AQA A-Level Chemistry: Curriculum Map

Week Year 12 Year 13
Week 1 Atomic Structure Review of learning so far
Week 2 Optical Isomerism
Week 3 Amount of Substance and Required practical 1 Aldehydes and Ketones
Week 4 Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7 Bonding Equilibrium and Kp
Half Term Half Term Half Term
Week 8 Bonding Acids, Bases and Buffers
Week 9
Week 10 Energetics and Required Practical 2
Week 11 Aromatic Chemistry
Week 12 Amines
Week 13 Polymers
Week 14 Introduction to Organic Amino Acids, Protein and DNA
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Christmas Holiday Christmas Christmas
Week 15 Alkanes Revision
Week 16 Halogenalkanes
Week 17 Mock Exams
Week 18 Alkenes Electrode potentials and electrochemical cells
Week 19 REDOX
Week 20 Group 2
Week 21 Group 7 Transition Metals
Half Term Half Term Half Term
Week 22 Periodicity and Required Practical 4 Transition Metals
Week 23
Week 24 Kinetics and Required Practical 3 Reactions of ions in aqueous solutions and Required Practical 11
Week 25
Week 26 Equilibrium Period 3 oxides
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Easter Holiday Easter Easter
Week 27 Equilibrium NMR
Week 28 Alcohols and Required Practical 5 Chromatography and Required Practical 12
Week 29 Organic Synthesis
Week 30 Organic Analysis and Required Practical 6 Revision
Week 31
Week 32 Revision EXAMS
Half Term Half Term Half Term
Week 33 End of year progress tests EXAMS
Week 34 Thermodynamics
Week 35
Week 36
Week 37 Rate Equations
Week 38
Week 39
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