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11–14 years

Find ready-to-use, editable resource packages for key topics to prepare, deliver, assess and enrich your teaching, plus literacy support

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14–16 years

Find ready-to-use, editable resource packages for key topics to prepare, deliver, assess and enrich your teaching, plus literacy support

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The fractional distillation of crude oil

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The properties of alcohols

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Addition polymerisation | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

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Alkane boiling points | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

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Alkane boiling points | Johnstone’s triangle | 14–16 years

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Polypropene | Johnstone’s triangle | 14–16 years

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Reactions of alkenes | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

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Alkenes | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

  • The fractional distillation of crude oil

  • The properties of alcohols

  • Addition polymerisation | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

  • Alkane boiling points | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

  • Alkane boiling points | Johnstone’s triangle | 14–16 years

  • Polypropene | Johnstone’s triangle | 14–16 years

  • Reactions of alkenes | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

  • Alkenes | Developing understanding | 14–16 years

  • Teacher in front of a whiteboard in a classroom

    Primary

    Free classroom resources, videos and experiments to support your teaching of primary school science

  • Secondary student

    Secondary

    Over 1800 resources to save you time, spark excitement and encourage understanding

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    Higher education

    Support your students with the skills they need to succeed at degree level and beyond

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    Practical

    Resources and inspiration for experiments and demonstrations

  • A student sitting at a desk, reading from a book while making notes

    Literacy in science teaching

    Browse resources and ideas to support and encourage students' reading, writing and understanding of technical language in chemistry.

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    Careers

    Teaching ideas, resources and activities to inspire your students and link chemistry careers to your curriculum

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    Maths skills for chemistry

    Discover articles and resources targeting key maths skills for chemistry, from drawing and interpreting graphs to solving algebraic equations.

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    Microscale chemistry

    Tips, ideas and practical experiments to bring microscale chemistry into your classroom, using only small quantities of chemicals and simple apparatus.

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    Practical videos | 14–16 years

    Videos of core practical experiments for flipped learning, remote teaching or revision

  • The hand of a teacher in a lab coat gestures towards a Liebig condenser used for distillation

    Practical videos | 16–18 years

    Videos of key practical techniques and apparatus for revision, flipped learning or remote teaching

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    Nuffield practical collection

    Develop understanding of a wide range of chemical concepts and processes using this collection of over 200 practicals

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    Exhibition chemistry

    Spectacular chemistry demonstrations from our Education in Chemistry magazine. Examples include the popular rainbow flame demonstration and genie in the bottle

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    Review my learning worksheets

    Scaffolded worksheets to assess learners’ understanding and misconceptions in key topics

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    Johnstone's triangle resources

    Develop learners’ understanding of key topics using these activities and resources based on Johnstone’s triangle model

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    Structure strips

    Improve learners’ understanding of chemistry with these scaffolded writing activities

  • Examples of the resources that make up the key terms support packs: a key terms list, an accessible glossary slide; a Frayer model slide and an Unscrambling definitions worksheet

    Key terms glossaries and support

    Support every learner to access key topics with these language support packs

  • An example slide showing a word bridge, the bridge includes a fact, part of a sentence at the start, linking words and then part of a sentence at the finish.

    Structured talk resources

    Apply, build and share understanding with these speaking and listening tasks based on word bridges

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    Reading comprehension resources

    Develop literacy skills and confidence with these reading comprehension worksheets based on real science research news stories

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