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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Worksheet 38 - Condensation Polymers
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Worksheet 38 - Condensation Polymers

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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 38 - Condensation Polymers. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 4.48C - Know that condensation polymerisation, in which a dicarboxylic acid reacts with a diol, produces a polyester and water. Specification Point 4.49C - Understand how to write the structural and displayed formula of a polyester, showing the repeat unit, given the formulae of the monomers from which it is formed including the reaction of ethanedioic acid and ethanediol. Specification Point 4.50C - Know that some polyesters, known as biopolyesters, are biodegradable. Complete set of Chapter 7 Worksheets are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Worksheet 34 - Alkanes and Alkenes
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Worksheet 34 - Alkanes and Alkenes

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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 34 - Alkanes and Alkenes. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 4.19 - Know the general formula for alkanes. Specification Point 4.20 - Explain why alkanes are classified as saturated hydrocarbons. Specification Point 4.21 - Understand how to draw the structural and displayed formulae for alkanes with up to five carbon atoms in the molecule, and to name the unbranched-chain isomers. Specification Point 4.22 - Describe the reactions of alkanes with halogens in the presence of ultraviolet radiation, limited to mono-substitution. Specification Point 4.23 - Know that alkenes contain a particular functional group (C=C). Specification Point 4.24 - Know the general formula for alkenes. Specification Point 4.25 - Explain why alkenes are classified as unsaturated hydrocarbons. Specification Point 4.26 - Understand how to draw the structural and displayed formulae for alkenes with up to four carbon atoms in the molecule, and name the unbranched-chain isomers. Specification Point 4.27 -Describe the reactions of alkenes with bromine to produce dibromoalkanes. Specification Point 4.28 - Describe how bromine water can be used to distinguish between an alkane and an alkene. Complete set of Chapter 7 Worksheets are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Worksheet 36 - Esters
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Worksheet 36 - Esters

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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 36 - Esters. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 4.38C - Know that esters contain the functional group -COO-. Specification Point 4.39C - Know that ethyl ethanoate is the ester produced when ethanol and ethanoic acid react in the presence of an acid catalyst. Specification Point 4.40C - Understand how to write the structural and displayed formulae of ethyl ethanoate. Specification Point 4.41C - Understand how to write the structural and displayed formulae of an ester, given the name or formula of the alcohol and carboxylic acid from which it is formed and vice versa. Specification Point 4.42C - Know that esters are volatile compounds with distinctive smells and are used as food flavourings and in perfumes. Specification Point 4.43C - Practical: prepare a sample of an ester such as ethyl ethanoate.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Worksheet 37 - Addition Polymers
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Worksheet 37 - Addition Polymers

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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 37 - Addition Polymers. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 4.44 - Know that an addition polymer is formed by joining up many small molecules called monomers. Specification Point 4.45 - Understand how to draw the repeat unit of an addition polymer, including polyethene, polypropene, polychloroethene and polytetrafluoroethene. Specification Point 4.46 - Understand how to deduce the structure of a monomer from the repeat unit of an addition polymer and vice versa. Specification Point 4.47 - Explain problems in the disposal of addition polymers. Complete set of Chapter 7 Worksheets are available.
AQA A Level Psychology Presentations Chapter 10 - Gender
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AQA A Level Psychology Presentations Chapter 10 - Gender

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Complete set of concise, modern presentations for AQA A Level Psychology (7181 and 7182) Chapter 10 - Gender. Contains colour coded specification points. Five presentations included: 53 - Sex and Gender 54 - Biology and Gender 55 - Cognitive Explanations of Gender 56 - Pyschodynamic Explanations of Gender 57 - Social Explanations of Gender
AQA A Level Biology Lecture 57 - Mutations and Cancer
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AQA A Level Biology Lecture 57 - Mutations and Cancer

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.8.1 - Alteration of the sequence of bases in DNA can alter the structure of proteins. Specification Point 3.8.2.3 - Gene expression and cancer. Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 4 - Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 4 - Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.8 - Understand how to classify a substance as an element, compound or mixture. Specification Point 1.9 - Understand that a pure substance has a fixed melting and boiling point, but that a mixture may melt or boil over a range of temperatures. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 5 - Methods of Separation
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 5 - Methods of Separation

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.10 Describe the following experimental techniques for the separation of mixtures: Simple distillation. Fractional distillation. Filtration. Crystallisation. Paper chromatography. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Presentations - Chapters 5-7
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Presentations - Chapters 5-7

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Huge bundle of resources. Second half of the Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry course covered in full. Complete set of concise, modern presentations for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry (4CH1) Chapter 5 - Acids, Bases and Salts, Chapter 6 - Physical Chemistry and Chapter 7 - Organic Chemistry. Contains colour coded specification points with handmade vector graphics. 18 presentations included: 21 - Acids and Alkalis 22 - Titrations 23 - Acids, Bases and Salts 24 - Making Salts 25 - Chemical Tests 26 - Energetics 27 - Bond Energies 28 - Rates of Reaction 29 - Reversible Reactions 30 - Dynamic Equilibria 31 - Organic Compounds 32 - Crude Oil 33 - Burning Hydrocarbons 34 - Alkanes and Alkenes 35 - Organic Compounds Part 2 36 - Esters 37 - Addition Polymers 38 - Condensation Polymers
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 2 - Solutions and Solubility
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 2 - Solutions and Solubility

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.4 - Understand how the results of experiments involving the dilution of coloured solutions and diffusion of gases can be explained. Specification Point 1.5 - Know what is meant by the terms: solvent, solute, solution and saturated solution. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 2 - Variety of Living Organisms
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 2 - Variety of Living Organisms

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.2 - Describe the common features shown by eukaryotic organisms: plants, animals, fungi and protoctista. Specification Point 1.3 - Describe the common features shown by prokaryotic organisms such as bacteria. Specification Point 1.4 - Understand the term pathogen and know that pathogens may include the following: fungi, bacteria, protoctista and viruses. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.