Chemistry

Assessment

We follow the OCR A specification; the following is a broad outline of the material which will be covered. Module 1 - Development of practical skills in Chemistry: practical skills assessed in the written examination and practical skills assessed in the practical endorsement. Module 2 - Foundations in Chemistry: amount of substance, acids and bases, redox, bonding and structure. Module 3 - Periodic Table and Energy: periodicity, Group 2 and 7, qualitative analysis, enthalpy changes, rates and equilibrium. Module 4 - Core organic chemistry: hydrocarbons, alcohols, haloalkanes, organic synthesis, infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Module 5 - Physical chemistry and transition elements: rates, equilibrium, pH calculations, buffers, entropy, electrode potentials and transition elements. Module 6 - Organic chemistry and analysis: aromatic compounds, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids and derivatives, nitrogen compounds, polymers, chromatography and NMR spectroscopy. There is a significant mathematical component to the course, therefore a grade of 7 or above in GCSE Mathematics is required.