AQA GCSE Chemistry: 
            Higher
      Advance Information of Assessed Content 2022 
  Link to specification: GCSE Chemistry Specification Specification for 
         first teaching in 2016 (aqa.org.uk)
  Link to advance information document: Advanced information June 
       2022 - GCSE Chemistry (8462) (aqa.org.uk)
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                          These specification points will be the major focus of this paper. 
                                                                                                                         Exam date: 27  May
                          All other specification points from C1, other than those on the next slide that are explicitly omitted, may still be 
                          assessed in multiple choice questions/linked to a previous answer, so cannot be completely ignored in your revision 
                         Spec point                      Concepts                      CGP revision             Bitesize                       YouTube 
                                                                                       guide pages
                        4.1.2 The       -The Periodic Table is arranged in order of   20-26            https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit     https://www.youtube.com/
                        Periodic        proton number                                                  esize/guides/z3sg2nb/revisi   watch?v=IdS9roW7IzM&t=1
                        Table           -What atoms of elements in the same group                      on/1                          19s 
                                        have in common
                                        -What atoms of elements in the same                            https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit     https://www.youtube.com/
                                        period have in common                                          esize/guides/zg923k7/revisi   watch?v=uwzXfZoCP_k 
                                        -development in the Periodic Table                             on/1
                                        -ions formed from metals and non-metals                                                      https://www.youtube.com/
                                        -trends in physical and chemical properties                    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit     watch?v=dZGDUKQa_6g 
               aper 1 - H
                                        of group 1,7 and 0 elements                                    esize/guides/zqwtcj6/revisi
                                        - Reactions of group 1 and 7 elements                          on/1                          https://www.youtube.com/
                                                                                                                                     watch?v=HT1zAPQIBAQ 
                        4.2.1           -Describe the process of ionic bonding        28-31,35         https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit     https://www.youtube.com/w
                                                                                                                                     atch?v=6DtrrWA5nkE 
                        Chemical        -Describe the process of covalent bonding                      esize/guides/zyydng8/revisi
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                        bonds, ionic,   -Describe the process of metallic bonding                      on/1
                                                                                                                                     https://www.youtube.com/w
                        covalent and    -explain chemical bonding in terms of 
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                        metallic        electrostatic forces and the transfer or                       https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit
                                        sharing of electrons.                                          esize/guides/zcpjfcw/revisi
                                                                                                                                     https://www.youtube.com/w
                                        -work out the charge on the ions of metals                     on/1
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                                        and non-metals from the group number of 
                                        the element, limited to the metals in                          https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit
                                                                                                                                     https://www.youtube.com/w
                                        Groups 1 and 2, and non-metals in Groups 6                     esize/guides/z8db7p3/revis
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                                        and 7                                                          ion/1 
                                        -Describe the structure of ionic compounds
                                                                                                                                     https://www.youtube.com/w
                                        -draw dot and cross diagrams for the 
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                                        molecules of hydrogen, chlorine, oxygen, 
                                        nitrogen, hydrogen chloride, water, 
                                                                                                                                     https://www.youtube.com/w
                                        ammonia and methane
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                                        -Describe the structure of metals
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                          These specification points will be the major focus of this paper. 
                                                                                                                         Exam date: 27  May
                          All other specification points from C1, other than those on the next slide that are explicitly omitted, may still be 
                          assessed in multiple choice questions/linked to a previous answer, so cannot be completely ignored in your revision 
                         Spec point                      Concepts                      CGP revision             Bitesize                       YouTube 
                                                                                       guide pages
                                                                                                       https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
                        4.2.2 How       -interpreting melting and boiling point data  28-32, 35-37                                   https://www.youtube.com/
                                                                                                       /guides/zyydng8/revision/1
                        bonding and     to determine state at a certain temp                                                         watch?v=leVxy7cjZMU 
                        structure are   -link energy needed to change state to 
                                                                                                       https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
                        related to      strength of forces between particles                                                         https://www.youtube.com/
                                                                                                       /guides/zcpjfcw/revision/1
                        the             -state symbols                                                                               watch?v=DECGNyC-x_s 
                        properties of   -describe & explain properties of ionic                        https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
                                                                                                       /guides/z9twsrd/revision/1 
                        a substance     compounds                                                                                    https://www.youtube.com/
                                        -describe & explain properties of simple                                                     watch?v=EP0zfm_FVqc 
                                                                                                       https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
                                        covalent molecules
               aper 1 - H                                                                              /guides/z8db7p3/revision/1 
                                        -describe & explain properties of polymers                                                   https://www.youtube.com/
                                        -describe & explain properties of metals                                                     watch?v=A-wTpLPICd0 
                                        and alloys
                        4.2.3           -describe and explain the properties of       33-34            https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit     https://www.youtube.com/
                        Structure       diamond, graphite, graphene and fullerenes                     esize/guides/z9twsrd/revisi   watch?v=tGH0mXCcEFU 
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                        and bonding                                                                    on/1 
                        of carbon 
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                          These specification points will be the major focus of this paper. 
                                                                                                                         Exam date: 27  May
                          All other specification points from C1, other than those on the next slide that are explicitly omitted, may still be 
                          assessed in multiple choice questions/linked to a previous answer, so cannot be completely ignored in your revision 
                         Spec point                      Concepts                      CGP revision             Bitesize                       YouTube 
                                                                                       guide pages
                        4.3.2 Use of    -calculating relative formula mass            41-47            https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit     https://www.youtube.com/
                        amount of       -calculating the number of moles in a given                    esize/guides/zgcyw6f/revisi   watch?v=q49NwIrjaFw 
                        substance in    mass of a substance, calculating the mass of                   on/1
                        relation to     a certain no. of moles of a substance                                                        https://www.youtube.com/
                        masses of       -Avogadro’s constant – the number of                           https://www.bbc.co.uk/bit     watch?v=wPGVQu3UXpw 
                        pure            particles in 1 mole of every substance                         esize/guides/z3kg2nb/revisi
                        substances      -calculate the masses of reactants and                         on/1                          https://www.youtube.com/
                                        products from the balanced symbol                                                            watch?v=TV6n5MFH6IU
                                        equation and the mass of a given reactant 
               aper 1 - H
                                        or product.                                                                                  https://www.youtube.com/
                                        -using molar ratios to balance equations                                                     watch?v=YKvUQ2cPmJg 
                                        -identifying limiting reactants and 
                                        explaining the effect on yield of products                                                   https://www.youtube.com/
                                        -define concentration of a solution                                                          watch?v=MuzOmFhiE8o
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                                        -calculate the concentration of a solution, 
                                        or the mass of a solute dissolved in a given                                                 https://www.youtube.com/
                                        volume to create a solution of given                                                         watch?v=3G3KQIyoZDI 
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