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A-level Chemistry builds on your GCSE knowledge and explores concepts in greater depth. It attempts to answer the big question ‘what is the world made of’ and it is the search for this answer that makes this subject so fascinating. From researching a new wonder drug to save millions of lives, a new lighter and cheaper battery or a carbon dioxide capture material to slow global warming there are many different paths that the study of Chemistry can lead you down.
Possible degree options: According to bestcourse4me.com, the top five degree courses taken by students who have an A-level in Chemistry are:
Possible career options: Studying an A-level Chemistry related degree at university gives you all sorts of exciting career options, including:
AS Chemistry lasts one year, with exams at the end. A-level Chemistry lasts two years, with exams at the end of the second year. In AS Chemistry, you will learn:
Physical chemistry: Including atomic structure, amount of substance, bonding, energetics, kinetics, chemical equilibrium and Le Chatelier’s principle.
Inorganic chemistry: Including Periodicity, Group 2 the alkaline, earth metals, Group 7 the halogens.
Organic chemistry: Including introduction to organic chemistry, alkanes, halogen alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, organic analysis.
Practical work: Chemistry, like all sciences, is a practical subject. Throughout the course you will carry out practical activities including:
In Year 2 Chemistry, you will learn:
Physical chemistry: Including thermodynamics, rates equations, electrochemistry and acids and bases.
Inorganic chemistry: Including period 3 elements and transition metals.
Organic chemistry: Including isomerism, carbonyl compounds, aromatics, amines, polymers, amino acids, DNA and analysis.
Practicals: Throughout year 2 you will carry out practical activities including:
Exams: There is no coursework on this course. However, your performance during practical activities will be assessed. There are three exams at the end of the two years for A-level, all of which are two hours long. At least 15% of the marks for A-level Chemistry are based on what you learned in your practical activities.
International Chemistry Olympiad
The Cambridge Chemistry Challenge
The Uk-Japan Young Scientist Workshops in Japan and Cambridge
UCL tutorials
The Island of Stability – Discovering new elements Super Curriculum
A Short History of Chemistry by J. R. Parrington
Absolute Zero by John Shachtman
Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers by Michael White
Chemical History Tour by Art Greenberg
Chemistry Imagined by Bernard Jaffe
Mendeleev’s Dream by Paul Strathern
Examination Board: AQA
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