Key Stage 4

Yr 10 & Yr 11 GCSE Chemistry A

Taught in two hours per week over two years

Topics taught in Units 1-3

Unit 1

• Module C1: Air Quality
• Module C2: Material Choices
• Module C3: Food Matters

Unit 2

• Module C4: Chemical Patterns
• Module C5: Chemicals of the Natural Environment
• Module C6: Chemical Synthesis

Unit 3

• Ideas in context
• Module C7: Further Chemistry

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Teaching order for Chemistry A

		Examination
Unit 1	Autumn term	17% of GCSE examined in January
Unit 4 or Unit 5	Spring term	33.3% of GCSE
Unit 2	Summer term + Yr 11	17% examined in Jan of Yr 11
Unit 3	Yr 11	33.3% examined in June of Yr 11

Unit 4 Case Studies or Unit 5 Investigations (Coursework) due in from students by third week in March (Y 10).