For the 6092 syllabus
RVHS Class of 2024 · NUS Dentistry
I'm an RVHS senior, and I want to help you get an A for IP Chemistry!
Everything essential for IP Chemistry, condensed into clean and nice-looking notes.
Animations, analogies and explanations for the harder concepts.
Problem set A tests foundational concepts, problem set B tests more exam-style questions.
Revision sessions after major chapters. You can bring your friends along.
Understand the content, use active recall during problem sets to answer questions, and learn how to tackle exam questions.
You don't need to get every question right from the start. First work out what the question is asking and how to approach it. The marks come with practice.
And I want IP Chemistry to be fun.
There are two papers and no practical paper.
30 compulsory multiple choice questions.
Section A (45): compulsory structured questions. Section B (10): answer one of two.
The Sec 3 examination has no practical. The O Level's practical paper, Paper 3, comes in Sec 4.
The Sec 4 O Level. All candidates are required to enter for Papers 1, 2 and 3.
40 compulsory multiple choice items.
Section A (70): compulsory, the last two questions 20 marks each, one of them data-based. Section B (10): answer one of two.
Planning 15% of the marks, the practical skills 85%. No books allowed.
Isotopes have different numbers of neutrons.
Every blank is a phrase examiners look for. Each one is revealed on the slides as we go: write it into your notes.
The rate falls as the reaction goes on:
Numbered points are separate marks: write every one, in order.
A special case, an exception, or a point that is easy to miss.
Exam tipAdvice for the exam: how to phrase an answer or set out working to earn the marks.
Answer structureHow to set out the answer to a type of question that comes up again and again.
Worked exampleAn exam question solved step by step. Cover the working and try it first.
Decide what will happen before the animation shows it.
A comparison with something familiar, such as isotopes as twins carrying different backpacks.
A question like the worked example, for you to attempt.
A harder question that combines several ideas.
A multiple-choice question at the end of a section. The wrong options are common mistakes.
Quick checkWhich label marks a question for you to attempt after a worked example?
Contains the lesson's Your turn and Challenge questions, then practice that tests the topic's foundational concepts.
Questions from end-of-year papers and O Level prelims. I designed a table to add up your marks for each section of the topic, so you can identify your weak and strong points for each chapter.
You get a black-and-white copy of the first topic, Experimental Chemistry.
You can choose to buy the full notes in colour. Otherwise, you will receive them in black and white.
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