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Covalent bonding | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 14–16 years

Use these worksheets to develop learners’ understanding of covalent bonding, including symbolic models and how macroscopic properties relate to the type of bonding

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Metallic bonding | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 14–16 years

Use these worksheets to develop learners’ understanding of metallic bonding, including symbols and diagrams and how macroscopic properties relate to the type of bonding

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Carbon allotropes | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 14–16 years

Use these worksheets to develop learners’ understanding of carbon allotropes, from sub-microscopic structures to macroscopic properties

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Ionic bonding | Johnstone’s triangle worksheets | 14–16 years

Use these worksheets to develop learners’ understanding of ionic structures and bonding, including symbols and diagrams and how macroscopic properties are related to bonding

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Fractional distillation and hydrocarbons | Review my learning worksheets | 14–16 years

Identify learning gaps and misconceptions with this set of worksheets offering three levels of support

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Representing elements and compounds | Review my learning worksheets | 14–16 years

Identify learning gaps and misconceptions with this set of worksheets offering three levels of support

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Solubility | Review my learning worksheets | 14–16 years

Identify learning gaps and misconceptions with this set of worksheets offering three levels of support

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Chromatography | Review my learning worksheets | 14–16 years

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Identify learning gaps and misconceptions with this set of worksheets offering three levels of support

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Addition polymerisation | Review my learning worksheets | 14–16 years

Identify learning gaps and misconceptions with this set of worksheets offering three levels of support

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Particle diagrams | Structure strip | 14–16

Support learners to describe and evaluate the particle model for solids, liquids and gases with this writing activity

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Atoms and ions | Structure strip | 14–16

Support learners to recall and write about ion formation and factors that affect it

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Structure of the atom | Structure strip | 14–16

Support learners to recall and write about the properties of subatomic particles and the structure of an atom

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Chromatography challenge | 16–18 years

Explore analytical techniques and their applications with a chromatography investigation and research activity

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Covalent bonding | Structure strip | 14–16

Understand covalent bonding diagrams and their limitations, with this scaffolded writing activity

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Ionic bonding | Structure strip | 14–16

Understand the models and diagrams used to represent ionic bonding and their limitations, with this scaffolded writing activity

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Metallic bonding | Structure strip | 14–16

Describe the metallic bonding model and explain how this leads to particular properties in metals, with this scaffolded writing activity 

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Allotropes of carbon | Structure strip | 14–16

Support learners to retrieve information on the structure and bonding in different forms of carbon, with this scaffolded writing activity

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Paracetamol book | The extraction and purification of paracetamol from tablets

How pure is paracetamol? This practical lets learners distil tablets and answer that very question

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Paracetamol book | The preparation of paracetamol

 The first of three steps, in practical experiments, that show learners how to prepare paracetamol

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Paracetamol book | Using thin-layer chromatography to investigate the reactions

In this activity you investigate the purity and identity of your laboratory prepared samples of nitrophenol or paracetamol using thin-layer chromatography