Year 11 Chemistry Enrichment Activities

Royal Society of Chemistry

• Have a look at the Royal Society of Chemistry Education site.
• Complete the screen experiment ‘titrations’. (Please note: this only runs on Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer.).
• Investigate the future careers page on the RSC.
• Attempt the diagnostic questions from the RSC.

Useful YouTube channels:

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cd_-e49hZpWLH3UIwoWRA
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8pOYw9kw8z9uOKgAZ7ki8w/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=4
• https://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=9

Course Essential/Highly Recommended Books

Essential:

Ritchie, R. and Gent, D. (2013) A Level Chemistry A for OCR Student Book. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198351979.

Highly Recommended:

CGP Books (2015) Head Start to A-level Chemistry. CGP Books. ISBN: 9781782942801.

Poole, E. and McGowan, D. (2018) Maths Skills for A Level Chemistry, 2nd edn. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198428978.

CGP Books (2015) Essential Maths Skills for A-level Chemistry. CGP Books. ISBN: 9781782944720

Other reading that may be useful/interesting:

• Pleasure of Finding Things Out – Richard Feynman
• Periodic Tales – Hugh Aldersey-Williams
• The Disappearing Spoon – Sam Kean
• Uncle Tungsten – Oliver Sachs
• The Shocking History of Phosphorus: A Biography of the Devil’s Element – John Emsley
• H₂O: A Biography of Water – Philip Ball
• Obsessive Genius: The Inner Workings of Marie Curie – Barbara Goldsmith
• Why Does Asparagus Make Your Wee Smell? – Andy Brunning

 

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