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Structure strips
Improve learners’ understanding of chemistry with these scaffolded writing activities for age ranges 11–14 and 14–16 years
Core resources for 11–14 years
Changes of state | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about changes of state
Conservation of mass | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about conservation of mass
Diffusion | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about diffusion
Reactants and products | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about reactants and products
Representing chemical reactions | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about representing chemical reactions
Solutions | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Support learners to retrieve information and write about solutions
States of matter | Structure strip | 11–14 years
Support learners to recall and write about the properties of solids, liquids and gases
Core resources for 14–16 years
Allotropes of carbon | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Support learners to retrieve information on the structure and bonding in different forms of carbon, with this scaffolded writing activity
Amount of substance in moles | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about amount of substance in moles
Atoms and ions | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Support learners to recall and write about ion formation and factors that affect it
Balanced chemical equations | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about balanced chemical equations
Concentration of solutions and titration | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Support learners to write about concentration of solutions and titration, using scaffolded writing prompts
Covalent bonding | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Understand covalent bonding diagrams and their limitations, with this scaffolded writing activity
Ionic bonding | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Understand the models and diagrams used to represent ionic bonding and their limitations, with this scaffolded writing activity
Metallic bonding | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Describe the metallic bonding model and explain how this leads to particular properties in metals, with this scaffolded writing activity
Reacting masses and gas volumes | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Use scaffolded prompts to support learners to write about reacting masses and gas volumes
Relative mass | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Support learners to demonstrate their understanding of relative mass, using scaffolded writing prompts
Structure of the atom | Structure strip | 14–16 years
Support learners to recall and write about the properties of subatomic particles and the structure of an atom
Find structure strips for core practicals
Practical videos | 14–16 years
Videos of core practical experiments for flipped learning, remote teaching or revision
Practical videos | 16–18 years
Videos of key practical techniques and apparatus for revision, flipped learning or remote teaching
More structure strips
Nanomaterials and the nanoscale: structure strip | 14–16 years
The politics of energy – structure strip | 14–16 years
How to teach the Earth’s structure for younger students
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