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GCSE CHEMISTRY, Earth Science and Radioactivity

 Revision-research information STUDY NOTES index for KS4 science-chemistry GCSE-IGCSE & O level courses (~ US grade 8-10)

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• These study notes include physical and chemical properties-reactions, balanced equations, uses of elements and compounds

• A shortened version of this page which you can save to desktop or incorporate into a school website and all links should work OK? and find your syllabus, and use the revision list-links.

• Email me if you think anything is missing? AND say which GCSE syllabus and I MAY/MAY NOT? be able to add extra bits.

• PLEASE remember not all of the notes are needed by any student, but they have to cover ALL syllabuses and there is a link to a section of links to quizzes, worksheets, crosswords etc.

• Some of these web pages are very long BUT remember there is a sub-index at the top of every page and you can do 'highlighted-selected' printouts.

 Elements, Compounds, Mixtures GCSE Revision Study Notes - Definitions and examples of atoms, elements, compounds and mixtures. Separation methods and physical and chemical changes and sections on 'how to understand and write chemical word and symbol equations', lots of formulae examples, displayed formula and how to work out the formula of a compound. (keyword-phrase index at top of page) Quizzes-Worksheets section 1.

Types of Chemical Reactions or Chemical Processes GCSE Revision Study Notes - 40+ different reactions-processes are described, use the top alphabetical index to find examples of the reaction type you seek, Email me if one is missing, always happy to add extra examples.  Quizzes-Worksheets section 1.

Chemical Identification Tests GCSE Revision Study Notes - Gives descriptions of lots of tests for gases, ions and organic molecules-functional groups etc. and labelled diagrams of hazard warning symbols. Use alphabetical keyword index near top of the page. It covers all the chemical tests for KS3, GCSE, AS and A2. Email me if you think one is missing.

Methods of preparing and collecting gases revision notes - Reactants and use of gas syringes, test tubes etc. to collect the gas and reference to some hazards etc.

Acids, Bases, Alkalis, pH, Neutralisation and Salts GCSE Revision Study Notes - includes theory, lots of formulae and word and balanced symbol equations, and some topics are extended with extra sections in the Extra Aqueous Chemistry notes below.  Quizzes-Worksheets section 12.

Water and Extra Aqueous Chemistry GCSE Revision Study Notes - water treatment, hard and soft water, colloids, solubility, acid-base theory, salt preparations. See also the Acids, Bases, pH, Neutralisation and salts notes above.

 The Periodic Table - overview and summary - gcse revision study notes - Explanation and overview of Groups, Periods, Series etc. with links to more detailed notes on the Group 1 Alkali Metals, Group 7 Halogens, Group 0 Noble Gases and Transition Metals. * Quizzes-Worksheets section 3. * Alphabetical Element name list with symbol and atomic number (Z)

Compiled tables of element data for Groups and series of the Periodic Table of Elements - on Groups 1,2,7,0 and 3d-Transition Metals for GCSE-IGCSE students. See also individual Groups or Series of elements in this sub-index.

Group 1 The Alkali Metals GCSE revision study notes - Tabulated element data for lithium, sodium and potassium etc., physical and chemical properties of the metals, group trends, reactions with water, oxygen and chlorine, theory of group reactivity trend, compound formulae, uses of metals and compounds.   Quizzes-Worksheets section 4.

The Physical & Chemical Properties and Uses of Transition Metals and mention of other metals - GCSE study revision notes - chemical and physical properties of them, uses of iron, copper, chromium etc., and a section on the uses and applications of other non-transition metals like aluminium. (see also Sections 4. and 5. Extra Industrial Chemistry and uses of sodium).  Quizzes-Worksheets section 5.

Group 0 Noble Gases GCSE study revision notess - data, properties, chemical inertness, uses of helium, neon, argon etc. and a little chemistry! Quizzes-Worksheets section7.

 Group 7 The Halogen GCSE study revision notes - data, physical properties and chemistry of elements chlorine, bromine, iodine and their compounds, electrolysis of aqueous sodium chloride/brine and the uses of the products - chlorine, hydrogen and sodium hydroxide.  Alphabetical keyword-phrase list at top of page. Quizzes-Worksheets section 8.

 Ammonia synthesis and uses, reversible reactions and chemical equilibrium - GCSE study revision notes - including reversible reactions, equilibrium theory, nitric acid manufacture, fertiliser ammonium salt preparation, problems with over-use or fertilisers.  Quizzes-Worksheets section 9.

