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Curriculum Summaries

Chemistry

LC1 Introduction and Safety, the Bunsen Burner, Investigative skills, Chemical and Physical changes, Separation of Mixtures, Particles and the States of Matter, Acids and Alkalis.

LC2 Introduction and Safety; Water; Gases of the Air; Elements, Mixtures and Compounds; Action of heat on substances; Finding out about the Earth and Rocks.

LC3 Safety and Hazard Symbols, Kinetic theory, Introduction to Reaction rates, Balancing Equations, Introduction to the Periodic Table, Reactivity series, Preparation and Properties of Carbon Dioxide, Fuels, Pollution and the atmosphere.

UC4 (GCSE) Atomic Structure; Bonding; Moles and Calculations; Periodic Table; Chemical and Instrumental Methods of analysis; Reactivity Series; Redox reactions; Extraction and Chemistry of Metals; Electrolysis; Acids, Bases and Salts.

UC5 (GCSE) Rates of Reaction, Energy Changes, Reversible Reactions and related Industrial Processes; Organic Chemistry; Earth and Rocks; Properties and Chemistry of Water.

SFC1 (AS) Formulae, Equations and Moles; Atomic Structure; Bonding; Periodicity; Redox reactions; General Organic Chemistry (Alkanes, Alkenes, Alcohols, Halogenoalkanes); Enthalpy changes; Groups 1, 2 and 7; Introduction to Equilibria and Kinetics; Methods of Analysis; Green Chemistry. Practical work, including volumetric and qualitative analysis. Post AS: Isomerism; Quantitative equilibrium (Kc and Kp)

SFC2 (A2) Entropy, Enthalpy and Equilibria; Acid-Base Equilibria; Further Organic Chemistry - Benzene and related compounds, Carbonyls, Carboxylic acids and derivatives, Amines, Advanced Organic Synthesis and Spectroscopy; Quantitative Kinetics; Redox Equilibria; Transition Metals.

SFC1 (IB – SL) Formulae, Equations and Moles; Atomic Structure; Structure and Bonding; Periodicity; Basic Energetics to include Calorimetry and Hess’s law; Introduction to Equilibria and Kinetics; Basic Acid-Base Theory.

SFC2 (IB – SL) Redox; Introduction to Organic Chemistry; Option topic 1 – Further Organic; Option topic 2 – Modern Analytical techniques.

SFC1 (IB – HL) Formulae, Equations and Moles; Atomic Structure, Orbital’s and hybridisation; Molecular shape; Bonding; Redox; Reactivity series; Electrode potentials Periodicity; General Organic Chemistry (Alkanes, Alkenes, Halogenoalkanes, Alcohols); Reaction Mechanisms; Energetics and Enthalpy changes; Quantitative Kinetics, Activation energy and the rate equation;

SFC2 (IB – HL) Entropy; Born Haber Cycles; Equilibrium; Acid-Base Theory; Option topic 1 – Further Organic; Option topic 2 – Modern Analytical techniques.

The A level and IB course involve a variety of assessed and non-examinable practical work (ca. 2hrs per week). These investigate both quantitative and qualitative analysis, experimental design and inorganic and organic synthesis.

 

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