Chemistry

Preparation for Year 12 Chemistry

Access the Royal Society of Chemistry resources - Starters for 10 transition skills resources.
There are three sections Basic Chemistry competencies, Basic Mathematical Competencies and Basic Practical Competencies. They can be found via this link or edited versions are attached below. When you have done the questions you can use the answers to mark them yourself and highlight any areas where further work is needed.

To inspire you and remind why chemistry is fun

Explosive chemistry - with Andrew Szydlo

However we can’t promise as many bangs nowadays as Andrew Szydlo created.

Wider Extension Work

You might wish to do a FutureLearn MOOC - Free Chemistry Courses - Online Science Courses - FutureLearn. MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course and is co-ordinated by Futurelearn. There are literally thousands of courses, some are as short as an hour and others longer. You can do these courses whether they are currently live or archived. They have videos, questions, quizzes and if they are currently live you can engage in the online discussion forums. You don’t need to pay for these courses (unless you want a certificate which you don’t need) and you don’t need to do the whole of any course. If you start a course and it gets too hard or you are no longer finding it interesting then you don’t need to pursue it.

You could do a Chemistry course such as ‘Exploring every day chemistry’ but you could also choose one of any others that interests you. Now is perhaps a good time to develop an interest of knowledge in something beyond the normal school curriculum which could spark and interest which might help you in the future. In the past students have done the Oceanography MOOC from Southampton University and have then gone on to study Oceanography there as a direct result of undertaking this course.