Chemistry

Course summary

Chemistry is one of the most exciting and challenging A levels. It will help you develop an understanding of how the chemical elements interact and the role they play in making up our world and beyond. The course will demonstrate the relevance of science beyond the laboratory and will advance your practical, analytical, evaluative and synoptic skills. Doing AS chemistry at Leyton Sixth Form College is a highly rewarding experience with students studying the subject achieving better results than the comparative national average. WHAT UNITS/TOPICS WILL BE STUDIED? Module 1 – Development of practical skills in chemistry Practical skills assessed in a written examination and practical endorsement Module 2 – Foundations in chemistry Atoms, compounds, molecules and equations, Amount of substance, Acid–base and redox reactions, Electrons, Bonding and structure Module 3 – Periodic table and energy The periodic table and periodicity, Group 2 and the halogens, Qualitative analysis, Enthalpy changes, Reaction rates and equilibrium Module 4 – Core organic chemistry Basic concepts, Hydrocarbons, Alcohols and haloalkanes, Organic synthesis, Analytical techniques Module 5 – Physical chemistry and transition elements Reaction rates and equilibrium, pH and buffers, Enthalpy, entropy and free energy, Redox and electrode potentials, Transition elements Module 6 – Organic chemistry and analysis. Aromatic compounds, Carbonyl compounds, Carboxylic acids and esters, Nitrogen compounds, Polymers, Organic synthesis, Chromatography and spectroscopy.