One word to sum it up : madness!

Here’s What I Got:

I’m excited to annouce the launch of “Up Your Chemistry Grades Now!” – Score The As You Deserve By Knowing What Examiners Are Looking Out For!

Here’s What “Up Your Chemistry Grades Now!” Will Do For You:

• Shows and teaches you the difference in answering similar questions like “What do you understand by the term alkanes …” verse ” Define alkanes” – Glossary of Terms – Comprehensive and commonly misused terms
• Examination tips that you overlook (or perhaps not even aware of!). By knowing them, they save you the time to crack your already stressful mind during the papers and of course score more marks by giving what examiners are looking for!
• Reveals the common mistakes students made! (which you do not want to be part of it!) 10 years of coaching and you can imagine the load of mistakes I have witnessed … All these valuable secrets do 1 thing for you : ensure you do not repeat them!
• Highlight THE ANSWERS which will get you the As you truly deserve.
• How to present the concepts you already have in the way the examiners love to read!

Here is what others said about the book:

“”Up Your Chemistry Grades Now!” is really adequate to accomplish a purpose:A1 for “O” Levels Chemistry! I cannot thank you more Sean!”

Melissa Julyanti, O Level Student from Gan Eng Seng School 2008

“Hi Sean,

Thanks for a well written ebook and the lots of useful tips.
Perhaps the next step is for you to write a solution book on the 10 year Chemistry series.
That is why I am looking forward urgently to your June 2008 Chemistry Papers.

Thanks for your help.”

Lim Poh Seng, Parent

“I applaud the efforts of Sean 4 putting a book which is overflowing with chemical goodness.”

Dixon Wong, O Level Student 2008

“It was great. as i read through “Up your chemistry grades now” , i realised that there were actually things that i didnt know, especially some of the common mistakes i made.”

Chew Siying, O Level Student 2008

“Hi Sean,

I have bought this book for my daughter, she has given the feedback as follows :

To be honest, she did not really understand Chemistry well, after getting the book on Friday for her, when she reads through the book competely – She finds it fantastic. She can even understand better when she try out the questions and look thru the bonus video provided . She finds it knowledgable. Most important, your book has identify the Common Mistakes Made by many Other Students – this section has caught her attention. Finally, the book is written for easy reference and understanding.Great thanks!

I even recommended your website to my friends.”

Evelyn Wong, Parent

“Hi Mr. Sean.

I was quite sceptical when my friend showed me this website and encourage me to get a copy of your E-book. However at $7.00, it worth the risk and the rest are history.

Your book is concise,precise and full of study tips that I could relate to Chemistry and my other subjects. If I ever score A1 for my chemistry, I will owe it to you!

Thanks again!”

Peter, O Level Student 2008

“Hi Sean,

I’m dropping by to say thanx!

My mum bought the book for me without asking me. I was angry at first ‘cos I mean I don’t have time to even finish revision and she gives me another thing to read.

But you know what I find the common errors and the examination tips extremely useful! I mean I sometimes also make those mistakes you point out. Luckily you included the correct answer else I would have struggled! After reading those, i am more confident for my Chem!

Wish me luck!

Note: hey, you must launch your book earlier in future!”

Rachel, O Level Student 2008

“”Up Your Chemistry Grades Now!” is comprehensive and I have learnt a lot from it! The Book has taught me to tackle questions and the examinations tips are so useful! Thanks!”

Jane Tong, O Level Student 2009

“Dear Sir,

It was my father who purchase your book. The book was helpful in my studies as i am just begin to understand the subject. Your book was written in simple English and is easy to understand. The teachers/examiners’ comments on the students’ answers help me to avoid common mistakes.”

Joseph Kok, Student

Here’s What I Want You To Do Next: (Do this quickly)

Download your FREE copy of Introductory Section to “Up Your Chemistry Grades Now!” HERE

(I am limiting the number of copies, once reached. It will not be available anymore!)

PS: “Up Your Chemistry Grades Now!” is not like any other revision books out there. It is written by ME! (Read more about me here), someone who has breathed Chemistry all his life, coached tens and hundreds of students to achieve what they truly deserve! This book is basically written by all my students for all students who have yet to unlock the SECRETS of Scoring in Chemistry!

In 3 days time, it will be the O Level Chemistry Paper 2 Examinations.

Many of you in Singapore, must be studying very hard for it right now and feeling very tense, since this is so call the 1st O Level Paper.

Today i would like to share with you some general examination tips on doing the Chemistry Paper 2 Examination.

In Paper 2, it consists of 2 sections.

Section A: Structured Questions

It consists of several compulsory structured and free response questions in which you write your answer in the answers spaces provided. In this section, you are required to answer ALL the questions, do Please DO NOT waste time deciding which questions to do!

Section B: Free Response Questions

In this section, there are 3 questions that you will write the answers in blank sheets of fullscap paper provided. The 1st 2 questions are Compulsory. The Last question is presented as an either / or format. You are required to read it and decide which one to do.

