I'm a current, high-achieving medical student and academic tutor providing KS3, KS4 (GCSE), KS5 (A level) and medical school application resources that I wish had been available to me when I was studying.
I'm a current, high-achieving medical student and academic tutor providing KS3, KS4 (GCSE), KS5 (A level) and medical school application resources that I wish had been available to me when I was studying.
Revision notes for the Basic Concepts and Hydrocarbons Topic 4.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 10 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Basic concepts of organic chemistry
• Alkanes – including: properties and reactions.
• Alkenes – including: properties, stereoisomerism, reactions and polymers.
• Waste polymers and alternatives
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Revision notes for the Physical Chemistry Topic 3.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and practical skills for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 10 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Enthalpy changes – including: reaction, formation, combustion, neutralisation, bond enthalpies and Hess’ law and enthalpy cycles.
• Reaction rates – including: collision theory, catalysts and the Boltzmann distribution.
• Chemical equilibrium – including: dynamic equilibrium, le Chatelier’s principle and the equilibrium constant, Kc.
• Skills from required practical 3: Enthalpy Determination.
• Skills from required practical 9: Rates of Reaction – continuous monitoring method.
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Revision notes for the Periodic Table Topic 3.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word documents contain a total of 9 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Periodicity
• Group 2
• The halogens
• Qualitative analysis
• Required Practical 4: Qualitative analysis of ions
• Required Practical 7: Qualitative analysis of organic functional groups
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Revision notes for the Atoms and Reactions Topic 2.2 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge and examples required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 10 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Electron structure
• Ionic bonding
• Covalent bonding
• The shapes of simple molecules and ions
• Electronegativity and bond polarity
• Intermolecular forces
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Revision notes for the Atoms and Reactions Topic 2.1 for AS-Level and Year 1 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge required, examples and required practicals for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word documents contain a total of 12 pages of revision notes.
These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student.
These notes include:
• Atomic structure and isotopes
• Compounds, formulae and equations
• Amount of substance
• Acids
• Redox
• Required Practical 2: Acid-base Titration
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Complete revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
All of the notes cover all of the content for foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic.
Includes:
• Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table
• Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter
• Quantitative Chemistry
• Chemical Changes
• Energy Changes
• Rate and Extent of Energy Changes
• Organic Chemistry
• Chemical Analysis
• Chemistry of the Atmosphere
• Using the Earth’s Resources
• Chemistry Required Practical Activities
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Required practical revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
These notes include all the required practical activities (1 – 8) for both combined science and separate science chemistry (chemistry only). The separate science practical activities are clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
These required practical notes are also included in the resources: ‘AQA GCSE 9-1 Chemistry Notes’.
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Topic 10 Using the Earth’s Resources revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• Using the Earth’s resources and obtaining potable water
• Life cycle assessment and recycling
• Using materials
• The Haber process and the use of NPK fertilisers
• Required practical 8
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Topic 9 Chemistry of the Atmosphere revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• The composition and evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere
• Carbon dioxide and methane as greenhouse gases
• Common atmospheric pollutants and their sources
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Topic 8 Chemical Analysis revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• Purity, formulations and chromatography
• Identification of common gases
• Identification of ions by chemical and spectroscopic means
• Required practicals 6 and 7
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Topic 7 Organic Chemistry revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• Carbon compounds as fuels and feedstock
• Reactions of alkenes and alcohols
• Synthetic and naturally occurring polymers
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Topic 6 Rate and Extent of Chemical Change revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• Rate of reaction
• Reversible reactions and dynamic equilibrium
• Required practical 5
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Topic 5 Energy Changes revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• Exothermic and endothermic reactions
• Chemical cells and fuel cells
• Required practical 4
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Topic 4 Chemical Changes revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• Reactivity of metals
• Reactions of acids
• Electrolysis
• Required practicals 1, 2 and 3
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Topic 3 Quantitative Chemistry revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• Chemical measurements, conservation of mass and the quantitative interpretation of chemical equations
• Use amount of substance in relation to masses of pure substances
• Yield and atom economy of chemical reactions
• Using concentrations of solutions in mol/dm3
• Use of amount of substance in relation to volumes of gases
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Topic 2 Bonding, Structure and Properties of Matter revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• Chemical bonds, ionic, covalent and metallic
• How bonding and structure are related to the properties of substances
• Structure and bonding of carbon
• Bulk and surface properties of matter including nanoparticles
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Topic 1 Atomic Structure & the Periodic Table revision notes for AQA GCSE chemistry.
These notes contain all the content needed for both foundation and higher level of combined science.
They also contain all the content needed for separate science chemistry (chemistry only). This is clearly labelled so the notes can be catered depending on which GCSE course the student is studying.
It contains: all knowledge required, explanations, examples and the required practicals for each topic. These are the notes I created and used to obtain a level 9 at GCSEs.
Includes:
• A simple model of the atom, symbols, relative atomic mass, electronic charge and isotopes
• The periodic table
• Properties of transition metals
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