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Chemistry
Course Breakdown
Course Summary
• Exam board: OCR specification A
Paper Content Marks Duration Weighting
Paper 1 Periodic table, elements and physical 100 2 hours
15 minutes 37%
Paper 2 Chemistry 100 2 hours
15 minutes 37%
Paper 3 Unified Chemistry 70 1 hours
30 minutes 26%
Summary of Content Suggested Preparation for September
The course is divided into 6 modules The A level course requires you to have the basic
chemistry knowledge and skills learnt in your GCSE
course. It is a good idea to read over your GCSE notes or
to use a revision guide to go over some of the key ideas
before you start. Use the links to revision presentations
on the topics below and work through the tasks on each
to confirm your understanding:
Module 1 – Development of practical skills in chemistry
Practical skills assessed in a written examination
Module 2 – Foundations in chemistry
Atoms, compounds, molecules and equations; Amount
of substance; Acid–base and redox reactions; Electrons,
bonding and structure.
Module 3 – Periodic table and energy
The periodic table and periodicity; Group 2 and the
halogens; Qualitative analysis; Enthalpy changes;
Reaction rates and equilibrium (qualitative).
Module 4 – Core organic chemistry
Basic concepts; Hydrocarbons; Alcohols and haloalkanes;
Organic synthesis; Analytical techniques (IR and MS).
• Atomic structure
• Formulae and calculations
• Structure and bonding
Reading about chemistry and developing an interest in
the wider subject is all part of becoming an advanced
level student. The Royal Society of Chemistry has a
special student organisation called ChemNet.
It publishes interesting articles in The Mole, a magazine
for chemistry students like you.
Module 5 – Physical chemistry and transition elements
Reaction rates and equilibrium (quantitative); pH and
buffers; Enthalpy, entropy and free energy; Redox and
electrode potentials; Transition elements.
Module 6 – Organic chemistry and analysis
Aromatic compounds; Carbonyl compounds;
Carboxylic acids and esters; Nitrogen compounds;
Polymers; Organic synthesis; Chromatography and
spectroscopy (NMR).
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