Many of you might think the above information are not useful enough…i.e. you already know..but it is important for me to write it 1st cos there are some students out there that are not even sure about the examination format.

Following are some points you might want to note:

• For Paper 2 – remember the general rule of “1 Mark for 1 Point Written”
• If a question is difficult, still write something, i.e. Mole Calculations Formulae etc, bcos you may score some marks. No marks are given if you leave it blank.
• It is important to allow time to read over and check your answer and make any necessary corrections. Lots of marks are salvaged just by doing this step.
• Start of a question (multiple-parts) are always easier to score in any Paper 2 questions. Thus if time is short, leave one question incomplete in order to answer another question (1st part of the question) [i normally would not mention thus tip - as i always want my students to focus and answer ALL questions. Posting it now since exams is very near, and i want you to score few more marks]
• In Mole Calculations, it is important to show your working and include your units. Always checked your answer to see if it makes any “sense”.
• Take time to read your questions carefully. Do not attempt “Speed Reading” of your questions, which is the main mistake made by many students in all examinations.
• Do not attempt to copy the question down in your answer script. This is another common mistake made by students in examinations. It is a complete waste of time and will earn you NO marks.
• When asked to give a use of a chemical, write your answers in a sentence. This allow you to make less mistakes in giving a Vague answers and will cause you to lose marks. Do not give a one-word answer.
• Another common mistakes is giving the wrong oxidation state in chemical names. I.e. Writing iron(II) chloride for FeCl3 will cost you a mark. Answer should be iron (III) chloride.
• You are required to know the exact formulae for common chemicals. If you write CuNO3 for copper nitrate by mistake, instead of Cu (NO3)2, you are certain to lose a mark.
• Many students also made the mistakes of giving too many decimal places in calculations. Give all numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures.
• For sketching of graphs, the common errors made by students are: 1) Failure to label both X and Y axes 2) Wrong Scales on Axes 3) Positions of points not clear or not written 4) Best-fit line is not drawn.
• Hope the above Chemistry Examination Yips would assist you to gain more marks in O Level Chemistry Paper 2.

Until next time, where i will share with you the Chemistry Examination Tips for Paper 1 (Multiple Choice Questions)..

I wish you ALL THE BEST IN YOUR CHEMISTRY PAPER 2!

Sean Chua

Master Trainer

PS: Need more Examination Tips for O Level Chemistry Exams? Check out >> Up Your Chemistry Grades Now! ebook

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I am very happy to receive several encouraging comments and reviews of the book, such as the one above by Rachel (one of the student reader of this chemistry blog). It shows that my effort to help both local & overseas chemistry students has not been wasted.

Its been several days since we launched my new Chemistry book “Up Your Chemistry Grades Now!” and several dozens of the ebook has been snapped up quickly by students (as well as parents) who are committed to score more marks in their upcoming O Level Chemistry Exams.

A F-R-E-E Introductory Section of the book has also been made available for immediate downloads.

For those that have either downloaded the F-R-E-E Introductory Section or got the Whole Book, i am certain that you are learning something at the moment to score more marks in Chemistry Exams.

We (my assistants) have also received an avalanche of email enquiries & questions on this Chemistry Book – on how this book will help them in improving their chemistry grades quickly & effectively.

So i have decided to share with you the TRUTH & MYTH of this book.

Up Your Chemistry Grades Now! book

MYTH:

1) It is NOT a Ten Years Series with lots of Past Years Questions. For those, there are many books already out there in major bookstore. You can look at some of my recommendations @ “Bookstore”

2) It is NOT an assessment book that gives you short notes on each chapter. There are even more books out there with such short notes.

3) It is NOT a book that tells you how to spot questions in Chemistry Exams. Cos i don’t believe in spotting questions. Chemistry is ALL about concepts – once you get the concepts right, all chapters seems to link together suddenly.

4) It is NOT a textbook where there are huge chunks of information that are simply indigestible.

this new Chemistry Book is in fact….

TRUTH:

1) A QUICK Chemistry Guidebook that allows you to know what are the common errors that are made by many students like you. “Common errors” refers to the wrong concepts that many students didnt realised.

2) “Chemistry Tips” provided to show you what Examiners are really looking out for? There is a certain way to score FULL MARKS only when you know how the question are phrased by the examiners and how to answer them effectively.

3) An easily digestible book with Question-By-Quesiton and Point-By-Point Analysis. This will allow you to pick out “TIPS” quickly & effectively. Examiners Comments are added to the Students Answers so that you can relate the thought process qucikly & effectively.

4) A good “final revision” material to read through after you have finished revising your notes, and past years exam papers. It aims to help you realised whether your thought process on answering exam-questions is right or wrong.. (Doing Ten Years Series is definitely important, but it does not mean that you going to score in exams)

5) Compilation of ALL the Chemistry Definitions / Terms that you need to know for your Chemistry Exams

6) Chemistry Book for Chemistry Students from the Experiences of many other Chemistry Students. Sample Students Answers are based on answers by real-life students that i had previously coached.

