KEY STAGE 5
Cambridge AS / A LEVEL | CODE: 9701
YEAR 12/13
SPECIFICATION: AS / A LEVEL
LONG TERM PLAN
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| TERM 1 (14 Weeks) Sept 1 – Dec 15 | YEAR 12 | YEAR 13 |
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| WK 1 | Introduction to Chemistry 9701 Moles to mass Moles to concentration Moles to volume of gas Mole ratios and stoichiometry |
Revision on Hess’s Law Determining enthalpy changes directly |
| WK 2 | Atomic structure Isotopes Electronic configuration Ionization energies Assessment |
Lattice energy Background on ions Assessment - Ionic radii |
| WK 3 | Covalent bonding Ionic bonding Metallic bonding Shapes of molecules Intermolecular forces |
Factors affecting lattice energy Background to Born-Haber cycles 1 Born-Haber cycles 2 |
| WK 4 | Assessment | Ion polarization Enthalpy changes in solutions |
| WK 5 | States of matter Simple molecular lattices Giant molecular structures |
Assessment - enthalpy |
| WK 6 | Carbon nanoparticles Ideal gases and ideal gas equation |
Revision on redox reactions Electrolysis and electrolytic cells |
| WK 7 | Standard enthalpy changes Hess’s Law Enthalpy changes of formation, combustion and hydration Bond energies and enthalpy changes |
Electrolysis of dilute sulfuric acid Electrolysis calculations |
| WK 8 | Redox reactions Oxidation numbers Factors affecting the rate of a chemical reaction Assessment |
Electrode potentials and their origin Measuring standard electrode potentials of metals Standard electrode potentials of other half-cells |
| WK 9 | Catalysts and enzymes | Between +ve and -ve terminals Balance and continuity Standard cell potential |
| WK 10 | Equilibrium Equilibrium constant |
Direction of electron flow Spontaneity of reactions Effect of concentration |
| WK 11 | Periodicity of physical and chemical properties Oxides of period 3 elements Chlorides of period 3 elements Reaction of period 3 elements of water |
The Nernst Equation Cells and Batteries |
| WK 12 | Physical properties of group II elements Reactions of group II compounds Thermal decomposition of group II nitrates and carbonates Uses of group II compounds |
Assessment - electrochemistry |
| WK 13 | Physical properties of halogens Reactions of halogens Reactions of and tests for halide ions Disproportionation Uses of halogens and compounds |
Mock paper and feedback |
| WK 14 | Nitrogen gas, ammonia and ammonium compounds Sulphur, Sulphur oxides and Sulphur acid Assessment |
The ionic product of water PH calculations Dissociation constant, Ka and calculating the pH of weak acids |
| TERM 2 (12 Weeks) Jan 2 – Apl 1 | YEAR 12 | YEAR 13 |
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| WK 15 | Introduction to organic chemistry Functional groups and naming compounds |
Indicators and acid-base titrations Buffer solutions Calculating the pH of buffer |
| WK 16 | Structural isomerism Stereoisomerism Mechanisms of reactions and types of reactions |
Equilibrium and solubility of ionic compounds Partition coefficients |
| WK 17 | Homologous series in alkanes Alkanes Assessment |
Assessment - Equilibria |
| WK 18 | Nucleophilic substitution Elimination reactions Nucleophilic substitution reactions of halogenoalkanes Uses and dangers of hydrogenalkanes |
Factors affecting the rate of reaction Calculating the rate of reaction |
| WK 19 | Alcohols Reactions of the alcohols |
Rate equations and the rate constant Order of reaction Determining the order of reaction |
| WK 20 | Esters and esterification Hydrolysis of esters |
Half-life and reaction rates Calculations involving the rate constant, k |
| WK 21 | Carboxylic acids Assessment |
Deducing the order of reaction from experimental data Kinetics and reaction mechanisms catalysis |
| WK 22 | Aldehydes and ketones Preparation of aldehydes and ketones Reduction of aldehydes and ketones |
Assessment – reaction kinetics |
| WK 23 | Nucleophilic addition of hydrogen cyanide to aldehydes and ketones Testing for aldehydes and ketones Reactions to form tri-iodomethane |
Introduction to entropy Entropy changes during physical and chemical changes Calculating entropy changes |
| WK 24 | Infrared spectroscopy Assessment |
Third law of thermodynamics Introducing Gibbs free energy |
| WK 25 | How to approach MCQ | Gibbs free energy and temperature Research project |
| WK 26 | Assessment | Assessment – entropy and Gibbs free energy |
| TERM 3 (6 Weeks) Apl 11 – May 14 | YEAR 12 | YEAR 13 |
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| WK 27 |
Revision and Practice |
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| WK 28 |
Revision and Practice |
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| WK 29 |
Revision and Practice |
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| WK 30 |
Revision and Practice |
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| WK 31 |
Revision and Practice |
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| WK 32 |
Revision and Practice/End of course |
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