Igcse Chemistry Notes
Revision checklist for IGCSE Chemistry 0620
A guide for Students
Revision checklist for IGCSE Chemistry 0620 A guide for students
How to use this guide The guide describes what you need to know about your IGSCE Chemistry examination. It will help you to plan your revision programme for the theory examinations and will explain what the examiners are looking for in the answers you write. It can also be used to help you to revise by using tick boxes in Section 3, ‘What you need to know’, to check what you know and which topic areas you have covered. The guide contains the following sections: Section 1: How will you be tested? This section will give you information about the different types of theory and practical examination Papers that are available. Section 2: What will be tested? This section describes the areas of knowledge, understanding and skills that you will be tested on. Section 3: What you need to know This shows the syllabus content in a simple way so that you can check: • the topics you need to know about • how the Extended syllabus (Supplement) differs from the Core syllabus • details about each topic in the syllabus • how much of the syllabus you have covered Appendices This section covers the other things you need to know such as: • how you can make the most of the copy of the Periodic Table that you are given in the exam • how to use the table of tests for particular chemical groups • the importance of the command words the Examiners use in the examination Papers • information about the mathematical skills you need Not all the information will be relevant to you. For example, you will need to select what you need to know in Sections 1 and 3, by finding out from your teacher which examination Papers you are taking. Section 1: How will you be tested? 1.1 The examination Papers you will take You will be entered for three examination Papers, two theory Papers and one practical Paper.
You will need to ask your teacher which practical Paper you
A guide for Students
Revision checklist for IGCSE Chemistry 0620 A guide for students
How to use this guide The guide describes what you need to know about your IGSCE Chemistry examination. It will help you to plan your revision programme for the theory examinations and will explain what the examiners are looking for in the answers you write. It can also be used to help you to revise by using tick boxes in Section 3, ‘What you need to know’, to check what you know and which topic areas you have covered. The guide contains the following sections: Section 1: How will you be tested? This section will give you information about the different types of theory and practical examination Papers that are available. Section 2: What will be tested? This section describes the areas of knowledge, understanding and skills that you will be tested on. Section 3: What you need to know This shows the syllabus content in a simple way so that you can check: • the topics you need to know about • how the Extended syllabus (Supplement) differs from the Core syllabus • details about each topic in the syllabus • how much of the syllabus you have covered Appendices This section covers the other things you need to know such as: • how you can make the most of the copy of the Periodic Table that you are given in the exam • how to use the table of tests for particular chemical groups • the importance of the command words the Examiners use in the examination Papers • information about the mathematical skills you need Not all the information will be relevant to you. For example, you will need to select what you need to know in Sections 1 and 3, by finding out from your teacher which examination Papers you are taking. Section 1: How will you be tested? 1.1 The examination Papers you will take You will be entered for three examination Papers, two theory Papers and one practical Paper.
You will need to ask your teacher which practical Paper you