7) Book is suitable for GCE “N”, “O” Level Students, Secondary 3 as well as students under the IB and ICGSE programs.

I hope this blogpost will answer some of the questions in your mind.

Examination is near…Study Hard!

Wishing You The Best in Your Chemistry Success,
Sean Chua
Master Trainer /Chemistry Coach
Author Up Your Chemistry Grades Now! book

PS: For those that have purchased the book, please remember to download & claim the 2 bonus gifts..which many believed to be equally valuable as the book. …It is just my way of saying thanks for the TRUST and BELIEVE!

Hear what others said about the book:

“”Up Your Chemistry Grades Now!” is really adequate to accomplish a purpose:A1 for “O” Levels Chemistry! I cannot thank you more Sean!”

Melissa Julyanti, O Level Student from Gan Eng Seng School 2008

“Hi Sean,

Thanks for a well written ebook and the lots of useful tips.
Perhaps the next step is for you to write a solution book on the 10 year Chemistry series.
That is why I am looking forward urgently to your June 2008 Chemistry Papers.

Thanks for your help.”

Lim Poh Seng, Parent

“I applaud the efforts of Sean 4 putting a book which is overflowing with chemical goodness.”

Dixon Wong, O Level Student 2008

“It was great. as i read through “Up your chemistry grades now” , i realised that there were actually things that i didnt know, especially some of the common mistakes i made.”

Chew Siying, O Level Student 2008

“Hi Sean,

I have bought this book for my daughter, she has given the feedback as follows :

To be honest, she did not really understand Chemistry well, after getting the book on Friday for her, when she reads through the book competely – She finds it fantastic. She can even understand better when she try out the questions and look thru the bonus video provided . She finds it knowledgable. Most important, your book has identify the Common Mistakes Made by many Other Students – this section has caught her attention. Finally, the book is written for easy reference and understanding.Great thanks!

I even recommended your website to my friends.”

Evelyn Wong, Parent

“Hi Mr. Sean.

I was quite sceptical when my friend showed me this website and encourage me to get a copy of your E-book. However at $7.00, it worth the risk and the rest are history.

Your book is concise,precise and full of study tips that I could relate to Chemistry and my other subjects. If I ever score A1 for my chemistry, I will owe it to you!

Thanks again!”

Peter, O Level Student 2008

“Hi Sean,

I’m dropping by to say thanx!

My mum bought the book for me without asking me. I was angry at first ‘cos I mean I don’t have time to even finish revision and she gives me another thing to read.

But you know what I find the common errors and the examination tips extremely useful! I mean I sometimes also make those mistakes you point out. Luckily you included the correct answer else I would have struggled! After reading those, i am more confident for my Chem!

Wish me luck!

Note: hey, you must launch your book earlier in future!”

Rachel, O Level Student 2008

While i am writing this blog-post now, i have to remind the Singapore students that O Level Examination very very near. And the exam will kick-start with Chemistry Paper 2 in 18 days time.

If you have been shaking your legs, playing soccer everyday, playing online games for 3-4 per day, it might be time for you to take notice. You only have 2 weeks to prepare yourself.

I have been coaching several students under the FINAL LEAP PROGRAMME and i can see that many students are feeling the stress now.  They are studying very hard (and smart of course) to prepare themselves for the “academic war” in 2 weeks time. I congratulate their commitment cos there is a saying that: “80% of the Success is Just About Showing Up!”. With these, the other 20% must be Taking The Right Actions.

In Singapore, O Level Examination is known to be the 2nd major qualifying exams in their life – that will determine their career choices and flexibility to study what they desire. [the 1st qualifying exams is when they are 12 years old where they take their PSLE exams].

However, from my facebook account, i realised that O Level students in Singapore are still shaking their legs, shopping every other days, palying online games 3-4 hrs per day – all these indulgence even when they have not even passed their Chemistry and other exams before. Time to WAKE UP - if you are one of the students reading this blog.

PS: Our new book “UP YOUR CHEMISTRY GRADES NOW!” will be having a pre-launch in the ebook version in the next few days. Hope by doing so, we are in time to help these graduating students one final time. It will be split into 5 sections – each emphasizing important things you need to know to score in Chemistry Exams.

PPS: Book is suitable for Sec 3, 4 and 5 (under GCE O Level Exam system) or Grade 9 and 10 (under GCSE Exam system)

Here is another book that i thought will be interesting to students, tutors and teachers. This book provides fast, easy way to master the fundamentals of chemistry by giving simple examples.

Have you ever wondered about the differences between liquids, gases, and solids? Or what actually happens when something burns? What exactly is a solution? An acid? A base? This is chemistry—the composition and structure of substances composing all matter, and how they can be transformed. Whether you are studying chemistry for the first time on your own, want to refresh your memory for a test, or need a little help for a course, this concise, interactive guide gives you a fresh approach to this fascinating subject.

PS: See more Recommended Books that can help you master your Chemistry in a more enjoyable fashion

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