Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Preparing for the new academic session for H2 Chemistry


We need to schedule our time in the new academic year wisely. It is important to set targets for what we want to accomplish this year, and to inspire ourselves to meet the tasks ahead amid obstacles. The goal is to better ourselves, and to be curious about the world of atoms, molecules and ions, especially for chemistry.

Keep an open mind about learning the analytical skills in H2 chemistry that can be used in your adult life and be optimistic. Chemistry is one of modern life's core concepts and it interacts well with other disciplines.

You can Wikipedia on the topics on any topics listed in the post or read a textbook on general chemistry / university organic chemistry / JC textbook in your school library. You can read only a few of the topics I described. You may want to buy one or two chemistry textbooks for those who are very serious about chemistry, so that you can refer to the textbooks at home if your school notes are incomplete in some parts.

The realistic paper is troublesome to many students for the latest H2 chemistry syllabus. Many students were unable to finish the practical papers of various JCs and Cambridge exam papers in the prelims of last year, as they were boring. 
                                                
The realistic paper is troublesome to many students for the latest H2 chemistry syllabus. Many students were unable to finish the practical papers of various JCs and Cambridge exam papers in the prelims of last year, as they were boring. Students need to spend time brushing up on realistic principles and rapid reflexes in performing titration tests, energetic, etc.

In 2020 prelims or exams, energy / kinetics experiment or planning questions may appear.
H2 Chemistry students will borrow H1 chemistry notes on nanochemistry and polymers, and check the topics easily. Polymerisation is not in the H2 Chemistry syllabus but has appeared before in Cambridge H2 Chemistry review papers

In regard to 2018 review articles, the articles quality appeared better than the 2017 test papers. However, the mark allocation is very strict and "stingy" for the component questions For eg, a question of a 1 mark can involve 3 or 4 explanatory lines. This setting style seems to me that Singapore MOE scholars who taught in JCs have raised several questions. MOE can also recruit new smart young professors to this year's exam board, who will set out different kinds of questions. So be properly prepared for end-of-year tests.

Some questions appeared to be open-ended and vague for 2017 papers 2 and 3 exams, and separate from tutorial and preliminary questions. Students had to be resourceful and imaginative in providing responses which were not traditional questions of the sort.

Lewis Acids and Bases are pretty likely to appear in studies this year for JC1/2 students.
The new formulae that have been introduced in physical chemistry will most likely appear this year. Ask your instructor which formulae are new.

In one 2018 Cambridge exam issue, indicating that condensation of aldol and related organic chemistry reactions may occur this year. Carbonyl compounds chemistry is one of the hardest subjects in university chemistry and in 2018 issue finally used this unsaturated ketone. Perhaps hardworking students should look at a university organic chemistry textbook and study some university-level reactions of carbonyl compounds. There are other university-level reactions to the carbonyl compound.

Also, also in 2018 H2 chemistry papers there were a simplistic problem of ion chromatography that was studied in year 2 of university. Maybe the Cambridge and MOE examiners are all heading out for harder and more atypical papers.
Learning chemistry isn't about memorizing the whole block of notes. Wise students ask what the definitions are: eg. Electron flow, arrow moving, guessing which gasses or other products are generated in a chemical reaction (smart guess), summarizing notes in the terms themselves. Many students are suggesting wacky solutions to help them understand concepts. Thanks, H2 chemistry tuition in Singapore for using a lot of highlighters and mind maps, diagrams, tables and charts and a description of the reactions and their reaction conditions to help them understand.

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