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AQA Exam Questions on Spectroscopy

Dear all,

Jeus and Natalie asked for some mixed spectra questions, so here are 192 marks worth! 61 pages to print, so I leave you to do that - if you want.

Yours
Ms Elias

Answers to textbook questions

For answers to books 1 and 2:

http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Secondary/Science/16Biology/OCR-A-level-Science-2015/FreeResources/FreeResources.aspx

Some bonus practical and spectroscopy questions that I found

Not sure I like Q6a, but the rest are quite good. Answers at the back

Here

Yours
Ms Elias

All my resources

Soz - I put them on google drive but didn't share a link....

ERA PPQ and other stuff

Mark Schemes for Mock Papers

Hello,

I will put mark schemes in this folder as you have completed the paper.

Yours
Ms Elias

ERA absence

Ms Elias has kindly agreed to arrange your Unified Chemistry Mocks.  13C have been informed.  13E you can speak to LEL on Monday.  When you are not doing a mock, please continue with your revision.

13dCh - LEL absent on May 9th

Hello!

I don't think I'll be in our lesson on May 9th. I'm involved in a whole day activity but not sure whether I'll need to be there in this lesson slot and probably won't know until the morning. I will cancel the register, but if you want to see if I'm in please do just pop by.

Yours
Ms Elias

13CCh - LEL and ERA absent Tuesday 9th May

Hello,

Both ERA and I are away on Tuesday 9th May, when your unified themes paper is taking place. I want to reschedule this to take place between 1330-1500 on Wednesday10th May - starting in our period 5 lesson and pushing through tutor time and into after school.

If you cannot attend this could you please look at the schedule and see if one of the other slots will fit or come and see me to book in for another time.

Yours
Ms Elias

Organic Papers

Hello,

You can come and see your mark if you would like - just pop by BR02, and I'll give you your paper

The mark scheme is here and you should go through this paper at HOME and then see me in lessons with problems, when you can also help each other.

The results were really great for some, and a long way from great for others, so it would be helpful to talk about how you're revising and the work you've been doing if you're not happy with your mark.

See you later in the week,
Ms Elias

Exam Questions - Stuff from Shared Area

Exam Questions from OCR

Redox Practice - As requested

I've put some stuff in here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwXkgDfg2V13d3NaLVNwWmJMQWs

Yours
Ms Elias

Dear Year 13

Link to legacy coursework materials - focus on Chemistry A folder

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-Bvc60KVaFFbDNvN2xSaXdqSTQ?usp=sharing

In the relevant folders I have put a 'USE THESE RESULTS' document or excel file - you will need to as it says use those results to enable you to answer the questions in the paper.

Hope you all have a lovely Easter Break


Miss Chauhan

Exam Paper Schedule: Post Easter Holidays

Fuel Cells research task

For homework this week you will research the use of electrochemical cells as fuel cells.

You need to produce an information leaflet or poster on fuel cells.  There will be extra browine points available for creativity!

These are the points on the specification you need to cover:

Storage and fuel cells 
(spec point j) application of principles of electrode potentials to modern storage cells (Details of storage cells and required equations will be provided. Relevant electrode potentials and other data will be supplied)

Your work should include a discussion of the benefits of electrochemical cells counteracted by risks from toxicity and fire from Li-based cells.

(spec point k) explanation that a fuel cell uses the energy from the reaction of a fuel with oxygen to create a voltage and the changes that take place at each electrode. (Recall of fuel cells and equations will not be required. Relevant electrode potentials and other data will be supplied).

Year 13 homework

Please have a go at all the tricky questions, using the method we learnt this week.  To check your answers use this website:

http://www.webqc.org/balance.php

You may find some of the questions a little impossible!  That's okay, we will look at a second method next week.

Revision

More resources, info on the mock and a timetable for next term in my google drive:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B970e2T7WXvPd3pRNzJ5Zm1TcFE?usp=sharing

LEL's Chemistry Mock Paper

The mock is on everything from Y12 and Y13 across unit 4 and unit 6. It also includes some moles calculations - these should be fairly rudimentary but make sure you know how to calculate yield, atom economy and be able to use the gas equation.

In addition the Y13 topics are:

Benzene
Phenol
Carbonyls
Amines
Amino acids and chirality
Organic synthetic routes
Polymerisation

and you should also be able to answer questions on organic practical techniques including TLC, reflux, recrystallisation and melting point determination. If in doubt please refer to spec point 1.2

Yours
Ms Elias

Stuff and absence

Hello,

I said I would put some things on the blog, but can't get the scanner to work - so that is not a goer. I have copied up some mark schemes for amines h/w and you can come and borrow one at any point.

I am also not going to be in the 13CCh period 1 lesson on Monday for the first 30 minutes. I have to go an observe another teacher. Please arrive at 0830 though and I will put the work on the board.

You will be producing some organic revision cards, so if you have an A2 text book or course revision guide please bring it along.

Yours
Ms Elias

Work for next week

Year 13

Please complete all questions I have given you on Born Haber cycles.  We will not spend any more lesson time on Born Haber cycles, if you are stuck you MUST COME to A-Level club on Tuesday.

Please also learn all enthalpy definitions

Oh and you should probably be revising already for your mock after Half Term

Best wishes,
ERA

Year 13 cover

Dear Year 13,

Please use this morning as time in lieu for an hour that I will ask you to come and practice some practical questions in my room after school.  They will be based on what we do on Wednesday.  I can't give them to you to take away as they are "secure" materials.  (It's a coursework exam from the old syllabus).

You could use this time to work on the Born Haber homework.  Please come to A-Level club after school today if you get stuck on anything.

Best wishes,
ERA

Year 13 Homework

Dear students,

Please see below for your homework for this week.

Revision: To be completed in the next four weeks unless I have asked to see it next week
1) Complete the flashcards that I have started by adding the answers to the questions, or key things to remember about answering the classic questions.  For example on the back of "Calculate the pH of an alkali" you could write 1) Assume [OH-] is equal to original [base] 2) Use Kw = [H+][OH-] to calculate [H+] 3) Use pH = -log[H+].
There are some practice questions to go along with this in the folder below.  I'm not going to print them because there are so many pages and it might bankrupt the school!

2) Complete the open answer practice question on buffers

3) Optional - extra reading on buffer systems in the ocean


Born Haber questions: To be completed for next Wednesday.  Q3 and 9 might take a bit of research.  I have already got a mark scheme for this and we will begin next lesson by going through it.

All resources here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B970e2T7WXvPd3pRNzJ5Zm1TcFE?usp=sharing