Alcohols: Oxidation, Distillation and Reflux — Interactive Lesson (Ages 16–18)

Name: Alcohols: Oxidation, Distillation and Reflux — Interactive Lesson (Ages 16–18)
Brand: Skoolmaths
SKU: SKM-110213
Price: 3.69 GBP
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☆☆☆☆☆ Add your review • A-Level Chemistry, Year 12 Science & Year 13 Science • 🎓 Interactive Lesson & Activities

Students classify alcohols as primary, secondary or tertiary and predict the products of oxidation with acidified potassium dichromate(VI), including the orange-to-green colour change.

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Lesson at a glance

What pupils will learn

Classify alcohols as primary, secondary or tertiary.
Describe the oxidation of alcohols by acidified potassium dichromate(VI), including the colour change.
Explain when to use distillation and when to use reflux.
Use Tollens' and Fehling's reagents to distinguish aldehydes from ketones.
Describe the elimination (dehydration) of alcohols to form alkenes.

Curriculum

UK: Year 12–13 Science (A-level), National Curriculum (England)
Topic area: Organic Chemistry
US equivalent: Grades 11–12 (year level only; not mapped to US standards)

What the lesson covers

Classifying Alcohols
Oxidising Primary Alcohols
Distillation vs Reflux
Secondary and Tertiary Alcohols
Aldehyde or Ketone?
Elimination: Alcohols to Alkenes

How it is interactive

8 multiple-choice questions
2 true or false questions
1 fill-in-the-blank question
1 sorting and ordering task
1 sentence-writing task
1 drag-the-words sentence
1 reveal card

Feedback and what you get

Questions are marked automatically as pupils answer: a sound and a character reaction show straight away whether they are right, and correct answers earn points, with a results screen at the end. Sentence-writing tasks are for pupils' own answers and are not marked automatically.

A 24-slide interactive lesson that runs in any web browser on a computer, tablet or interactive whiteboard. Members open it online from their year group page. Buying it on its own gives you a .zip download to unzip and open.

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Primary, secondary or tertiary? The answer decides what acidified dichromate turns an alcohol into. This 24-slide interactive lesson on oxidation of alcohols takes pupils from first ideas to exam-style explanations, with 14 self-marking activities and nothing to prepare beforehand.

Teaching Alcohols: Oxidation, Distillation and Reflux in A-level Chemistry

Students classify alcohols as primary, secondary or tertiary and predict the products of oxidation with acidified potassium dichromate(VI), including the orange-to-green colour change. They explain when to distil off an aldehyde and when to heat under reflux to make a carboxylic acid or ketone, use Tollens’ and Fehling’s reagents to tell aldehydes from ketones, and describe the dehydration of alcohols to alkenes.

What Pupils Will Learn

Classify alcohols as primary, secondary or tertiary.
Describe the oxidation of alcohols by acidified potassium dichromate(VI), including the colour change.
Explain when to use distillation and when to use reflux.
Use Tollens’ and Fehling’s reagents to distinguish aldehydes from ketones.
Describe the elimination (dehydration) of alcohols to form alkenes.

What’s Included

24-slide interactive lesson
14 self-marking activities: multiple-choice questions, true-or-false checks, sorting tasks, drag-and-drop categorising and fill-in-the-gap questions
Step-by-step teaching cards that reveal one point at a time
A written explanation task with a model answer for self-assessment

Why Teachers Love It

No prep — open it on an interactive whiteboard, laptop or tablet
Instant feedback explains every answer, right or wrong
Everyday examples make chemistry feel real
Works for whole-class teaching, independent study or revision

Curriculum Alignment

Supports the organic chemistry content of UK A-level Chemistry (AQA section 3.3, with equivalent OCR and Edexcel content) and prepares Nigerian students for post-SSCE study, JAMB and first-year university chemistry.

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FAQ

What year groups is this for? Year 12 (ages 16–18), and post-SSCE students in Nigeria.

Is it self-marking? Yes — all 14 activities give instant feedback.

Do pupils need to log in? No. The lesson runs in any modern web browser.

Can I use it for revision? Yes. Pupils can replay it as often as they like, and the results screen shows which questions to review before a test.

Year Groups	A-Level Chemistry, Year 12 Science & Year 13 Science
Resource Type	🎓 Interactive Lesson & Activities
Format	Digital Only
Curriculum	England & Wales — Post-16 (Years 12–13)
Added	25 October 2026