Chemistry

Course summary

The course is designed so that essential chemical ideas are reinforced by practical work you carry out in the laboratory. Your programme of study is based upon the AQA A Level chemistry specification. You will be supplied with an AQA chemistry text book and a book of data. During the Course, you will: • Carry out experiments and interpret your results. • Use and develop powers of critical and imaginative thinking about chemical problems. • Discover chemistry makes sense because there are unifying ideas linking together a wide range of facts. These include the periodic table, the concept of amount of substance, ideas of structure and bonding, equilibrium and rates of reactions. Most of these ideas are introduced early in the course and then revisited and further developed in later topics. • Develop your ability to communicate in a variety of ways: discussion, writing, summarising, using chemical formulae and equations, graphs and calculations. • Learn to select, organize, present and interpret data. • Develop your appreciation of the social, economic, environmental and technological importance of chemistry. The Qualification is suitable for you if you: • Have an interest in and enjoyment of chemistry. • Enjoy carrying out investigations by the application of imaginative logical and critical thinking. • Want to use chemistry to support other qualifications or progress onto further studies. Even though there are no longer practical exams, you will still be required to carry out practical based work as recommended by the board.