Why study Chemistry?

Chemistry helps you to understand the world around you.  Cooking is chemistry – just ask Heston Blumenthal!  Everything you can touch or taste or smell is a chemical.  When you study chemistry, you come to understand a bit about how things work.  Chemistry isn’t secret knowledge.  It’s the explanation for everyday things, like why fizzy drinks are fizzy, why things explode, how fuels work and why not all pain relievers work equally well on a headache.  If you know some chemistry, you can make educated choices about everyday products that you use.

By studying Chemistry you will:

• Develop high level communication skills.
• Engage in a wide range of investigative tasks and develop critical thinking skills to become creative, inventive and enterprising.
• Evaluate environmental and scientific issues, consider risk, and make informed choices.

National 4 Study Resources
www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/zp3d7ty

National 5 Study Resources
www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/z6gw2hv
www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpaper.htm
new.chemistry-teaching-resources.com/N5Chemistry.html
harrisacademy/chemistry/national-5-resources
www.kgsorkney.com/national-451.html
blogs.glowscotland.org.uk

Data Book

www.sqa.org.uk

Higher Study Resources
courses.scholar.hw.ac.uk/vle/scholar/login.jsp
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bitesize/
www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpaper.htm

Advanced Higher Chemistry Study Resources
courses.scholar.hw.ac.uk/vle/scholar/login.jsp
www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpaper.html

There are also edmodo groups for Higher, Advanced higher and Nat 5

https://www.edmodo.com/

Careers in Chemistry

A knowledge of Chemistry is a gateway to careers in the energy sector, forensics, the beauty sector, the health sector, engineering and many more.