Chemistry

Assessment

The awarding body is OCR Specification A and assessment is comprised of three examinations at the end of two years of study. Paper 1 Content: Module 1 - Development of practical skills in chemistry • Practical skills assessed in a written examination • Practical skills assessed in the practical endorsement Module 2 - Foundations in chemistry • Atoms, compounds, molecules and equations • Amount of substance • Acid–base and redox reactions • Electrons, bonding and structure Module 3 - Periodic table and energy • The periodic table and periodicity • Group 2 and the halogens • Qualitative analysis • Enthalpy changes • Reaction rates and equilibrium (qualitative) Module 5 - Physical chemistry and transition elements • Reaction rates and equilibrium (quantitative) • pH and buffers • Enthalpy, entropy and free energy • Redox and electrode potentials • Transition elements Paper 2 Content: Module 1 - Development of practical skills in chemistry • Practical skills assessed in a written examination • Practical skills assessed in the practical endorsement Module 2 - Foundations in chemistry • Atoms, compounds, molecules and equations • Amount of substance • Acid–base and redox reactions • Electrons, bonding and structure Module 4 - Core organic chemistry • Basic concepts • Hydrocarbons • Alcohols and haloalkanes • Organic synthesis • Analytical techniques (IR and MS) Module 6 - Organic chemistry and analysis • Aromatic compounds • Carbonyl compounds • Carboxylic acids and esters • Nitrogen compounds • Polymers • Organic synthesis • Chromatography and spectroscopy (NMR) Paper 3 Content: all of the above modules Throughout the course you will carry out a range of practicals to support your learning, these will also provide evidence for the Practical Endorsement