Chemistry
Units 1 & 2
Year 11
What is the subject about?
In Unit 1, students investigate the chemical structures and properties of a range of materials, consider how manufacturing innovations lead to more sustainable products being produced for society through the use of renewable raw materials. Students conduct practical investigations involving the reactivity series of metals, separation of mixtures by chromatography, use of precipitation reactions to identify ionic compounds and empirical formulas.
In Unit 2, students analyse and compare different substances dissolved in water and the gases that may be produced in chemical reactions. Students conduct practical investigations involving the specific heat capacity of water, acid-base and redox reactions, solubility, and the use of a calibration curve.
Units
Unit 1: How can the diversity of materials be explained?
Unit 2: How do chemical reactions shape the natural world.
Skills you will develop
- Develop aims and questions, formulate hypotheses and make predictions
- Plan and conduct investigations
- Generate, collate and record data
- Analyse and evaluate data and investigation methods
- Construct evidence-based arguments and draw conclusions
- Analyse, evaluate and communicate scientific ideas
Assessment
- Report on a laboratory investigation
- Data analysis
- A response to a set of structured questions relating to key concepts
Pathways
Studying Chemistry can lead to the following careers
- Analytical chemist
- Research and development
- Geochemist
- Hazardous waste chemist
- Pharmacologist
- Materials scientist
- Forensic scientist
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for entry to Units 1, 2 and 3.
If you are interested in this subject please see Mr Arnup or Laura Edmonds
Video overview of Chemistry 1 and 2 for Year 11