The Year 9 chemistry Programme of Study introduces the first material of the GCSE course.

The Programme of Study for years 9 is a preparation for the AQA GCSE Chemistry (4421) Specification

The topics studied during the year are listed below:

9/0 How Science Works

9/1 States of matter

9/2 Materials

9/3 Aqueous chemistry

9/4 Atomic structure

9/5 The Periodic Table

9/6 Representing reactions – formulae and equations

9/7 Acids, bases and salts

9/8 Bonding, structure and related properties

Pupils will be issued with the text book Key Science: Chemistry at the start of the academic year and it is their responsibility to ensure its continuing good condition and safe keeping over the year in which they will use it.

Pupils will also be issued with a light green chemistry exercise book and a number of important information sheets at the beginning of the year. Further copies of these sheets are available on this site.

One homework per week will be set. Unless otherwise specified, work should be handed in for marking the following day. All homework set should be recorded in a L.G.S. Homework Diary. Each homework should, in general, take no longer than 30 minutes to complete although there will be occasions when revision or a research based project may take longer.

There will be a test on completion of each topic and an end-of-year examination in June.