
Overview
This GCSE Chemistry course is equally suitable for students who aim to raise their grades, retake their GCSEs, or for those who did not take GCSE before but wish to do so in one year. These courses would also suit those who have been home-educated.
Why this course?
- You will have full access to this course to study on your own pace 24 hours 7 days a week
- You will be assigned a personal tutor for approximately 2 hours every week (unless otherwise agreed upon) for 6 months (from the start date agreed upon) to teach you the course
- Scheme of work to help you structure a full week of studying
- Formative assessments containing end of topic quizzes and Tutor -Marked Assignments
- Academic Adviser to oversee your course and offer you general guidance
Course information:
- Chemistry Contents Table
- Recommended text books
- Course Specification
- Unit 1 Atomic structure and the periodic table SOW
- Unit 2 Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter SOW
- Unit 3 Quantitative chemistry SOW
- Unit 4 Chemical changes SOW
- Unit 5 Energy changes SOW
- Unit 6 The rate and extent of chemical change SOW
- Unit 7 Organic chemistry SOW
- Unit 8 Chemical analysis SOW
- Unit 9 Chemistry in the atmosphere SOW
- Unit 10 Using Resources SOW
How much does it cost?
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How do I apply?
Enroll online, or contact us.
How is this course assessed (course code: 8462)?
There are two forms of assessment for all of The Local Teachers’ structured courses: formative assessments and final summative assessments.
Students will have formative assessments throughout the course and can be taken in various forms as many times as possible. The summative assessments are the examinations offered by exam boards, such as AQA, which the student will take at the end of the course in any approved exam centre across the country.
Formative assessments include:
- End of topic assessments – 50-mark tests made up of foundation- and higher-tier questions
- Tutor Marked Assignments to consolidate your learning
- Online Quizzes to help you stay focussed and monitor your progression
- Revision materials – various tasks to support revision
Final (summative) Assessments structure:
Paper | Paper 1 | Paper 2 |
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What is assessed | Topics 1–5: Atomic structure and the periodic table; Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter; Quantitative chemistry, Chemical changes; and Energy changes | Topics 6–10: The rate and extent of chemical change; Organic chemistry; Chemical analysis, Chemistry of the atmosphere; and Using resources |
Length of paper | 1 hour 45 minutes | 1 hour 45 minutes |
Percentage of grade | 50% | 50% |
Marks | 100 | 100 |
Please check AQA’s official exam series timetables for 2018-2019 to find out when these, and other, exams will be held. These are subject to change, and therefore should be checked regularly.
If you are studying Combined Science: Trilogy, or studying iGCSE Chemistry, then please click here and here respectively to view the course details, and please contact us so that we may further discuss your options.
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Course Features
- Lectures 80
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 200 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 567
- Assessments Yes