is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
ES 2 (CI 2.4)	Nicola Weatherill Tadcaster Grammar School	Nicola has contributed a suggested approach for teaching electron configuration and a template for student use in recording electron build-up. This is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
ES3	Paul Luton Richmond upon Thames College	Batch versus Continuous processes, using lime as an example. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
ES 4 (CI 3.1)	Charles Ullermayer previously Northfields Dunstable	Electronegativity tables, bond polarity and calculating electronegativity.
ES 4 (CI 11.4)	Charles Ullermayer previously Northfields Dunstable	Importance of Group 7 elements for life. Questions and answers.	‌
ES4	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	New for the 3rd edition. This market place activity covers the How Science Works statement on risks and benefits and Group VII. See Download (1) for instructions and Download (2) for the resources.
ES 4	Nicola Wetherill Tadcaster Grammar school	New for 3rd edition. This spreadsheet can be used to calculate cost per mole of chlorate in bleach.
ES 6 (CI 13.1)	Joanna Bowman Our Lady's Convent HS Hackney	Halogenoalkanes is the subject of this document. It is still relevant for the 3rd edition.
ES Assessment	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar school	New for 3rd edition. Use the booklet (which can be printed 2 pages to a side of A4 and double sided) to revisit ideas for a titration assessment. Download (1) is for students and Download (2) is for teachers.
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Resourcing	Author	Description or Subject
Scheme of Work A	Natasha Callaghan Farringtons School
A1 (CI 1.4 )	Jennifer Hart Ashmole Academy	Converting and calculating gas volumes - some quick calculations for students to practice PPM and percentage.
A1	Jennifer Hart Ashmole Academy	Key Terms. A list of the key vocab for the students to define.
A1 and DF	Jennifer Hart Ashmole Academy	Tests students memory of the pollutants found in DF and their understanding of the PPM concept. Its quite tricky with a number of red herrings.
A1 and 2	Paul Luton	General introduction to the atmosphere. Introduction to sunscreens. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but may need tweaking.
A2 (CI 6.2)	Lesley Johnston King James's School Knaresborough	A presentation clarifying the troublesome ideas in the effects of radiation on matter. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but may need tweaking.
A2 (CI 6.2)	Margaret Walters Paston College	A simple but effective missing-word document for reinforcing the key points in the effects of radiation on matter. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but may need tweaking.
A3 (CI 6.3)	Sarah Baines Tadcaster Grammar school	Useful to check students can spot if a step in a radical reaction is initiation, propagation or termination. New for 3rd edition.
A3 (CI 6.3)	Natasha Callaghan Farringtons School	Summary sheet for the new specification 3rd edition.
A3 (CI 10.1)	Joanna Bowman Our Lady's Convent HS Hackney	This document is concerned with collision theory. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but may need tweaking.
A3 (CI 10.2)	Joanna Bowman Our Lady's Convent HS Hackney	A resource on the effect on temperature on reaction rate. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but may need tweaking
A3 (CI 10.6)	Joanna Bowman Our Lady's Convent HS Hackney	This document is concerned with how catalysts work. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but may need tweaking, was CI 10.5 but now CI 10.6.
A3 (CI 10.2, 10.6, 13.1)	Joanna Bowman Our Lady's Convent HS Hackney	A document on collision theory in reactions and the removal of ozone. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but may need tweaking
A6 (Storylines)	Paul Luton Richmond upon Thames College	Paul's well-illustrated presentation is concerned with the greenhouse effect. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but may need tweaking.
A6	Marcus Rutland Queen Mary's College	This neat PowerPoint from Marcus Rutland at Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke describes step by step the input and output of energy to and from the Earth.
A9 (CI 7.1)	Chris Hall Hele's School Plympton	This presentation deals with Le Chatelier's Principle and the equilibrium between water and carbon dioxide. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but may need tweaking.
A9 (CI 7.1)	Joanna Bowman Our Lady's Convent HS Hackney	This is concerned with chemical equilibrium. Joanna provides copies for students to highlight and annotate. Still relevant for the 3rd edition but may need tweaking
A9 (CI 5.2)	Anne Unseld Newstead Wood School	An attractive and effective presentation on Molecules and Networks, based on Group 4 element oxides. Still relevant for the 3rd edition although may need tweaking.
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Resourcing	Author	Description or Subject
Scheme of Work PR	Natasha Callaghan Farringtons School		SOW PR (MS Word , 24kb)
PR 2 (CI 12.2)	Lesley Johnston King James's School Knaresborough	A presentation illustrating the electrophilic addition of bromine to ethene. It is intended for self-study rather than teacher-led demonstration. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
PR 2 (CI 12.2)	Lesley Johnston King James's School Knaresborough	A timed loop presentation with sound commentary and questions on the electrophilic addition of bromine to ethene. This, therefore, runs like a film without the use of the mouse or keyboard. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
PR 2 (CI 5.3)	Charlie Butler Mid-Kent College	A neat and effective presentation on dipoles and intermolecular forces. May need some tweaking for the 3rd edition.
PR 2 (CI 5.3)	Katy Fullilove Langley Park Boys School	A presentation on dipoles and intermolecularforces. Most of this is Katy's own work but she acknowledges the contribution made by Charlie Butler in the previous presentation. May need some tweaking for the 3rd edition.
PR (CI 12.2)	Carol Crowley Franklin College Grimsby	An ingenious interactive ("drag and drop") document intended for student use in reinforcingthe reactions of alkenes. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
PR 4 (CI 5.3 + 5.4)	Jolene Gardner	Slides 1-9: Summary of intermolecular forces, including hydrogen bonding, permanent dipoleforces and instantaneous dipole forces. This goes beyond the syllabus in 3rd edition but is still useful.
PR 4 (CI 5.4)	John Hudson Green School for Girls Isleworth	John's contribution is an impressive and effective animated presentation on hydrogen bonding. Slides 1 to 16 make up the presentation, slides 17 to 26 are intended to be printed as a handout, and slides 4 and 14 are designed as short discussion activities for small groups. May need some tweaking for the 3rd edition.
PR 4 (CI 13.2)	Louise Herbert King James’s School Knaresborough	This presentation is quite challenging and a bit of fun. New for the 3rd edition.
PR 4 (CI 13.2)	Bridget Sutton	A useful starter/plenary covering oxidation of alcohols
PR various Storylines	Sarah Baines Tadcaster Grammar school	Students read the Cinderella story then complete a table with uses, monomer structure and polymer structure of selected materials. New for the 3rd edition.
PR 5 (CI 3.4)	Melanie Tyrell Small Heath School Birmingham	This presentation deals with geometric isomerism. Will need some tweaking for the 3rd edition due to the introduction of E/Z isomerism.
PR5 (CI 6.4)	Lesley Johnston Tadcaster Grammar School	This is a mapping from memory exercise on IR spectroscopy. Students work in groups 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 transfer the information for 45 seconds. This is repeated seven times. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
PR5 (CI 6.4)	K L Fullilove	Simple introduction to the processes that give rise to the characteristic absorptions in IR spectroscopy. Still relevant for the 3rd edition.
PR End of topic revision	Louise Herbert King James’s school Knaresborough	Triominoes is based on an idea from ALPs. Cards should be cut up before the lesson. Students construct the triangles in twos or threes. Will generate discussion. New for the 3rd edition.
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