Well done!  If you’re reading this, you are considering studying A Level Chemistry at Heart of England School.

If you are intending to study Chemistry at A Level it will help you to be prepared if you can complete some of the tasks described here prior to the start of the course in September.

Key Ideas Required for A Level Chemistry

Atomic Structure

• https://revisionscience.com/gcse-revision/chemistry/atoms-bonding-and-structure/atomic-structure
• https://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/chemistry/atomic-structure/revise-it/atoms
• https://www.gcsescience.com/a-atomic-structure.htm

Chemical Structure and Bonding

• https://revisionscience.com/gcse-revision/chemistry/atoms-bonding-and-structure/bonding
• https://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/chemistry/chemical-bonding
• https://www.gcsescience.com/a-atomic-structure.htm

Energy in Chemistry

• https://revisionscience.com/gcse-revision/chemistry/reactions/energy-transfer-reactions
• https://www.gcsescience.com/rc11-catalyst-energy.htm

Chemical Equations

• https://revisionscience.com/gcse-revision/chemistry/reactions/representing-reactions
• https://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/chemistry/writing-formulae-and-balancing-equations/revise-it/writing-equations

Chemical Calculations

• https://revisionscience.com/gcse-revision/chemistry/quantitative-and-qualitative/quantitative-chemistry
• https://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/chemistry/writing-formulae-and-balancing-equations/revise-it/the-mole
• https://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/chemistry/writing-formulae-and-balancing-equations/revise-it/formulae-of-compounds
• https://www.gcsescience.com/m.htm

General Mathematical Skills

• https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/295468-chemistry-mathematical-skills-handbook.pdf

Videos to support you in these key areas are available from the following YouTube playlists:

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLidqqIGKox7WeOKVGHxcd69kKqtwrKl8W
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW0gavSzhMlReKGMVfUt6YuNQsO0bqSMV

There is also the Useful Information and Activities pack which you could work through.

General Chemistry Reading List:

• Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything by Tim James
• Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials That Shape Our Man-made World by Mark Miodownik
• Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
• The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean

General Chemistry Watch List:

• Chemistry: A Volatile History
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00q2mk5/chemistry-a-volatile-history-1-discovering-the-elements
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qck1t/chemistry-a-volatile-history-2-the-order-of-the-elements
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qjnqc/chemistry-a-volatile-history-3-the-power-of-the-elements
• The Royal Institution: Investigating the Periodic Table with Experiments
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqe9tEcZkno
• The Royal Institution: Chemical Curiosities – Surprising Science and Dramatic Demonstrations
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti_E2ZKZpC4

Downloads

• Useful Information and Activities