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A Level Chemistry Tutor

A Level Chemistry

A Level Chemistry is a step up from previously studied Biology. Having an A Level Chemistry Tutor can really excel your learning and understanding of A-level Chemistry.

A Level Chemistry is a bridge subject between the physical and the applied sciences. The study of Chemistry at A Level offers a student insights into the processes that determine everything from living systems to geological formations. A Level Chemistry is required for further education in chemistry, chemical engineering, biological sciences, and medicine. Students of Chemistry can pursue careers in fields such as engineering, medicine and clinical research.

Exam Boards

It’s important to identify which exam board your child’s school is following for A Level Chemistry as they do vary. For example, syllabuses and exam structures vary slightly between exam boards. Having some knowledge of exam boards is great information to give to your A Level Biology Tutor. This will help them tailor their lessons with your child, to include relevant syllabus content.

The main exam boards for A Level Chemistry are:

A-level Chemistry

What is A Level Chemistry all about?

Though syllabuses and prescribed materials do vary, an A Level in Chemistry is generally intended to introduce the fields of:

  • physical Chemistry, which concerns the macroscopic;
  • inorganic Chemistry, which concerns non carbon-based compounds;
  • and organic Chemistry, which concerns carbon-based compounds.

This A Level also encourages a student to:

  • read critically, think analytically, and problem solve.
  • develop their research, experiment design, and practical experiment skills.
  • foster clear and reasoned scientific communication in writing and in group work.

How an  A Level Chemistry tutor will help you do well

Though there is some degree of emphasis on fact retention in A Level Chemistry, students should not learn by rote! Examinations are designed to test understanding as well as knowledge. So, to do well you’re A Level Chemistry Tutor will spend a lot of time in the run up to the exam going through past papers. Going through past papers means you’re A Level Chemistry Tutor can help your child master each style of exam question. This will help your child to obtain higher marks.

It is also important that students of A Level Chemistry are confident in their mathematical ability. For example, your child will need to be able to use logarithm functions (of base 10) to calculate a pH level. Make sure that their Maths doesn’t let down their Chemistry!

Understand the mark scheme

It is important to understand how your child’s A Level Chemistry exam will be marked. Understanding this can help to provide the right support throughout your child’s revision. All the exam boards publish detailed guidance on what they are looking. Your A Level Chemistry tutor will know this like the back of their hand.

Your child needs to know what the examiner wants from them in every type of question. They then need to learn how to ‘tick the boxes’ on the mark scheme to ensure they pick up the most marks they can. Knowledge of command words is vital for this. Learning different exam question styles will be an essential part of your child’s time with their A Level Chemistry tutor.

Make a revision plan

It is important that your child allows enough time for revision process. They need to their work properly. You’re A Level Biology tutor will have a structured revision plan by the January of their exam year.

Quality Revision

Organisation is vital! Making sure your child has all their class notes and revision notes sorted is the first step. It is often helpful to check off notes against the requirement of a syllabus as the year goes on. Once your child and their tutor are confident, they have covered the whole syllabus, they can start to make revision notes. They may make notes based on things such as based on things such as bonds, chemical equations, or periodic groups. The skills developed in this re-noting and reformulating are very helpful for reinforcing knowledge and ensuring understanding.

Before exam season however, it is important your child to liaises with their A Level Chemistry tutor about any material that they are finding difficult.

Throughout the academic year and revision period it is helpful to think about how your child learns. Do they like the pressure of a memory test or flashcards? Or is mapping out key ideas helpful? They could try challenging themselves to write everything they know about a topic on one side of A4? Maybe talking things over with a parent, sibling, or their A Level Chemistry tutor helps? We all learn differently, so it is good to be aware how best your child learns.

A-level Chemistry Tutor and students

What is different for this year? Exam cycle 2022.

According to a Department for Education assessment released on 30 September 2021, “exam boards will provide advance information about the focus of the content of the exams for all GCSE, AS and A level subjects… for the summer 2022 exams”. This information will be released by 7 February 2022. If the information is released sooner than 7 February, DfE will give schools and students “at least a week’s notice”.

Sitting Public exams

Even after navigating the demands of GCSEs, students can feel immense pressure around the time of public exams, and it is part of your job as a parent to help them navigate this. On a positive note, this can be a time of great personal growth for teenagers, as they specialise in academic interests, sustain hard work over many months and push through exam nerves. Talk to your child about managing their emotions and introduce important elements of self care, such as sufficient sleep and good nutrition.

A Level Chemistry Tutor

The best way to support your child through their A Level Chemistry is to give them the tools and skills to succeed. Some targeted intervention with an experienced A Level Chemistry tutor can make all the difference. Our A Level tutors are experienced, qualified teachers, Heads of Department and Examiners who know the A Level Chemistry syllabuses back to front. They will teach your child in the manner they learn best, explain the latest mark schemes, help them understand complex reactions, and dramatically improve their exam technique.

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