Chemistry Induc on Informa on Course Title Chemistry AS Exam Board AQA Module Title Weigh ng Assessment Method CHEM1 Founda on Chemistry 33.3% 1 hour 15 wri en examina on CHEM2 Chemistry in ac on 46.6% 1 hour 45 wri en examina on CHEM3X Inves ga ve and Prac cal skills in AS Chemistry 20% Internal/External Assessment Organising your Learning You will be expected to keep organised files of notes and resources. It makes sense to keep a file for past papers/ ar cles etc. and a book for notes: one for each teacher. Each lesson, you will be expected to make notes based on any discussion we have. Date, name and topic tle every page of your notes. Don’t wait to be told what to write! Ensure you prepare in advance of lessons as well as consolida ng what you know a er lessons with summary notes. Home learning tasks and assessed work should be clearly marked as such. Remember that your file will be checked as part of the overall assessment of your progress throughout the year. Wider Reading The school VLE has many useful resources e.g. past paper ques ons and notes to supplement your notes Chemistry Review, published by Philip Allan Updates four mes in each annual volume, and is the most widely used journal for students of AS and A‐level Chemistry is available in the LRC (including all of the old archived copies). Web Sites and Forums More general websites worth
bookmarking are:
http://www.a-levelchemistry.co.uk/
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/
chemistry
http://alevelchem.com/
First Steps The first themes of study in the units that you will be following are outlined below. A fuller plan for the year’s study will be provided on a termly basis. Issues to be addressed Key Concepts Content and amplifica on Fundamental par cles electrons be able to describe the proper es of protons, neutrons and electrons in terms of rela ve charge and rela ve mass know that early models of atomic structure predicted that atoms and ions with noble gas electron arrangements should be stable understand the importance of these par cles in the structure of the atom and appreciate that there are various models to illustrate atomic structure Rela ve atomic mass and rela ve molecular mass understand the concept of a mole as applied to electrons, atoms, molecules, ions, formulae and equa ons The mole and the Avogadro constant (L) understand the concept of the Avogadro constant. Unit 1: Founda on Chemistry Atomic Structure Protons, neutrons and Progression Progression to A2 in Year 13 will depend on: •
Academic Performance: achievement in class assessments consistent with progress towards target grade and an expecta on of an overall C Grade or be er in AS. •
A endance: an expecta on of 95% or be er •
Mee ng deadlines: a strong record of mee ng deadlines for home learning tasks Important Dates Important Dates Year 12 Assessment Weeks •
Week commencing 24th November 2014 •
Week commencing 2nd February 2015 Y12 Repor ng •
Progress Update week commencing 15th December 2014 •
Parents Evening Monday 9th February 2015 •
Progress Report week commencing 16th March 2015 Examina ons* CHEM1 22 May 2015 am CHEM2 02 June 2015 pm CHEM3X Spring term—prac cal assessment *Dates are based on a provisional calendar published by the examina on board. Examina on metable informa on will be provided prior to the Summer examina ons session. Chemistry Induc on Task Wri en task Complete the a ached ques ons. These are a review of key ideas covered at GCSE to help prepare you for the first few units of the AS course. Task to be handed to your Chemistry teacher on the first metabled lesson of the first full week at school