See Year 10s Chemistry ‘Schedule of Learning’ for the 2025/26 academic year:

TopicSub-topic/double page title
C3 Bonding (8 lessons)Bonding recap, giant ionic
Simple molecules, giant covalent
Fullerenes, graphene, metallic
nanoparticles, consolidation
consolidation, Test
Electrolysis Interpreting ionic formulae, Introduction to Electrolysis
Changes at the electrode, Electrolysis of molten compounds
Electolysis of aqueous solutions, Required Practical 3
Consolidation, Test
Quantitative ChemistryConservation of mass, Balancing Equations, RFM
Atom economy, Moles, Concentration, mass and Volume
Concentration, Volume of Gas, Molar Ratios
Volume of Gas and Molar Ratios
Reacting Quantities
Titration Required Practical, Titration Calculations
Constructing Balanced Symbol Equations, Limiting reactants
Percentage Yield, Avogadro’s Constant
Consolidation / Test
Energy Changes Endothermic and exothermic reactions, Energy transfers
Required practical 4, Bond Energy Calculations
Reaction profiles, Chemical cells
Chemical cells practicals, Hydrogen fuel cells
Y9 AQA mop up History of the atom, Development of the Periodic Table
Group 0, Transition metals
Chemical Changes Reactivity series, Displacement Reactions
Ionic Equations and Half-Equations
Extracting metals, Making salts
Required practical 1, Making copper sulphate
pH and neutralisation, Strong and weak acids
Earth’s Atmosphere History of our atmosphere, Our Evolving Atmosphere
Greenhouse effect, Global Climate Change
Atmospheric Pollutants

Exam BoardAQA GCSE 

What will you study? 

Structure and Bonding 

The Earth’s Atmosphere 

Crude oil and fuels 

Organic reactions 

Chemical analysis 

Chemical changes 

Energy changes 

Polymers 

 

Useful tips and resources 

Oxford Smart Revise textbook 

Oxford Revise AQA Revision guide 

BBC Bitesize AQA  

Physics and maths tutor – useful for revision notes, topic questions & past papers. Choose AQA GCSE 

Save my exams  – useful pages for revision notes
Seneca learning  – revision and quizzes 

 

Super curricular 

Visit some fascinating sites e.g. the Science Museum, Natural History Museum, Wellcome Collection (Euston), Faraday Museum at the Royal Institution, National Space Centre (Leicester), Science Centre (Winchester), Bletchley Park. 

Read a popular science book e.g. What If? by Randall Munroe, “Why can’t Elephant’s Jump?” from the New Scientist, “Stuff Matters” by Mark Miodownik, “How to fossilize your Hamster” by Mick O’Hare,  

Listen to a podcast e.g. Science Versus, But Why,Oyla Podcast,    

Read a magazine jam packed full of science stories e.g. Oyla (https://oyla.uk) or New Scientist (https://www.newscientist.com), 

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