Chemistry @ Key Stage Five

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At Clarendon the OCR SAlters course is followed.

Aims of the Salter course

• Emphasis on th eways chemistry is used - and the work that chemists do.
• Broadening the appeal of chemistry by showing how it relates to people's lives.
• Emphasis on frontier areas of chemistry.
• Wider range of teaching and learning activities.
• A rigorous treatment of chemistry that will lay foundations for future studies

How is this different to othe Chemistry courses?

• Drip feeding of chemical ideas.
• Chemical ideas are introduced on a 'need to know basis'
• No need to cover large and more difficult opics in one go
• Only enough chemistry is taught to understand the storyline at a particular point.
• A topic may be visited several times through the course.
• Student s have two weeks to answer a set of externally set questions .
• Typically the question paper will consist of two scientific papers around a common theme in chemistry.

Course work

During year 12 you will carry out a piece of work which assesses five key areas of investigative work.

Open book paper

• Students have two weeks to answer a set of externally set questions.
• Typically the question paper will consist of two scientific papers around a common theme in chemistry.

Individual investigation in Year 13

• Lasts about four weeks
• Students work on a practical investigation of their own choice.