AS/A Level Chemistry Study Group 2023/2024

hi, i'm reuben !!
doing aqa
just started year 13
confident with bonding and inorganic
struggling with some bits of organic - specifically optical isomerism and skeletal formulae

hi, i'm reuben !!
doing aqa
just started year 13
confident with bonding and inorganic
struggling with some bits of organic - specifically optical isomerism and skeletal formulae

Hey!
I'm doing Edexcel and I am in year 13.

I was wondering if someone can advice me on how to remember the knowledge aspect of chemistry.

I am studying Kinetics- It is interesting to be honest.

Hey!
I'm doing Edexcel and I am in year 13.

I was wondering if someone can advice me on how to remember the knowledge aspect of chemistry.

I am studying Kinetics- It is interesting to be honest.

Hi, I'm Jacintha!!
I'm currently in y13
My exam board is OCR B. I really enjoy it so far (especially wm-it was so interesting). I find OZ a bit confusing but that maybe because we had supply teachers for that topic

Good luck to everyone!!

Hiya!

It is pleasing to hear you are finding A level chemistry enjoyable. If memory serves, OCR B has a much greater emphasis on how chemistry is used in the real world than other courses, which I imagine makes it an especially interesting course.

OCR B doesn’t appear to have many resources at hand. Davies A level chemistry, Physics and Maths Tutor and Allery Chemistry seem to be your best bets.

Thank you!! this is the first time I've ever heard of Davies A level chemistry! Yeah it's a bit of a pain to try and find resources

Just found another resource for OCR B.

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQnv6Wu6LkBS7qC3icyDOyAGhO17SfnWn

It appears a lot of it was made for the previous spec, but given it has been updated in 2020, I imagine it is at least broadly relevant to the current specification

Hi,

I'm Maria, I do AQA and I'm currently just struggling with mechanisms (it's just naming them that I have a problem with, I can draw them very well) and also exam technique in general but I figure that resolves itself after a lot of past paper practice. I really enjoy practicals since I can always remember them during exams and answer the question based off of them, but I also enjoy the inorganic side especially the Group 2/7 stuff.

Hey,

Currently in year 13, I do OCR A and organic chemistry happens to be my favourite. The complexity and the big names interests me the most. We have 3 route maps (aromatic, aliphatic and phenols) for organic reactions and they are really helpful in memorising reaction examples with reagents and conditions. Mechanisms are really cool too but they are easy to mess up

Physical chemistry can be tough but once you get used to the questions, they start becoming easier. I personally struggled with types of bonds, especially the concepts. Over time, past paper questions gave me clear picture of what was going on and now I am fairly confident with those. I'm more of a maths person so the worded questions used to be an absolute nightmare for me. However, I learnt to be to the point and concise when it comes to long answers. Been getting better at these.

PAGS were alright but not quite the best for me except the calculation stuff. When it comes to explanation of methods, I don't do well. Any suggestions on how I can improve it?

My best resources so far:
1. Physics and Maths tutor (past papers and detailed notes)
2. Allery Chemistry (ppts were easy to follow)

Good luck to everyone doing A-Level Chemistry! You've got this.

hey! i'm iman, i'm currently in year 12 doing the cie specification (intl. a levels). right now, i'm studying organic chem. i'm more or less confident with chem except stoichiometry and organic to a large extent.