Chemistry Triple Autumn Term

Learners will be taught on a rota on the following topics.

Organic chemistry 2; Learners will recap their previous knowledge of organic chemistry. This unit contains the triple Organic Chemistry unit which consists of; reactions of alkenes, production of alcohols and comparing the methods, carboxylic acids and polymerisation. Although there are a lot of keywords and chemical reactions to learn, this unit is exciting as we get to see how crude oil is used to produce so many of the different products we use today. 

Industrial chemistry; In this unit, learners will use what they have previously learnt across various chemistry sessions to understand how chemistry is used in the industry to create products. They will start by looking at the life cycle of various products and how we assess the environmental impact of each stage using a LCA. They will recap electrolysis and go into more depth of aqueous electrolysis. They will look at strong and weak acids, how we calculate bond energies for chemical reactions. Lastly, they will revise the rate of reactions and use this understanding to look at equilibrium, where the industry uses reactions at equilibrium to produce a greater yield.

Organic chemistry

End of unit assessment will consist of a 40 mark test

Midway assessment set by class teacher which could be an exam question

Learners will receive guidance in a variety of ways.  These include marked assessments, reports, feedback in books, 1:1 interaction, Google Classroom