1. Welcome to Higher Chemistry
Miss McQuilken

2. Unit 1- Chemical Changes and Structure
1.1 - Controlling the Rate of Reaction The Periodic Table: Bonding and Structure Trends in the Periodic Table Bonding in Compounds

3. Unit 2 – Nature’s Chemistry
2.5 - Alcohols, Carboxylic acids and Esters
2.6 - Fats, Oils and Soaps
2.7 - Proteins
2.8 - The Chemistry of Cooking and Oxidation of Food
2.9 - Fragrances
Skin Care

4. Unit 3 – Chemistry in Soiety
Getting the most from reactants: designing an industrial process
Calculations from equations
Percentage yield and atom economy
3.14 – Equilibria
3.15 – Chemical Energy
3.16 – Oxidising and Reducing Agents
3.17 – Chromatography
3.18 – Volumetric Analysis

5. Homework
You will be given a piece of homework to complete every week. If this is not completed to a reasonable standard you will be asked to do it again.
2 non-returns will result in a letter home
3 “green” awards = 1 homework of your choice off.
Underachievement may result in you being removed from the class.

6. Internal Assessment
3 Unit end of assessment tests – throughout the course
3 A/B tests
Outcome 1 investigation
Researching Chemistry Unit

7. Investigation You will be learning the skills of Planning Researching
Writing a report in the accepted formats
Referencing
Evaluating procedures and results

8. Time keeping and notetaking
To save time, you have printed notes. This gives more time in lessons for practical and practice of answering questions.
In study time you are expected to make revision notes of your own and NOT JUST DO HOMEWORK!!!!!

9. External Assessment – Exam!
2.5 hours long
100 marks external exam
20 - MC
80 – restricted and extended response questions
Assignment – 20 marks
Total marks 120

10. Organising revision notes
You may prefer to
Annotate the learning outcomes e.g. write an explanation in your own words for each one
Make a mind map
Make summary notes

11. Headings and subheadings
Help organise the notes and clarify the main points.
Holiday (heading)
Travel (subheading)
Activities(subheading)
Food and drink (subheading)

12. Revision notes
Periodically you will be asked to show your teacher the revision notes you have been making
Sometimes the homework will be to make revision notes