Course information
Chemistry
St Benedict's Catholic High School - Cumberland
01946692275
Red Lonning, Hensingham, Whitehaven, CA28 8UG
Course summary

Chemistry is for thinkers, dreamers and doers! Students who like to think and solve problems will love the challenge of this course. Those who dream of making new discoveries or of changing the world by solving the energy crisis or synthesising a new drug to treat cancer will love the scope of this course. Year 12 - Physical Chemistry Atomic structure, Amount of substance, Bonding, Energetics, Kinetics, Chemical equilibria and Le Chatelier's principle, Oxidation, reduction and redox equations. Year 12 - Inorganic Chemistry Periodicity, Group 2, the alkaline earth metals, Group 7(17), the halogens. Year 12 - Organic Chemistry Introduction to organic chemistry, Alkanes, Halogenoalkanes, Alkenes, Alcohols, Organic analysis. The full A level examines all the above and in Year 13 we study: Physical Chemistry Thermodynamics, Rate equations, Equilibrium constant Kc for homogeneous systems, Electrode potentials and electrochemical cells, Acids and bases. Inorganic chemistry Properties of Period 3 elements and their oxides, Transition metals, Reactions of ions in aqueous solution. Organic chemistry Optical isomerism, Aldehydes and ketones, Carboxylic acids and derivatives, Aromatic chemistry, Amines, Polymers, Amino acids, proteins and DNA, Organic synthesis, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Chromatography.

Entry requirements

Grade 6 in GCSE Chemistry or at least a Grade 6 in Combined Science. Grade 5 in English and Maths.

How you'll be assessed

There will be three two-hour papers, worth one hundred and five marks for the first two papers and ninety for the third, to assess the two years content. There is no coursework but practical understanding will be assessed in the papers and during 12 required practical activities.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionNorth West
Local AuthorityCumberland
Ofsted RatingGood
Gender TypeMixed
AddressRed Lonning, Hensingham, Whitehaven, CA28 8UG