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Year 7 · Science

Catalysts

Year 7 learners practise enzymes and catalysts explained.

The activities include Find Out About Enzymes, Investigate Enzymes as Catalysts, Learn About Catalysts, and related practice. The checked support below includes lesson, video, worksheet, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Find Out About Enzymes
  • Investigate Enzymes as Catalysts
  • Learn About Catalysts
  • Study the Mass of Catalysts During Reactions
  • Understand How to Measure the Speed of a Reaction

Checked learning resources

  • Chemical reactions - KS3 Chemistry

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 Science resource matched to enzymes and catalysts explained.

  • What enzymes break down starch?

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Learn how enzymes aid digestion and absorption with this BBC Bitesize Biology KS3 study guide. Key points Enzymes Video - Types of enzyme Video - Turning starch into glucose Location of enzymes in the digestive system Di

  • Catalysts guide for KS3 chemistry students

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    A catalyst is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction. Find out more with this guide for KS3 chemistry students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize. Key points A catalyst is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction

  • Rates of Reactions - Part 1

    YouTube — FuseSchool · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Playable FuseSchool chemistry video explaining how reaction speed is measured by reactant mass decreasing or product gas volume increasing over time, using a balance, gas collection and time graphs.

  • Oak worksheet: Digestion And Enzymes

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science lesson. I can describe the processes of mechanical and chemical digestion that break down food to release nutrients, including the role of enzymes. The differences between mechanical and chemical digestion an

  • Oak lesson slides: Digestion And Enzymes

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science lesson. I can describe the processes of mechanical and chemical digestion that break down food to release nutrients, including the role of enzymes. The differences between mechanical and chemical digestion an

  • Model Gut Investigation Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Rated 5 out of 5, 1 review5(1)PricingPremiumTeach about the digestive system with this Model Gut Investigation Pack. Students investigate the effect of amylase on starch, using Visking tubing to model the human gut. The

  • Oak worksheet: Catalysts

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science lesson. I can describe how catalysts, including enzymes, speed up chemical reactions. A catalyst speeds up a chemical reaction without being used up or chemically changed. Catalysts are specific to particular