Chemistry

Course summary

Northwood students will be scientifically literate adults who: - Can make informed personal decisions - Engage with scientific news throughout their lives - Have secure foundational knowledge that can be applied to any context. Year 12 1s half term topics Autumn term: Physical Chemistry Ch 1: Atomic Structure Ch 2: Amount of substance Ch 3: Bonding Ch 5: Kinetics Spring term; Physical Chemistry Ch 4: Energetics Ch 6: Equilibria Organic Chemistry: Ch 13: Haloalkanes Ch 14: Alkenes Summer term: Inorganic Chemistry Ch 8: Periodicity Ch 9: Group 2 Ch 10: Group 7 2nd half term topics Autumn term: Physical Chemistry Ch4: Energetics Organic Chemistry: Ch 11: Introduction to organic chemistry Ch 12 & 13: Alkanes & Haloalkanes Spring term: Physical Chemistry Ch 7: Oxidation, reduction and redox. Organic Chemistry: Ch 15: Alcohols Ch 16: Organic analysis Summer term: Revision Organic Chemistry: Ch 16 & Ch 32: Organic analysis with NMR (A2) Year 13 1st half term topics Autumn term: Physical Chemistry: Ch 18: Kinetics Ch 17: Thermodynamics Organic Chemistry: Ch 25: Nomenclature & isomerism Ch 26: Carbonyl Group Ch 27: Aromatic compounds Spring term: Physical Chemistry: Ch 20: Electrode potentials & electrochemistry Organic Chemistry: Ch 30: Amino Acids, proteins & DNA Ch 31: Organic synthesis & analysis Summer term: Revision 2nd half term topics Autumn term: Physical Chemistry: Ch 17: Thermodynamics Ch 19: Equilibria Organic Chemistry: Ch 28: Amines Ch 29: Polymerisation Spring term: Physical Chemistry: Ch 21: Acids, bases & buffers Inorganic Chemistry: Ch 22: Periodicity Ch 23: Transition metals Ch 24: Reactions of (aq) inorganic compounds Revision