Grade 9 Chemistry will be learning… 
                    Term 1                         Term 2                        Term 3                               Working 
                                                                                                                      towards 
                    Experimental                   Air and water and             Reaction rates and Metals and        Full 
                    techniques and                 Acids, bases and salts        the Reactivity Series                practice 
                    Particles, atomic                                                                                 exams for 
                    structure, ionic bonding       Students will learn           Students will learn about the        core and 
                    and the Periodic Table         about the macro and           factors that affect the rate at      extend 
                                                   microscopic properties        which reactions occur and the        using iGCSE 
                    Students will familiarise      of water and air as well      effects that these factors have on   past 
                    themselves with the            as learn about the            the various reactions.  The          papers. 
                    basic techniques               responsible usage of          practical application of this        These will 
                    required for laboratory        natural resources.            section will be explored in terms    occur at 
                    work as well as recall                                       of effects on industrial             the end of 
                                                                                 preparations of various chemicals 
                    the names and                  The macroscopic and           e.g. fertilisers.                    term 1 and 
                    functions of laboratory        microscopic properties                                             term 2 to 
                    apparatus. The                 of acids and bases will       The behaviour of metals and how      show the 
                    functionality of the           be explored, using the        they react with other substances     progress 
                    Periodic Table will be         students’ knowledge of        will be explored in more detail.     made prior 
                    explored and linked to         water. The simplest           The practicals proving the           to the 
                    the structure of the           reactions involving           reactivity series as well as the     examined 
                    atom. From there               acids, bases and metal        theoretical links to the electronic  Chemistry 
                    students will begin to         salts will be explored        structure of the atom will be        iGCSE. 
                    learn about types of           both theoretically and        explored. 
                                                                                  
                    bonding in the form of         practically. The               
                    ionic bonding.                 students will be               
                                                   expected to balance            
                                                   equations, predict 
                                                   products and perform 
                                                   practicals unaided but 
                                                   supervised at the end 
                                                   of this term. 
                                                    
                    
                   Books you may find useful: 
                                                                             Cambridge IGCSE® Chemistry Student Book 
                                                                             Second Edition (Cambridge International 
                                                                             IGCSE) Paperback – 2014 
                                                                                ISBN-10: 9780007592654 
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                           Grade 9 Chemistry will be learning… 
                                                                                    Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry: Coursebook 
                                                                                    with CD-ROM Fourth Edition (Cambridge 
                                                                                    International IGCSE) Paperback – 2014 
                                                                                      ISBN-10: 9781107615038 
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                                                                     
                                                                                    Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry: Workbook 
                                                                                    (Cambridge International 
                                                                                    IGCSE) Paperback –  2016 
                                                                                      ISBN-10: 9781107614994