Hi Yr 12 Chemists

This is your 'twiducate page' where you will be able to access all the homeworks/resources. If you have any questions regarding the work or anything you don't understand, you can post a comment for me on here and I'll get back to you as soon as possible - no having to wait until next lesson.

Keep checking your 'twiducate page' as I'm constantly updating. Please show this to your parents/guardians and get them involved in your learning.

I equate giving you some facts to giving you a bowl of rice which will feed you for one meal. I equate educating you in 'how to learn' to showing you how to grow rice which will feed you for life. My aim is to make you 'independent learners'.

You may have heard the expression 'look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves'. An equally true expression is'look after the learning (ie. get it right) and the exam results will take care of themselves'.

Check out the video Microsoft CEO Summit Innovation in Education - this is what I'm aiming for. Please show it to your parents/guardians/teachers. Also check out this video by a student in the US. It is so true here too.

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Happy learning and have a wonderful day.

Mr Baker

I've tried to give you as many video resources as possible. To maximise your learning you should use these learning links/resources to read up/view up on a class lesson before it happens. If you do this you will learn much more in the hour's class lesson. You should then come to the class lesson with your questions so my time in

class is spent as it should be: answering your questions and explaining what you do not understand - not simply giving you information that you can access yourselves.

In addition to the links/resources below, check out Knockhardy's excellent powerpoints on most topics by clicking here.

Learning Links Unit 1 Atoms, bonds and groups (F321)

Module 1 - Atoms, Bonds and Groups

Atomic Structure - introduction to the atom

Atomic Structure - Knockhardy Notes Atomic Structure and Bonding - Chem Guide Formulae and Equations - Knockhardy Notes Mole calculations - Knockhardy Notes Acids, Bases and Salts - Knockhardy Notes Redox - Oxidation Numbers - Knockhardy Notes Elements and Compounds

Avogadro's Principle

Amount of Substance and the Mole - the mole and Avogadro's number How to find Mole Ration and Molar Mass

How to Calculate Empirical Formula

Empirical Formula from Composition by Mass

Empirical Formula Problem

Molecular and Empirical Formulae from Composition by Mass

Percent and Percentage Composition of a Compound

How to Write Chemical Equations

Balancing Chemical Equations - the art of balancing chemical equations Stoichiometry - introduction to stoichiometry Stoichiometry - Limiting Reagent

Stoichiometry Problem 1

Stoichiometry Problem 2

Concentration and Molarity

Introduction to Oxidation States

More on Oxidation States

Module 2 - Electrons, bonding and structure Electronic Configuration - Knockhardy Notes Structure and Bonding - Knockhardy Notes Shapes of Molecules - Knockhardy Notes An Introduction to orbitals More on Orbitals and Electron Configuration Valence Electrons and Lewis Dot Symbols Ionic Compounds 1 Ionic Compounds 2 Ionic, Covalent and Metallic Bonds Van der Waals'Forces and Hydrogen Bonds

Properties of Covalent, Ionic and Metallic Structures

Module 3 - The periodic Table Periodicity - Knockhardy Notes Group ll - Knockhardy Notes Group Vll - Knockhardy Notes The Periodic Table Groups of the Periodic Table

Periodic Table Trends - ionisation energy Other Periodic Table Trends - electronegativity, metallic nature and atomic radius Unit 2 Chains, energy and resources (F322) Module 1 - Basic concepts and hydrocarbons Intro To Organic - Knockhardy Notes Alkanes - Knockhardy Notes Alkenes - Knockhardy Notes Isomerism - Knockhardy Notes sp3 Hybridised Orbitals and Sigma Bonds sp2 Hybridised Orbitals and Pi Bonds Representing Structures of Organic Molecules Naming Simple Alkanes Naming Alkanes with Alkyl Groups Naming Alkenes Common and Systematic Naming More Organic Chemistry Naming Examples Organic Chemistry Naming Examples 2 Organic Chemistry Naming Examples 3 Organic Chemistry Naming Examples 4 Organic Chemistry Naming Examples 5 Free Radical Reactions - Alkanes

Cis-Trans and E-Z Naming of Alkenes: cis-trans isomerism is a special type of E-Z isomerism in which there is a non-hydrogen group and a hydrogen group on each carbon of a C=c double bond E-Z Naming of Alkenes Addition Reactions of Alkenes

Module 2 - Alcohols, halogenoalkanes and analysis Alcohols - Knockhardy Notes Naming Alcohols Properties of Alcohols

Alcohols - Knockhardy Notes Halogenoalkanes - Knockhardy Notes Percentage Yield and Atom Economy - percentage yield Pg.4, atom economy Pg. 5 Infrared Spectroscopy - Knockhardy Notes Spectroscopy - Knockhardy single sheet

Infrared Spectroscopy - Chem Guide Mass Spectrometry - Knockhardy Notes Mass Spectrometry - Chem Guide Module 3 - Energy Enthalpy Changes - Knockhardy Notes Hess's Law

Enthalpy and Hess's Law - Knockhardy Notes Hess's Law Calculations - Jim's way Introduction to Kinetics

Rates of Reaction, Catalysts and Boltzmann Distribution - Knockhardy Notes Chemical Equilibrium and Le Chatelier's Principle - Knockhardy Notes Module 4 - Resources Green Chemistry - Knockhardy Notes Chemistry of the Air - Knockhardy Notes Reactions in an Internal Combustion Engine - Jim's Notes Unit 3 Practical Skills in Chemistry 1 (F323) Errors and Measurement - Knockhardy Notes Cutting Edge Stuff What is the Higgs boson? Brian Cox talking about the Higgs boson on BBC This Week

Graphene Resource - all the latest research on graphene A New Type of Bonding Mechanism The 'chemputer' that could print out any drug Dark Matter - What is It? Dark Energy - What is It? Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram The Dance of DNA

Fun Stuff The Death Clock - change the mode from 'pessimistic to 'optimistic' and see the difference. I hope this changes your outlook on life Jim's Rocking Candle Martian Calculator