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Higher Chemistry 2020/21

Anyone hoping to study Chemistry at Higher Level next year could start to prepare themselves by working through the work available on ‘Scholar’. The first Unit is ‘Chemical Changes & Structure’.

Last week we suggested you work through the section on ‘The Periodic Table’, so if you’ve not started yet, that’s what you could do first.

Once completed you could work through the second section on ‘Bonding & Structure’ over the next couple of weeks.

The topic is broken down into five sections, a summary and a test, so do a small amount at a time. If you are having any difficulties or there’s anything you want explained further, just e-mail one of the chemistry staff; Mr Clark, Mr Linnen or Mr McCranor.

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S3 Chemist of the Week (Week 3 Results and Week 4)

Week three of the ‘Chemist of the Week’ quiz saw plenty of cobwebs needing blown off!

Congratulations to Beth F for her first Chemist of the Week win, and for keeping Mr Linnen’s 3H class at the top of the table.

Well done to everyone who took part.

Chemist of the Week Results (Week Three)
Position Chemistry Class Average Score (/10)

Class Champion
1st 3H (Mr Linnen) 6.67

Beth F (8)
2nd 3D (Mr McCranor) 5.5

Amy K (7)
3rd 3I (Mr Linnen) 4.33

Lewis S (5)
4th 3D (Mr Linnen) 0

 

 

Week four of the quiz is available from now until next Monday at this link.

Good luck!

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Senior Phase Introductory Sessions

This will be of interest to anyone moving into S4, S5 or S6 and thinking about studying a qualification in one of the discrete sciences. In addition to their revision materials, Scholar are offering online introductory video sessions for senior phase subjects including biology, chemistry and physics qualifications.

The timetable for their science sessions is shown below:

You can log in to participate in these session live as a guest by clicking this link but if you miss a session or can’t participate live, they will be posted in the ‘resources’ section of each qualification the following day.

For more information about these sessions and the resources available for each, please visit the Scholar Online Sessions page. 

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Higher Chemistry 2020/21

Any pupils who are interested in taking Higher Chemistry next session might like to start looking at some Higher level materials in preparation for beginning the course.

Pupils should log on to Scholar using their login details, navigate to Higher Chemistry and have a look at Unit 1 – Chemical Changes and Structures.

The first section is Topic 1 – The Periodic Table.  Pupils can work through the first seven sections of this topic.

This shouldn’t take too long and will be a relatively gentle introduction to the unit.

Mr Clark is available by e-mail if anyone needs any help with Scholar logins, or further clarification – rclark@cumbernauldac.n-lanark.sch.uk

 

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BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons

BBC Bitesize are now offering regular daily lessons in core subjects including the sciences broadcast on BBC iPlayer and via the Red Button.

Today marks the first Science content, and the BBC are publishing schedules of what you can expect to see. This weeks schedules are shown below.

In addition to this, they have expanded the BBC Bitesize website from only exam revision materials to include content for every level and age range of the curriculum.

Click each image below to link to the relevant pages.

BBC Bitesize Week 1 Schedule (S1)
BBC Bitesize Week 1 Schedule (S2)
BBC Bitesize Week 1 Schedule (S3)
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S3 Chemist of the Week – Results (Week Two)

The results are in for our second run of the ‘Chemist of the Week’ quiz.

Competition was tougher with more entries than in week one, and congratulations go to Amy K from Mr McCranor’s 3D class and Maryam A from Mr Linnen’s 3I who are jointly our Chemists of the Week with perfect 10/10 scores. Superb effort!

All change in the class league table too with 3H leading the way this week. Well done to everyone who took part.

Position Chemistry Class Average Score (/10) Class Champion
1st 3H (Mr Linnen) 8.25 Beth F and Holly C (9)
2nd 3I (Mr Linnen) 8 Maryam (10)
3rd 3D (Mr McCranor) 7.75 Amy K (10)
4th 3D (Mr Linnen) 0

Chemist of the Week is taking it’s two week mid-term break now, but will be back here and on the S3 Microsoft Team at precisely 8.55am on Monday 20th April. Get it in your diary!

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