AS Level Chemistry help needed urgent

[tabdeelisupporter]

Hi. So I'm basically struggling a lot with A level Chemistry. In my first class assessment, I ended up with a C. Also, my concepts are weak till now and I'm thinking if starting from the beginning again.
So, I wanted some useful tips. Should I use only the Roger Norris book or also the Hodder one by Peter Cann? And should I start making my own notes? Or are there any other notes that you will suggest? And how should I improve overall?

 

[Ruqia.Azami]

Hi. So I'm basically struggling a lot with A level Chemistry. In my first class assessment, I ended up with a C. Also, my concepts are weak till now and I'm thinking if starting from the beginning again.
So, I wanted some useful tips. Should I use only the Roger Norris book or also the Hodder one by Peter Cann? And should I start making my own notes? Or are there any other notes that you will suggest? And how should I improve overall?

first of all start by watching videos to get your head around the concept- I would recommend 'snaprevise', 'the organic chemistry tutor' and 'allery chemistry' on youtube. they are helpful. take notes while you watch the videos. then read your textbook in and out and make notes. and when you are done reading your textbook, reread your notes again and again. then solve the end of chapter questions and see if you can solve them and to check whether your answer is correct go to sladder.com it has all the answers for all the textbooks.

lastly, go read your specification and see if you have learnt everything they expect you to know (trust me this helps)

and this site called chem guide also has great notes. but I think if you make your own it will be better.

and this site called mathsmadeeasy.co.uk ( it's for all subjects, don't get confused) that has topical questions... they are not the most advanced questions but they help you get started...

but do all of this through spaced repetition... don't cram! trust me it won't help!

if you don't know what that is, watch a video on it...

thank you for coming to my ted talk!

 

[ptet.chemistry]

Hi. So I'm basically struggling a lot with A level Chemistry. In my first class assessment, I ended up with a C. Also, my concepts are weak till now and I'm thinking if starting from the beginning again.
So, I wanted some useful tips. Should I use only the Roger Norris book or also the Hodder one by Peter Cann? And should I start making my own notes? Or are there any other notes that you will suggest? And how should I improve overall?

Hello, I hope you find my think-aloud video tutorials sorted out by A Level topics helpful. Browse through the channel for MCQ, practical experiment tutorials, planning/design tutorials as well, but I guess if you are struggling, perhaps start with the topical stuff first.

If you find them useful, do subscribe and share with friends, class chat groups, seniors/juniors from school, teachers, etc, please. Cheers.

The channel is www.youtube.com/c/ptetchemistry

The individual topical playlists as shortened are shown below,
1) AS - Mole concept and stoichiometry calculations


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2) AS - Atomic structure (including ionisation energy, atomic and ionic radii)


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3) AS -Chemical structure and bonding (including intermolecular forces)


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4) AS - States of matter (including the gas laws)


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5) AS - Chemical energetics (thermodynamics - enthalpy changes)


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6) AS - Redox changes (oxidation numbers)


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7) AS - Reaction kinetics (qualitative Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution)


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8) AS - Chemical equilibria (Le Chatelier, equilibrium constants)


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9) AS - 9.1 - General periodicity


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10) AS - 9.2 - Group 2 chemistry (qualitative trends, reactions)


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11) AS - 9.3 - Group 17 chemistry


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12) AS - 9.4 - Nitrogen and sulfur chemistry


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13) AS - 10.1 - Introductory organic chemistry (isomerism, naming, reaction types)


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14) AS - 10.2 - Hydrocarbons (alkanes and alkenes)


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15) AS - 10.3 - Addition polymerisation


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16) AS - 10.4 - Alcohols


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17) AS - 10.5 - Halogenoalkanes


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18) AS - 10.6 - Carbonyl compounds (aldehydes and ketones)


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19) AS - 10.7 - Carboxylic acids and its derivatives


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20) AS - 10.8 - Simple organic nitrogen compounds (amines)


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21) AS - infra-red spectroscopy


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22) A2 - energetics (entropy, Gibbs, feasibility)


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23) A2 - reactions kinetics (orders, rate determining step, etc)


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24) A2 - transition metals


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25) A2 - redox chemistry (advanced electrochemistry, cell potential, etc)


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26) A2 - Group 2 (thermal stability and solubility essays)


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27) A2 - ionic equilibrium (acids, bases, Kw, Kpc, Ksp)


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28) A2 - aromatic chemistry (benzene and its derivatives)


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29) A2 - halogenoarenes


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30) A2 - phenols


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31) A2 - phenylamines and amides


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32) A2 - Comparing relative acidities and basicities of organic compounds


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33) A2 - amino acids and proteins (including electrophoresis)


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34) A2 - polymerisation


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35) A2 - analytical chemistry (NMR, mass spec, chromatography)


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