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I have added the new definitions to the SI wheel of units. Possibly for display in your lab.

A little bit of ‘learning without working’ activity for the end of term, in black and white for easy cheap photocopying. Suitable for all abilities, but earlier years may need to look some clues up. The answers are included.

I have tried to illustrate the concept of separation of water molecules rather than breaking covalent bonds when water is heated with a quick and dirty animation. Click on the water boiling.html file and it will run in your browser.

A Drag & Drop exercise for building up the electronic structure of atoms. After a short cartoon for building up an atom of calcium, students build up four atoms by drag and drop. Could be used projected on the whiteboard or by students individually at computers. Double click on the full atomic structure.html file and it will open in your browser. I made it big for projection, but it can be made smaller by zooming out using the browser zoom control. A preview is available on my web site Please note: in order to provide a rich interactive experience, my drag & drop resources are mini-web sites local to your computer. After unzipping, they comprise a folder containing the main .html file and another folder containing the graphic resources and my coding to make the resource work. Double click on the .html file and the resource will work. If, however , you move or delete any of the files from this hierarchy, the resource will not work.

Bah Humbug. For your students’ (mild) entertainment around christmas. With a tiny bit of science in it. And some Latin.

A very simple crossword covering initial GCSE ideas on atomic structure.

Practice at answering this particular question

A readily photocopiable crossword which covers AQA science terms for year ten. Comes with answers. I have included an interactive version, should you wish to do it with a class on the whiteboard. Simply click on ‘index’