Can any of our current S2 pupils who are about to move into S3 and will be studying Chemistry next year join our S3 Chemistry Microsoft Team with this code: dd1kzdl
Feel free to have a look around the resources and channels there. We will be setting you work and tasks from Monday.
If you’ve been doing the work for Higher Chemistry over the last 4 weeks you’ll have covered 3 topics:
These topics can be found on the Scholar website as part of the first Higher Chemistry Unit, ‘Chemical Changes & Structure’.
If you don’t have your own log-in details you can use:
User Name: ORG1002732 Password: ziw3xej
An easier week this week! All you have to do is complete this Unit 1 Higher Quiz to determine ‘Chemist of the Month’. The quiz is 20 multiple choice questions; 5 from each of the three topics and 5 SQA exam questions.
Anyone who is a bit behind should use this week to catch up can send in their quiz answers at the end of the week. Just e-mail Mr Clark with the 20 letters in the correct order(rclark@cumbernauldac.n-lanark.sch.uk) and he will mark them, return your results individually and post the winner(s) next week.
Looking forward to lots of marking, I’m starting to miss it!
Good Luck,
Mr Clark, Mr Linnen & Mr McCranor
If the students who are intending to study Higher Chemistry have engaged with the tasks set over the last three weeks they should have completed the ‘Periodic Table’ and ‘Bonding & Structures’ topics of the first Unit, ‘Chemical Changes & Structure’, from the Scholar website.
Over the next week students should work through the ‘Periodic Table Trends’ topic.
If you’re not up to speed yet, don’t race through the work to catch up. Work through the topics thoroughly rather than quickly, it’s not a race.
We appreciate that you’re getting little teacher input at this stage, so make sure you do the topic tests, take a note of the things you’re getting wrong and contact one of the chemistry teachers by email if you require help.
Mr Clark, Mr Linnen and Mr McCranor.
Another tough week of competition saw Beth F from 3H not only become our first two-time Chemist of the Week, but also lead 3H to another table topping performance. Well done to Beth and everyone who took part.
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Chemist of the Week Results (Week Four) |
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Position |
Chemistry Class | Average Score (/10) | Class Champion |
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1st |
3H (Mr Linnen) | 7.67 | Beth F (9) |
| 2nd | 3I (Mr Linnen) | 5 |
Lewis S (5) |
| 3rd | 3D (Mr McCranor) | 4.5 |
Amy K (7) |
| 4th | 3D (Mr Linnen) | 0 |
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Class Results (Weeks 1-4) |
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| Position | Chemistry Class | Points |
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1st |
3H (Mr Linnen) | 15 |
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2nd |
3D (Mr McCranor) | 11 |
| 3rd | 3I (Mr Linnen) |
9 |
| 4th | 3D (Mr Linnen) |
5 |
If you missed any of the previous weeks quizzes, or just want to try them again you can using the links below. While these won’t affect the league tables, they are a good chance to revise and improve on your scores and knowledge!
Scholar have opened up access to their website and materials to support pupils in S3 in their preparation for S4. Log into their website at the link below with the username and password provided to access all of the Scholar materials including National 5 Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Username – ges3nat5
Password – bird70pear
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.
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.
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Chemist of the Week Results (Week Three) |
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| 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 |
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Week four of the quiz is available from now until next Monday at this link.
Good luck!
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.
Amazon are currently offering free downloads of the kindle editions of Leckie and Leckie’s National 5 Chemistry, Biology and Physics Success Guides.
Any pupils in S3-S6 pupils who are currently studying National 5 Sciences or who are intending to in the future, may find these useful.
Follow the links below to visit the Amazon page for each book.
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
