A-level Chemistry Study Group 2020-21

You're lucky to be on AQA. OCR do you dirty.

Yeah. A good example of picky mark schemes is the definition of the enthalpy of hydration. In the specification it says that it's the enthalpy change when 1 mole of gaseous ions dissolve in water, but in the mark schemes it says that you have to put that they form hydrated ions. So the mark scheme doesn't even match up to the specification sometimes 😂

Hi everyone! Does anyone know of any websites that have practice papers for aqa chemistry a-level?

I'm doing AQA too!

Hi!

The official AQA website has a few
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/science/as-and-a-level/chemistry-7404-7405

Physics and Maths Tutor has a bank of exam-questions by topic
https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/

Maths Made Easy
https://mathsmadeeasy.co.uk/a-level-chemistry-revision/

Thank you so much. I hope your a level chem studies are going well!

No problem!

They are going well, thanks for asking. I hope yours are too! Feel free to ask anything on this thread that you don't understand. If I have covered the topic, I will be more than happy to help!

Mine are going sort of ok😅 we’re doing acids and bases currently which I’m finding hard. We’re also doing polymers which is quite a nice topic. What about you?

What's your favourite/least favourite topic so far?

What exam board are you taking?
Edexcel International A Level
What's your favourite topic in the course so far?
Ionic Bonding
And your least favourite topic?
Nomenclature
What are you hoping to study at university?
Astronomy/Astrophysics

I really enjoy the physical side of chemistry - so my favourite topics are equilibria and Kc and Kp calculations and I also like the practical side of it. I am not a fan of organic (although I like the mechanisms) mainly because of how hard it is to apply knowledge to certain questions and I prefer memorising content rather than problem-solving.