Chemistry

Course summary

This OCR course will be taught through real-life chemistry for the 21st Century. You will learn a wide range of analytical and investigative experimental skills needed by modern chemists. You will participate in practicals, simulations, interactive IT tutorials, online seminars, and tests. Your A-level course is divided into 6 modules taught over 2 years, this also includes 12 required practicals. 1. Development of practical skills in chemistry - The practical assessments that are completed as part of this module link directly to the topics that you have learned throughout modules 2-6. You will complete a range of practical assessments including titration, synthesis of organic chemicals, rates of reaction, identification of unknown compounds and ions, and analysis of electrochemical cells. 2. Foundations in chemistry - In this module, you will study bonding, intermolecular forces, moles, acids and bases, and redox reactions. 3. Periodic Table & Energy - In this module, you will build on GCSE chemistry by studying the periodic table and groups 2 and 7, enthalpy changes, and reaction rates. 4. Core organic chemistry - In this module, you will study hydrocarbons, alcohols, alkenes, and methods of organic synthesis. 5. Physical chemistry & transition elements - In this module, you will study further reaction rates, pH and buffers, enthalpy, entropy, and free energy. 6. Organic chemistry & analysis - In this module you will study a variety of carboxyl and carbonyl compounds, polymers and methods of spectroscopy.