Atomic Structure - the structure of atoms, isotopes, nuclear structure notation, electronic structure and the Periodic Table.  Quizzes-Worksheets section 17.

 Oil and its useful products GCSE study revision notes - The hydrocarbons from oil and their use as fuels, plastics, fossil fuels and environmental problems etc.  Use the alphabetical keyword list at the top of the page. See also Alternative and Fossil Fuel Survey, Global warming discussion page and the extra organic notes below.  Quizzes-Worksheets section 11.

Extra GCSE/IGCSE Organic Chemistry Notes - Alkane & alkene homologous series 'families', alcohols like ethanol, other organic molecule families e.g. carboxylic acids, esters, polymers, Natural molecules - carbohydrates, sugars, amino acids, proteins and cooking, natural fats & oils, Vitamin C, Drugs-analgesics, Food Additives and CFC's, Ozone layer and free radicals. Use the sub-index and alphabetical keyword list at the top of the page. (See also basic Oil Product notes above.)  Quizzes-Worksheets section 11.

My Latest KS4 Science - GCSE/IGCSE Chemistry work

• All printout versions of the GCSE chemistry crossword puzzles have been kitted out with a graphic image of the grid and so there should not be any further printout problems?  and I apologise for any previous inconvenience.

• Alphabetical list of the uses of 220 chemicals - elements, compounds or mixtures

• Re-edited the KS4-GCSE-IGCSE multiple choice Quiz and worksheet index

On-site KS4-GCSE-IGCSE-Science-Chemistry syllabus Links This page is My FREE UNOFFICIAL links section of revision notes for studying revising tutoring teaching Science-CHEMISTRY courses in unofficial support the Chemistry, Radioactivity and Earth Science in ANY AQA, EDEXCEL, OCR, CIE, WJEC, SQA and CCEA (NI) UK or International IGCSE/GCSE/O Level Science-CHEMISTRY or CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS from Edexcel International and OCR/CIE International.

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The website is designed to help and unofficially support students/teachers revise-learn/teach the chemistry for modular or co-ordinated examination science courses from UK QCA based AQA, OCR (Oxford and Cambridge) Twenty First (21st) Century and Gateway Science, Edexcel 360Science , Nuffield, Salters, Cambridge International (CIE), London International, WJEC, CCEA exams etc. Also, national award assessments-examinations for GCSE-IGCSE-KS4-O level-BTEC-NVQ applied, additional and chemistry national science courses. Also covers, mainly via quizzes the UK National KS3 SATs Science-biology/chemistry/physics (SAT revision levels 3-5 or 5-7) and covers much of the revising, learning and teaching chemistry examinations for the national curriculum for secondary schools and colleges. The site does not support the content of England, Wales or Northern Ireland primary science KS1 or KS2. The notes should also provide some background theory for a coursework assignment or project. BUT please note that my on-line revision notes and quizzes are no substitute for good classroom teaching-lecturing and thorough studying of your own notes and textbooks, practicing past papers and a copy of the syllabus which are readily downloaded from the examination board sites, but I hope here and there they will lend a tutoring hand on some topic, unit, module etc. For final revision you have to be intellectually honest about what you don't know or follow, YOU have to take the stuff to pieces, analyse what you do/do not understand and reconstruct it so it all makes sense in the end. There is no other way, there are no magic secrets on how to revise and learn, its mainly down to hard work and just good old fashioned study and employing teach-yourself strategies without the need for extra tutors and tutoring lessons. I also think there is too much hit and miss revision using past papers (which I do NOT supply) and not enough systematic revision. I also hope it will help teachers in planning lessons and developing schemes of work for science-chemistry. There are no lesson plans on the site but there are plenty of quizzes to incorporate into classroom activities whether photocopied or on electronic whiteboard projector for use as self-tuition-assessment purposes and a variety of teaching and learning styles and the images may be used in Microsoft Word documents and powerpoint projections. The site seems to be used by a large number of home study tutors, particularly the revision notes. An individual tutor may print out the notes for science-chemistry learning teaching-tuition purposes and for background material for assignments and projects. I have no interest or time in producing WORD.doc or xxxx.pdf files of the notes at the moment. Neither have I time to write up many practical laboratory experiments ('lab'-'labs') at the moment, but the notes contain lots of background information of chemical reactions in terms of observations-balanced equations-reactants-products-theory etc. I also find it difficult to recommend specific exam websites or syllabus textbooks, it depends exactly on what you need, what you have time for, and there are so many of them to choose from and I do not supply past examination papers for classes. 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