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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 16 - Group 1 Elements. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions.
Specification Point 2.1 - Understand how the similarities in the reactions of the group 1 elements with water provide evidence for their recognition as a family of elements.
Specification Point 2.2 - Understand how the differences between the reactions of the alkali metals with air and water provide evidence for the trend in reactivity in group 1.
Specification Point 2.3 - Use knowledge of trends in group 1 to predict the properties of other alkali metals.
Specification Point 2.4C - Explain the trend in reactivity in group 1 in terms of electronic configurations.
Complete set of Chapter 4 Worksheets are available.
Complete set of concise, modern presentations and associated PDF worksheets for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry (4CH1) Chapter 4 - Metals, Halogens and Atmospheric Gases. Contains colour coded specification points with handmade vector graphics. Five presentations and companion worksheets included:
16 - Group 1 Elements
17 - Group 7 Elements
18 - Atmospheric Gases
19 - Metals and the Reactivity Series
20 - The Uses of Metals
Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.5C - Draw and explain energy level diagrams to represent exothermic and endothermic reactions.
Specification Point 3.6C - Know that bond-breaking is an endothermic process and that bond-making is an exothermic process.
Specification Point 3.7C - Use bond energies to calculate the enthalpy change during a chemical reaction.
Complete set of Chapter 6 Lessons are available.
Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 4.29C - Know that alcohols contain the functional group −OH.
Specification Point 4.30C - Understand how to draw structural and displayed formulae for methanol, ethanol, propanol and butanol and name each compound.
Specification Point 4.31C - Know that how ethanol can be oxidised.
Specification Point 4.32C - Know how ethanol can be manufactured.
Specification Point 4.33C - Understand the reasons for fermentation, in the absence of air, and at an optimum temperature.
Specification Point 4.34C - Know that carboxylic acids contain the functional group -COOH.
Specification Point 4.35C - Understand how to draw structural and displayed formulae for unbranched-chain carboxylic acids with up to four carbon atoms in the molecule, and name each compound.
Specification Point 4.36C - Describe the reactions of aqueous solutions of carboxylic acids with metals and metal carbonates.
Specification Point 4.37C - Know that vinegar is an aqueous solution containing ethanoic acid.
Complete set of Chapter 7 Lessons are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.1.2.5 - Balanced equations and associated calculations.
Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.1.1.6 - Bond polarity.
Specification Point 3.1.3.7 - Forces between molecules.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
Complete set of concise, modern presentations for AQA A Level Chemistry (7404 and 7405) Chapter 1 - Atoms and Molecules. Contains colour coded specification points. Eight presentations included:
1 - The Atom
2 - Mass Spectrometry
3 - Electronic Structure
4 - Ionisation Energy
5 - The Mole
6 - Chemical Equations
7 - Titrations
8 - Formulas and Yields
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.1.1.3 - Metallic bonding.
Specification Point 3.1.1.4 - Bonding and physical properties.
Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.1.6.2 - Equilibrium constant Kc for homogeneous systems.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.1.4.1 - Enthalpy change.
Practical 2: Measurement of an enthalpy change.
Specification Point 3.1.4.2 - Calorimetry.
Specification Point 3.1.4.3 - Applications of Hess’s law.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.1.6.1 - Chemical equilibria and Le Chatelier’s principle.
Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.2.3.1 - Trends in properties of Group 7, the halogens.
Specification Point 3.2.3.2 - Uses of chlorine and chlorate.
Practical 4: Identification of cations and anions.
Complete set of Chapter 4 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.2.2 - Group 2, the alkaline earth metals.
Practical 4: Identification of cations and anions.
Complete set of Chapter 4 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.3.3 - Halogenoalkanes.
Specification Point 3.3.1.2 - Reaction mechanisms.
Specification Point 3.3.3.1 - Nucleophilic substitution.
Specification Point 3.3.3.2 - Elimination.
Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Specification Point 3.3.1.1 - Nomenclature.
Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format:
Practical 4: Identification of cations and anions.
Complete set of Chapter 4 Lectures are available.
Complete set of concise, modern presentations for AQA A Level Chemistry (7404 and 7405) Chapter 4 - Inorganic Chemistry. Contains colour coded specification points. Four presentations included:
19 - Periodicity
20 - Group 2: The Alkaline Earth Metals
21 - Group 7: The Halogens
22 - Tests for Ions
