Brief summary of contents of 'Complete course for students'

1. Full coverage of each topic and sub-topic

• The learning outcomes (i.e. understanding and skills required)
• Key vocabulary
• Links to other areas of the chemistry syllabus
• Gallery of slides covering all the key concepts with worked examples
• A challenge for you to think more deeply about the sub-topic
• Quizzes and short-answer questions (with worked model answers) to test your understanding
• Further resources, e.g. videos.

2. Approaches to learning

Information, advice and discussion on:

• Thinking skills
• Communication skills
• Social skills
• Self-management skills
• Research skills
• Reflection skills

3. The Nature of Science

• What is the nature of science?
• Key terms and concepts
• Nature of Science and critical thinking
• The culture of chemistry
• Practice questions

4. Practical work

• Why do practical work?
• The four components of the practical scheme of work
• Access to information & worksheets on more than 35 different experiments
• Details of the mandatory areas
• Information and advice on the Group 4 Project

5. Internal Assessment (IA)

• Essential information and requirements
• How to prepare beforehand
• Choosing the research question
• Details and advice on the five examined criteria when writing the report
• Genuine examples of marked IA reports

6. Final External Assessment

• Essential facts (e.g. command terms, grade descriptors and grade boundaries, remarks and retaking)
• Tips for students for all three examination papers
• Practice multiple choice exams for Paper 1
• In depth coverage of particular areas that students find difficult in Paper 2
• Practice data response and experimental work questions for Section A in Paper 3

7. Extended essays in chemistry

• How to choose the subject and the area for your research
• Formulating a precisely worded and sharply focused research question
• How to research your essay including how to reference correctly and compile your bibliography
• Writing your essay to address the criteria fully in order to maximise your marks
• The assessment criteria with examples of common errors made by students

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8. Access to some of the teacher pages

You also currently have access to some of the pages written for teachers on the rest of the site. You can find information and help on all aspects such as Mandatory laboratory experiments,  Other good experiments, Theory of Knowledge (TOK), Incorporating IM, TOK, 'Utilization', Critical Thinking ... etc. During the next year I will be editing many of these to make versions that are specifically directed towards students (rather than teachers) and these student-orientated pages will then also appear here.