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Cambridge High School:
Chemistry

This course introduces students to the composition, properties, and reactions of matter. Topics include atomic structure, chemical bonding, acids and bases, organic chemistry, and quantitative chemistry. Through hands-on experiments and theoretical analysis, students develop critical thinking skills and an appreciation for the role of chemistry in everyday life.

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  • States of Matter
    • Everything is made of particles
    • Solids, liquids, and gases
    • The particles in solids, liquids, and gases
    • A closer look at gases
  • Separating Substances
    • Mixtures, solutions, and solvents
    • Pure substances and impurities
    • Separation methods (Part I)
    • Separation methods (Part II)
    • More about paper chromatography
    • The chromatography detectives
  • Atoms and Elements
    • Atoms and elements
    • More about atoms
    • Isotopes and radioactivity
    • How electrons are arranged
    • How our model of the atom developed
    • The atom: The inside story
    • The metals and non-metals
  • Atoms Combining
    • Compounds, mixtures, and chemical change
    • Why do atoms form bonds?
    • The ionic bond
    • More about ions
    • The covalent bond
    • Covalent compounds
    • Comparing ionic and covalent compounds
    • Giant covalent structures
    • The bonding in metals
  • Reacting Masses and Chemical Equations
    • The names and formuale of compounds
    • Equations for chemical reactions
    • The masses of atoms, molecules, and ions
    • Some calculations about masses and %
  • Using moles
    • The mole
    • Calculations from equations, using the mole
    • Reactions involving gases
    • The concentration of a solution
    • Finding the empirical formula
    • From empirical to final formula
    • Finding % yield and % purity
  • Redox Reactions
    • Oxidation and reduction
    • Redox and electron transfer
    • Redox and changes in oxidation state
    • Oxidising and reducing agents
  • Electricity and Chemical Change
    • Conductors and insulators
    • The principles of electrolysis
    • The reactions at the electrodes
    • The electrolysis of brine
    • Two more uses of electrolysis
  • Energy Changes and Reversible Reactions
    • Energy changes in reactions
    • Explaining energy changes
    • Energy from fuels
    • Giving out energy as electricity
    • The batteries in your life
    • Reversible reactions
    • Shifting the equilibrium
  • The Speed of a Reaction
    • Rates of reaction
    • Measuring the rate of a reaction
    • Changing the rate of a reaction (Part I)
    • Changing the rate of a reaction (Part II)
    • Explaining rates
    • Catalysts
    • More about enzymes
    • Photochemical reactions
  • Acids and alkalis
  • A closer look at acids and alkalis
  • The reactions of acids and bases
  • A closer look at neutralisation
  • Oxides
  • Making salts
  • Making insoluble salts by precipitation
  • Finding concentrations by titration

  • The Periodic Table
    • An overview of the Periodic Table
    • Group I: the alkali metals
    • Group VII: the halogens
    • Group 0: the noble gases
    • The transition elements
    • Across the Periodic Table
    • How the Periodic Table developed
  • The Behaviour of Metal
    • Metals: a review
    • Comparing metals for reactivity
    • Metals in competition
    • The reactivity series
    • Making use of the reactivity series
  • Making Use of Metals
    • Metals in the Earth's crust
    • Extracting metals from their ores
    • Extracting iron
    • Extracting aluminium
    • Making use of metals and alloys
    • Steels and steel-making
    • Metals, civilisation, and you
  • Air and Water
    • What is air?
    • Making use of air
    • Pollution alert
    • The rusting problem
    • Water supply
    • Living in space
  • Some Non-metals and Their Compounds
    • Hydrogen, nitrogen, and ammonia
    • Making ammonia in industry
    • Fertilisers
    • Sulfur and sulfur dioxide
    • Sulfuric acid
    • Carbon and the carbon cycle
    • Some carbon compounds
    • Greenhouse gases, and global warming
    • Limestone
  • Organic Chemistry
    • Petroleum: a fossil fuel
    • Refining petroleum
    • Cracking hydrocarbons
    • Families of organic compounds
    • The alkanes
    • The alkenes
    • The alcohols
    • The carboxylic acids
  • Polymers
    • Introducing polymers
    • Addition polymerisation
    • Condensation polymerisation
    • Making use of synthetic polymers
    • Plastics: here to stay?
    • The macromolecules in food (Part I)
    • The macromolecules in food (Part II)
    • Breaking down the macromolecules

References:

RoseMarie Gallagher and Paul Ingram. (2021). Complete Chemistry for Cambridge IGCSE, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press.