Chemistry

AS and A Level

All around us we have evid­ence that chem­ists have been at work.  The food we eat depends upon chem­ic­als, so that plants grow strong and healthy produ­cing good harvests.  This harves­ted mater­ial is then conver­ted into other useful mater­i­als or products that can be eaten, drunk, or used in some other way.

Simil­arly plastics, phar­ma­ceut­ic­als, paper, the food industry, fine chem­ic­als, bios­cience and allied indus­tries are depend­ent upon the skills of many chem­ists to keep them compet­it­ive in today’s marketplace.

The most complex and marvel­lous chem­ical fact­ory is the body we inhabit.  Hence any study of the body requires a good know­ledge of chem­istry so that cause and effect can be traced and possibly rectified.

Students we have taught in the past have gone on to read Medi­cine, Medi­cinal Science, Veter­in­ary Science, Biology, Biochem­istry, Ecology, Chem­istry, Mater­i­als Science, Engin­eer­ing, Forensic Science, Fine Arts and Food Science.  These students were safe in the know­ledge that their ground­ing in Chem­istry will allow them to meet the chal­lenges of their courses.

Specific­a­tion: OCR Chem­istry A  AS H034  A H434
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The specific­a­tion is modu­lar and consists of six units.
% indic­ates contri­bu­tion of marks to A level.

The AS units will be:
F321    Atoms, Bonds and Groups - 1 hour - 15%   
F322    Chains, Energy and Resources - 1¾ hours - 25%   
F323    Exper­i­mental Skills - 10%

The A2 course will be three further units of:
F324    Rings, Poly­mers and Analysis - 1 hour - 15%   
F325    Equi­lib­ria, Energy and Elements - 1¾ hours - 25%   
F326    Exper­i­mental Skills - 10%

These topics will allow students to appre­ci­ate the applic­a­tion of chem­istry, in all respects, in our modern soci­ety.  The exper­i­mental skills are assessed in class and presen­ted to OCR for moderation.