AS-Level Chemistry – Term 1 (Sept. 2025)

Course Overview

This course covers the content for the AQA and Edexcel International Specifications in Chemistry. It is a one-year course and assumes that GCSE-level Chemistry has already been achieved. It can be a stand-alone qualification or can be taken as the first of two years of the PX Classroom A-Level Chemistry course.

At AS-Level, the assessment of practical skills is by written exams only. At A2-Level a separate practical endorsement can be taken for AQA. This is advisable if the student wishes to study science at university. There is no practical endorsement for Edexcel International A-Level.

Course Method

Class notes are distributed in advance and are filled in during the class.

Homework is set from the current AQA Chemistry AS-Level student book which must be purchased in advance (2nd edition; ISBN 9780198351818). Homework is self-marked. Tests compiled from past exam papers are set on completion of each topic and are marked by the teacher.

Lessons are interactive, focusing on achieving excellent understanding of the content, developing good scientific methodology, and developing the critical and analytical thinking skills necessary for further study in Chemistry.

All practical work is taught by the use of videos. A video recording is made of each lesson (with only the teacher visible) and upon request it can be made temporarily available to a student who missed the lesson.

Course Details

Term 1 covers Physical Chemistry (atomic structure, bonding, reaction kinetics, and equilibria). These wonderful topics reveal the amazing design of the atom, as explained by the theory of quantum mechanics, and the perfection of God’s design in the bonding of these building blocks to provide the huge variety of materials, both natural and synthetic, which we enjoy as stewards of God’s creation.

Term 1 comprises 26 lessons (two per week for 13 weeks). Each lesson lasts 1hr 30 minutes.

This PX Classroom is held on Tuesdays at 2pm and Wednesdays at 9am (London time zone), starting from Tuesday, 2nd September 2025. There will be no lessons on 23rd, 24th, & 30th September and 1st October, nor during the half-term week which commences on 27th October. The last lessons are due to be on 16th & 17th December 2025.