Advanced Higher Chemistry 2011-2012 :: Resources and Discussion Thread

Books:
BrightRed
Past Papers
Hodder Gibson – Calculations and PPAs

Resources:
Investigation Guidance
Higher and Advanced Higher Data Booklet
Past Papers and Marking Schemes
Evans2ChemWeb Revision Notes
Revision Questions
Scholar
ThinkChemistry

If you know of other useful books or resources please don't hesitate to post them. I'll add them to the list!

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Reply 1

TheRabbit

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Original post by Hype en Ecosse

Books:
BrightRed
Past Papers
Hodder Gibson – Calculations and PPAs

Resources:
Investigation Guidance
Higher and Advanced Higher Data Booklet
Past Papers and Marking Schemes
Evans2ChemWeb Revision Notes
Revision Questions
Scholar

If you know of other useful books or resources please don't hesitate to post them. I'll add them to the list!

Will be around to help occasionally (as far as I can) with investigations and for exam/test questions (gives me a break from uni work :tongue:

).

Reply 2

sandys1000

12

Ah, my thread has been surpassed :tongue:

Good luck.

Reply 3

Braddd

Imma watch this thread and pretend I know chemistry.

Good luck.

Reply 4

username458263

9

Hey!

I've not started properly yet, my school doesn't go back until next week. But I am an AH Chemist! :P

Reply 5

spacepirate-James

18

I suck at chemistry, but willing to help. :awesome:

It's a ****ing pain in the arse.

Reply 6

Hype en Ecosse

OP

20

Still yet to start the course - same with Biology. Got my Scholar info out today though and don't fancy falling behind - anyone tell me what they managed to cover in the 3 weeks before summer for Biology and Chemistry?

Reply 7

TheKnowledge

Good luck with AH Chem you guys. It's a pretty mental subject but as long as you work hard throughout the year then you should be fine :biggrin:

I'll be around incase anyone needs help (same goes for maths and bio).

Reply 8

ScottishShortiex

18

I'll be free to help you all with anything, including the fun that is investigations! :p:

Have fun, work hard and good luck :smile:

Reply 9

username445491

One thing to consider with your investigation is, don't stress too much if your experiment fails miserably. I did extraction and analysis of caffeine in tea and coffee, and I ended up extracting some chemical that looked similar to caffeine, but turned out via NMR and IR analysis to be something that noone (including Heriot Watt university's technicians where I did the NMR/IR spectroscopy) could identify.

I also managed to soak a fume cupboard at school in thick >80C sodium hydroxide and coffee mixture (pic included for giggles):

I still managed to get 24/25 on the investigation, so yeah, don't panic like I did if everything goes wrong. :P

EDIT: On a side note, the Bright Red AH Chemistry revision book is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and I would 100% recommend it to anyone studying AH chemistry. In a lot of ways, it's better than Scholar IMO.

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Reply 10

sandys1000

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Original post by Serojoal

One thing to consider with your investigation is, don't stress too much if your experiment fails miserably. I did extraction and analysis of caffeine in tea and coffee, and I ended up extracting some chemical that looked similar to caffeine, but turned out via NMR and IR analysis to be something that noone (including Heriot Watt university's technicians where I did the NMR/IR spectroscopy) could identify.

I also managed to soak a fume cupboard at school in thick >80C sodium hydroxide and coffee mixture (pic included for giggles):

I still managed to get 24/25 on the investigation, so yeah, don't panic like I did if everything goes wrong. :P

EDIT: On a side note, the Bright Red AH Chemistry revision book is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and I would 100% recommend it to anyone studying AH chemistry. In a lot of ways, it's better than Scholar IMO.

Haha, that looks very similar to my investigation setup. I managed to explode some glassware instead though :tongue:

Reply 11

ScottishShortiex

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Original post by Serojoal

I still managed to get 24/25 on the investigation, so yeah, don't panic like I did if everything goes wrong. :P

How did you find out what you got? I wish I knew what mark I got!

Reply 12

username445491

Original post by ScottishShortiex

How did you find out what you got? I wish I knew what mark I got!

Your school will be able to tell you. Ask your chemistry teacher :smile:

Reply 13

ScottishShortiex

18

Original post by Serojoal

Your school will be able to tell you. Ask your chemistry teacher :smile:

Ok thanks, will do! :smile:

Reply 14

Braddd

I love that this thread is just full of past students. There has only been two people posting who are studying it this year.

Reply 15

Armaros

6

I'm thinking of comparing the ethanol content of my dad's dragon alcohol to shop bought stuff for my investigation, yummers!

Reply 16

Hype en Ecosse

OP

20

Still haven't started the course...

Reply 17

username458263

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Original post by Hype en Ecosse

Still haven't started the course...

Nor have I, I had my first two periods of it today, but we were just getting materials issued and talking about the investigation. I've not got the best teacher - oh well, I'll just have to grin and bear it :P

Reply 18

Hype en Ecosse

OP

20

Original post by derangedyoshi

Nor have I, I had my first two periods of it today, but we were just getting materials issued and talking about the investigation. I've not got the best teacher - oh well, I'll just have to grin and bear it :P