Yes, here we come – A new start for Year 2009 O Level Chemistry (as well as ICGSE, IB and IP Chemistry) students.
Many parents are trying to find help this holiday to pull up their child’s chemistry grades. The most important thing thing is to Revise through their Essential Basic Concepts. In fact, we will be conducting Chemistry Essential Concepts Revision Workshop in Singapore during the Dec holidays. Purpose is to get the students to start revising their key concepts and build up that momentum.
How To Revise for O-Level Chemistry and Improve Your Grades:
The O Level Chemistry Examinations does not only tests you on the chemical facts and definitions that you can remembered (contrary to the thoughts by many students that they have to memorise the whole textbook), but also largely test you on the application of your knowledge and problem solving. In fact, only about 15% of the marks are allocated for Recall of Facts, the rest are for Understanding Concepts & Applications.
These are the Skills and Knowledge required to do well in Chemistry:
- Know the chemical definitions, units, symbols and chemical formulae in the syllabus
- Know the facts such as uses of petroleum fractions and the rust protection methods, etc
- Good grasp of Chemistry Concepts such as the Reactivity Series of Metals and how to apply them such as Extraction of Metals
- A good understanding of using the Flow Charts for questions on Qualitative Analysis
- Ability to interpret and sketch graphs, such as Rate of Reactions
- Observations on any chemical reactions
- Solving problems, largely from Mole Calculations (voted # 1 killer in Chemistry)
- A good understanding of the Social, Economic & Environmental aspects of Chemistry-related phenomenons and activities, such as Atmospheric Pollutants and Its Effect on Humans
In the next blogpost, i will share with you on the Studying techniques for doing Chemistry Revision as well as those Essential Concepts chapters that is fundamental to your academic success in Chemistry (especially when you move from Sec 3 to Sec 4).
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