All Johnstone's model articles

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Melting and boiling | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 11–14 years

Develop learners’ understanding of melting and boiling with this worksheet, including a teacher demonstration for learners to observe

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Melting and boiling points | Developing understanding | 11–14

Deepen understanding of melting and boiling points and how these are represented at different conceptual levels of thinking

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Dissolving salt | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 11–14 years

Use this worksheet to develop learners’ understanding of solutions as they observe how salt and sand behave in water

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Solutions | Developing understanding | 11–14

Encourage learners to deepen their understanding of solutions and how they are represented at different conceptual levels of thinking

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States of matter | Developing understanding | 11–14 years

Encourage learners to deepen their understanding of states of matter and how they are represented at different conceptual levels of thinking

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States of matter | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 11–14 years

Use this worksheet to develop learners’ understanding of states of matter, including a teacher demonstration

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Isotopes of hydrogen | Johnstone’s triangle | 14–16 years

Use this worksheet to develop learners’ understanding of atoms and isotopes by considering ‘heavy water’ ice cubes

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Atoms and isotopes | Developing Understanding | 14–16

Encourage learners to deepen their understanding of isotopes from the macroscopic to sub-microscopic level

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Atoms and ions | Developing Understanding | 14–16 years

Encourage learners to think about how atoms and ions are represented and what this means at the sub-microscopic level

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Atoms and ions of copper | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 14–16 years

Use these worksheets to develop learners’ understanding of atoms and ions, including a demonstration of a metal displacement reaction

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Atomic structure of lithium | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 14–16 years

Use these worksheets to develop learners’ understanding of atomic structure, using the example of lithium

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Atomic structure | Developing Understanding | 14–16 years

Encourage learners to think about how the atomic structure is represented and what this means at the sub-microscopic level

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Particle diagrams of water | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 14–16 years

Use these worksheets to develop learners’ understanding of particle diagrams of water in the solid, liquid and gas state

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Teaching conservation of mass at 14–16

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Help learners master the concept of conservation of mass with these hands-on teaching ideas

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Covalent bonding | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

Develop learners’ understanding of the size and shape of covalent structures by interpreting a range of diagrams and models

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Ionic bonding | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

Develop learners’ understanding of ionic lattices through comparing 2D and 3D representations

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Metallic bonding | Developing understanding | 14–16

Develop learners’ sub-microscopic understanding by interpreting a range of models used to represent metallic structure and metal ions

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Carbon allotropes | Developing understanding | 14–16

Encourage learners to think about how different structures of carbon are represented and what this means at the sub-microscopic level

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Improve students’ understanding with Johnstone’s triangle

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Make abstract ideas concrete by linking macroscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic representations

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Different allotropes of carbon | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 14–16 years

Use these worksheets to get learners thinking about carbon allotropes at different levels, from sub-microscopic structures to macroscopic properties