2008 Chemistry

Advanced Chemistry specifications and materials for September 2008

We have been collecting information to help you decide which Advanced Chemistry specification and which resources to use for courses from September 2008. Here is information about Edexcel plans for 2008.

Resources for the Edexcel course

Here is information about new resources to support the Edexcel Chemistry specification for 2008. Note that this is straight information from the publishers, not reviews or opinions. Publications for September 2008

Specification reviews

Here are reviews by Nuffield Chemistry teachers of the various specifications for 2008.

Your comments on these reviews welcome. Please send in your own reviews too. Email Sarah Codrington. See the review form which you can download here. In fact this form may be useful to anyone wanting to remind themselves of the criteria to use when assessing the different specifications.
>> Chemistry specs review form (29 KB)

We are very grateful to Brenda Mustoe of Purbeck School, Dorset, for her detailed reviews of the four specifications available from the English awarding bodies. Download these below.
>> Edexcel Chemistry specification review (23 KB)
>> AQA Chemistry specification review (24 KB)
>> OCR A Chemistry specification review (22 KB)
>> OCR B Salters Chemistry specification review (22 KB)

We are also grateful to Jenny Wells of Tauntons College Southampton for her review of all four specifications. Download this below.
>> All four Chemistry specifications review (27 KB)