How to use this guide:-

The guide describes what you need to know about your O level Chemistry examination It will help you plan your revision for both the theory and practical papers and will explain what we are looking for in your answers.

The guide contains the following sections:-

Section 1: How will you be tested?

This gives you information about the theory papers and the different types of practical assessment.

Section 2: Examination tips This section gives you advice to help you do as well as you can. Some of the tips are general advice and some are based on the common mistakes that learners make in exams.

Section 3: What will be tested? This section describes the areas of knowledge, understanding and skills that we will test you on.

Section 4: What you need to know This shows the syllabus content in a simple way so that you can check: • the topics you need to know about • details about each topic in the syllabus • how much of the syllabus you have covered • like describe or explain, used in examination questions.

Section 5: useful websites A selection of websites containing useful resources to help you study for your O-level Chemistry.

Section 6: Appendices This section covers the other things you need to know such as: • how to make the most of the copy of the Periodic Table that you are given in the theory papers • how to use the Qualitative Analysis Notes what is the meaning of terms,

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