
Neil Goalby
Neil has been teaching chemistry for nearly 30 years and is also a chief examiner. He is currently head of chemistry at Bancroft’s School in North East London. Neil is the author of the popular chemistry revision website chemrevise.org
ResourceInterpreting chemical equations for ionic compounds | Developing understanding | 14–16
Help your learners develop mental models of what is represented in balanced chemical equation for ionic compounds with this resource, including teacher notes and a student worksheet
ResourceMoles and volume | Developing understanding | 14–16 years
Deepen your learners’ understanding of the idea that equal volumes of gases contain an equal number of molecules with this worksheet
ResourceMoles and mass | Developing understanding | 14–16 years
Develop understanding of the relationship between the mass of one mole, the number of moles and the mass of a substance
ResourceReactant and product substances | Developing understanding | 11–14
Use these worksheets to secure and deepen your learners’ understanding of reactants and products in chemical changes
ResourceSymbols and formulas | Developing understanding | 11–14 years
Develop your learners’ understanding of what is represented by symbols and chemical formulas
ResourceInterpreting chemical equations | Developing understanding | 14–16 years
Deepen learners’ understanding of interpreting chemical equations by exploring the topic at different conceptual levels
ResourceConcentration and mass | Developing understanding | 14–16 years
Encourage learners to deepen their understanding of concentration and mass from the macroscopic to sub-microscopic level
ResourceReacting ratios: masses | Developing understanding | 14–16 years
Develop learners’ understanding of the ratio of the very large number of atoms or molecules in balanced chemical equations
ResourceDiffusion and chemical reactions | Developing understanding | 11–14 years
Use this worksheet to deepen understanding of diffusion and chemical reactions and how these processes are represented
ResourceDiffusion and dissolving | Developing understanding | 11–14 years
Deepen learners’ understanding of diffusion and dissolving with this worksheet exploring different conceptual levels of thinking
ResourceMelting and boiling points | Developing understanding | 11–14 years
Deepen understanding of melting and boiling points and how these are represented at different conceptual levels of thinking
ResourceSolutions | Developing understanding | 11–14 years
Encourage learners to deepen their understanding of solutions and how they are represented at different conceptual levels of thinking
ResourceStates 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
ResourceAtoms and isotopes | Developing understanding | 14–16 years
Encourage learners to deepen their understanding of isotopes from the macroscopic to sub-microscopic level
ResourceAtoms 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
ResourceAtomic 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
ResourceCovalent 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
ResourceIonic bonding | Developing understanding | 14–16 years
Develop learners’ understanding of ionic lattices through comparing 2D and 3D representations
ResourceMetallic bonding | Developing understanding | 14–16 years
Develop learners’ sub-microscopic understanding by interpreting a range of models used to represent metallic structure and metal ions
ResourceCarbon allotropes | Developing understanding | 14–16 years
Encourage learners to think about how different structures of carbon are represented and what this means at the sub-microscopic level



