GCSE Topics
AQA GCSE Chemistry
Combined Science students should use the first section. Triple Award students should complete both sections.
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Combined Science
Combined Science Topics
Fundamental Ideas in Chemistry
Atoms, elements, compounds, equations and key chemical ideas.
Open → 🔗Introduction to Bonding
Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding basics.
Open → ⛏Metals
Reactivity, extraction, electrolysis and uses of metals.
Open → 🛢Crude Oil
Hydrocarbons, fractional distillation and cracking.
Open → 🌍Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Air, pollutants, climate change and environmental impact.
Open → 🧪Periodic Table
Groups, periods, trends and the development of the periodic table.
Open → 💎Structure & Bonding
Properties of substances explained by structure and bonding.
Open → ⚖Quantitative Chemistry
Masses, moles, equations and reacting quantities.
Open → 🧴Acids
Acids, alkalis, salts, neutralisation and pH.
Open → ⚡Electrolysis
Molten and aqueous electrolysis, electrodes and half equations.
Open → 🌡️Energy
Exothermic, endothermic, bond energies.
Open → ⏱Rates of Reaction
Collision theory, rate graphs and factors affecting rate.
Open → ⇌Dynamic Equilibrium
Reversible reactions, equilibrium and Le Chatelier’s principle.
Open → ♻Earth's Resources
Water, finite resources, recycling and life cycle assessments.
Open → 🔎Analysis (CS Only)
Chromatography, purity, gas tests and ion tests.
Open →Triple Award Only
Triple Award Topics
These topics are for students studying separate GCSE Chemistry.
Materials & Processes
Materials, industrial processes and useful chemical products.
Open → 🧬Organic Chemistry
Alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, polymers and organic reactions.
Open → 🧮Further Quantitative Chemistry
Higher-level calculations, concentrations, volumes and yields.
Open → 🧫Further Analysis
Instrumental methods and more advanced analytical chemistry.
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