Revision Course Outline April 2023
For the fifth full academic year running, during the Easter school holidays I`ll be offering a limited number of places for an online A2 revision course. The course will run over three days and students will have the option to attend as little as one day or as many as all three. I’m offering the course on this basis because as an experienced Chemistry teacher I’m aware that students will always have strengths and weaknesses in the different branches of the Chemistry syllabus.
With the exams looming in June, the focus of this course will be exam technique. After reviewing the content of each topic, we will spend time looking at some of the trickiest questions associated with that topic.
I plan to cover all content of the A level syllabus. Following each day students will be sent the notes for each session, and also provided with access to a wealth of question-based resources. I will record each session and can provide students with the recordings on request.
The course will take place online in a zoom meeting room. It is entirely up to the student as to how much they wish to be involved in the sessions. I know some students like to quietly absorb the information and message me questions privately, whereas some students will wish to contribute by sharing their answers and ask questions in front of the group.
Course information
Courses will run between 8:30-16:30
( 6h 45min teaching time )
The fee for each day is £100 ( click the link at the bottom of the programme for each day )
OR
ALL 3 days for a reduced price of £250
3 day AQA Easter Course – £250
(SAVE £50)
3 day OCR Easter Course – £250
(SAVE £50)
Day 1
( with required practical’s )
Day 2
( with required practical’s )
Day 3
( with required practical’s )
AQA
Day 1 / 3rd April 2023
08:30-10:00 – Atomic Structure and Bonding
Break
10.15-11.45 – Acids and bases
Break
12:00-13:00 – Equilibria
Lunch
13:30-15:00 – Rate equations and Electrode potentials
Break
15:15-16:30 – Energetics and Thermodynamics
Day 2 / 5th April 2023
08:30-10:00 – Transition metal chemistry
Break
10.15-11.45 – Amount of substance (Calculations)
Break
12:00-13:00 – Group 2 and group 7
Lunch
13:30-15:00 – Analytical techniques (NMR, IR, chromatography)
Break
15:15-16:30 – Periodicity and Period 3 Chemistry
Day 3 / 11th April 2023
08:30-10:00 – Isomerism, Alkanes and Alkenes
Break
10.15-11.45 – Halogenoalkanes and Alcohols
Break
12:00-13:00 – Carbonyls and Esters
Lunch
13:30-15:00 – Aromatics and Nitrogen Chemistry
Break
15:15-16:30 – Polymers and Organic Synthesis
OCR
Day 1 / 4th April 2023
08:30-10:00 – Acids and bases (AS & A2)
Break
10.15-11.45 – Energetics and thermodynamics
Break
12:00-13:00 – Structure and bonding
Lunch
13:30-15:00 – Kinetics and equilibria
Break
15:15-16:30 – Electrode potentials
Day 2 / 6th April 2023
08:30-10:00 – Transition Metals and qualitative analysis
Break
10.15-11.45 – Amount of substance (Calculations)
Break
12:00-13:00 – Group 2 and Group 7
Lunch
13:30-15:00 – Analytical techniques AS
Break
15:15-16:30 – NMR Spectroscopy
Day 3 / 12th April 2023
08:30-10:00 – Isomerism and Alkenes
Break
10.15-11.45 – Halogenoalkanes/ Alcohols
Break
12:00-13:00 – Carbonyl Chemistry
Lunch
13:30-15:00 – Aromatics and Nitrogen Chemistry
Break
15:15-16:30 – Polymers and Organic synthesis