Chemistry

Assessment

Course Content (specification 7405) Year 1 Physical chemistry: Atomic structure, Amount of substance, Bonding, Energetics, Kinetics, Equilibria and Redox Equations. Inorganic Chemistry: Periodicity, Group 2 and Group 7. Organic Chemistry: Introduction to Organic Chemistry, Alkanes, Haloalkanes, Alkenes, Alcohols. Year 2 Physical Chemistry: Atomic structure, Amount of substance, Bonding, Energetics, Kinetics, equilibria and Redox equations. Thermodynamics, Rates, Equilibrium constant, Electrochemical cells, Acids and alkalis. Inorganic chemistry: Periodicity, Group 2 and Group 7. Properties of Period 3 elements, Transition metals and Reaction of ions in aqueous solutions. Organic chemistry: Introduction to Organic Chemistry, Alkanes, Haloalkanes, Alkenes, Alcohols and organic analysis. Isomerism, Carbonyl compounds, Aromatic, Amines, Polymers, Amino acids and proteins. Exams will be linear – this means that students will sit all three A Level papers at the end of their A Level course. Practical skills will be assessed in written exams. About 15% of the marks for A Level will be based on the understanding and interpretation of practical work. Furthermore, 20% of the paper will require mathematical skills which include re-arranging equations, plotting graphs, calculating gradients and using logs.