Exemplar independent research project for Required Practical 12.1 – Investigating Iron Tablets. Written by an A* chemistry student and approved by a chemistry teacher. Harvard referencing format used. Includes: • Introduction • Research • Aim • Chemicals • Equipment list • Health and safety risk assessment • Detailed method • Answers to extension opportunity questions • Reference list • Results tables Uses: • Guidance to complete this research project • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

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 Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Transition Metals Topic 5.3 for Year 2 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 document contains 12 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Transition elements properties • Ligands and complex ions • Ligand substitution • Precipitation reactions • Redox reactions • Qualitative analysis • Required Practical 4: Qualitative analysis of ions Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.1.3 Acids, Bases and Buffers from the Rates, Equilibrium and pH Topic 5.1 for Year 2 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 11 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Brønsted–Lowry acids and bases • pH and H+ – including: strong acids, weak acids and strong bases. • Buffers: action, uses and calculations • Neutralisation Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

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 Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

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 Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.2.2 Enthalpy and Entropy from the Energy Topic 5.2 for Year 2 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 4 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Entropy • Free energy – including: the Gibbs’ equation. Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

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 Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

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 Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.1.1 How Fast? from the Rates, Equilibrium and pH Topic 5.1 for Year 2 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 8 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Orders, rate equations and rate constants • Rate graphs and orders • Rate-determining step • Effect of temperature on rate constants – including: the Arrhenius equation. Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.1.2 How Far? from the Rates, Equilibrium and pH Topic 5.1 for Year 2 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 4 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • The equilibrium constant, Kc • The equilibrium constant, Kp • Conditions affecting Kc and Kp Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

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 Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

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 Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

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. Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Alcohols, Haloalkanes and Analysis Topic 4.2 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 10 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Alcohols – including: properties and reactions. • Haloalkanes – including: reactions and environmental concerns from use of organohalogen compounds. • Organic synthesis • Analytical techniques – including: infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and combined techniques. • Required Practical 5: Synthesis of an Organic Liquid Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.2.3 Redox and Electrode Potentials from the Energy Topic 5.2 for Year 2 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 11 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Redox – including: redox equations. • Redox titrations • Electrode potentials – including: half cells, standard electrode potential, standard cell potential and redox systems. • Storage and fuel cells • Skills from required practical 8: Electrochemical Cells Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for 5.2.1 Lattice Enthalpy from the Energy Topic 5.2 for Year 2 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 7 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Lattice enthalpy • Bohr-Haber cycles • Bohr-Haber: solution and hydration enthalpy • Factors affecting lattice enthalpy • Factors affecting enthalpy of hydration Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Nitrogen Compounds, Polymers and Synthesis Topic 6.2 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge, 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 16 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Amines • Amino acids, amides and chirality • Polyesters and polyamides • Carbon–carbon bond formation • Organic synthesis • Required Practical 6: Synthesis of an Organic Solid Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey

Revision notes for the Analysis Topic 6.3 for Year 2 A-Level OCR A Chemistry. These notes contain all the specification knowledge, examples and practical skills required for this topic. They allow a strong understanding of content to achieve a high grade. The word document contains 9 pages of revision notes. These are the notes I created as an A* chemistry student. These notes include: • Types of chromatography • Tests for organic functional groups • Carbon NMR Spectroscopy • Proton NMR Spectroscopy • Combined techniques Uses: • Revision notes • Hand out notes for pupils • Content can be extracted by teachers to add to their lessons • Self-teaching for home education Search: missdarcey