Course content
Unit C1
- How do rocks provide building materials?
- How do rocks provide metals and how are metals used?
- How do we get fuels from crude oil?
- How are polymers and ethanol made from oil?
- How can plant oils be used?
- What are the changes in the Earth and its atmosphere?
Unit C2
- How do sub-atomic particles help us to understand the structure of substances?
- How do structures influence the properties and uses of substances?
- How much can we make and how much do we need to use?
Recommended book list and websites
GCSE Chemistry Revision Guide - Nelson Thornes
GCSE Bitesize Unit C1
GCSE Bitesize Units C2 and C3
GCSE Bitesize audio clips for Unit C1
GCSE Bitesize audio clips for Units C2 and C3
Doc Brown's Chemistry page
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Homework/coursework requirements
A learning homework will be set each week.
The coursework requirement for this course is covered by in class Investigative Skills Assignments. Students design and carry out an investigation. They produce a results table and a graph that are marked and then sit a 45 minute exam paper about their investigation and related data. These are internally assessed and moderated by the exam board.
