Exam Board
AQA
What will you study?
Physical Chemistry: Atomic Structure, Bonding, Redox, Energetics, Equilibria
Inorganic Chemistry: Periodicity, Groups 2 and 7
Organic Chemistry: Alkanes, Haloalkanes, Alkenes, Alcohols, Carbonyls, Analysis
Useful tips and resources
Oxford A-Level Chemistry – course textbook
Physics and maths tutor – useful for topic questions & past papers.
Save my exams – useful pages for revision notes
Super curricular
Join our Senior Science Society and get involved in writing the school science magazine
Take part in the RSC Schools Analyst Competition
Take part in the Y12 Cambridge Chemistry Challenge
Get reading, here are some popular titles on our reading list
The Disappearing Spoon and other true tales from the Periodic Table by Sam Kean.
Seven Elements that have changed the world by John Browne
Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik
H2O – a Biography of Water by Philip Ball
The Elements of Murder by John Emsley
Napoleon’s Buttons: 17 Molecules that Changed History” by Le Couteur & Burreson.
Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World by Nick Lane
