Useful Websites

Chemguide
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/
This is a well established site that provides quality revision notes in all aspects of AS/A Level Chemistry. You can search through the notes using a Google search engine, or enter the site via a menu system.

Doc Brown's Chemistry Clinic
http://www.docbrown.info/page04/page04.htm
This is a well organised site that has both notes and tests on many aspects of AS/A Level Chemistry. Questions are ‘marked' online and correct answers given.

Dr Rod Beavon's Chemistry Pages
http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/chemistry_contents.htm
This site contains notes and examination tips. They are written by Dr Rod Beavon of Westminster School and are appropriate for the AS/A Level Chemistry. .

Beta-Theta.com Chemistry Section
http://www.beta-theta.com/Chemistry.html
Notes on a number of topics relevant to AS/A Level Chemistry are included. The notes include a particularly good interactive Periodic Table. There is also access to Homework Help and to a Midnight Café chat-room.

General Chemistry Online
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
This is a US site intended for first year undergraduates, but much is relevant to AS/A Level Chemistry. Notes, articles and tutorial are included. A number of experiment simulations can be accessed. The compound library is very good.

Chemmy Bear
http://www.chemmybear.com/
A lighthearted look at many aspects of Chemistry. There are a lot of links to useful pages written by teachers and students. Not all of this is relevant to AS/A Level, but much is. A wealth of information and a lot of fun.

Chemsoc Interactive Periodic Table
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_fla.htm
A high quality interactive Periodic Table with photographs and information about each element.

The Orbitron
http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/orbitron/
A gallery of 3-D images representing atomic orbitals and molecular orbitals. Stunning images with comprehensive notes.

University Of Oregon: Absorption and Emission Spectra
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/elements/Elements.html
This site provides absorption and emission spectra for any element selected from the Periodic Table.

S-cool! Revision Guide
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=7&d=0
A structured revision guide to the main topics in AS/A Level Chemistry with extensive notes and sample questions. Very good for examination preparation.

BBC Schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/16/chemistry.shtml /
An interactive site allowing students to pose questions and receive answers. There is an extensive list of previous questions and answers that can be accessed and searched. The site includes a student chat-line.

Websites Supporting the Application of Chemistry Section

The Chemistry of Life
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/bio_enzymes.html
This site has very useful and accessible information on enzymes and how they work. It also has links to other aspects of this topic such as proteins, nucleic acids and DNA.

http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/gene-code/how.html
This is a very accessible site providing both information about the genetic code and a game to help students understand. The website also has other relevant games.

http://chemistry.about.com/od/medicalhealth/Health_Medicinal_Chemistry.htm
About.com is a useful website for A level chemistry particularly in the Applications section (see other entries). This section has links to a wide range of interesting and accessible articles on medicinal chemistry.

Applications of Analytical Chemistry
http://www.chem.uic.edu/web1/OCOL-II/WIN/SPEC.HTM
This is a little advanced for A level, but does provide some useful material on NMR and mass spectroscopy. There are spectra to interpret and problems to try, although the material on 13C NMR spectroscopy is not needed for A level.

http://chemistry.about.com/od/chromatography/Chromatography.htm
This is another section in About.com and gives useful links to experiments and articles using different chromatographic techniques.

Design and Materials
http://www.crnano.org/basics.htm
This website deals with some of the basic aspects of nanotechnology, as well as looking at possible developments.

http://biotech.about.com/od/nanotechnology/a/nanomedicine.htm
This is the third section from About.com, and deals more specifically about nanotechnology and medicine. It links nicely with the section on the Chemistry of Life.

http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/gcn/industry.htm#consumer
This website deals with ‘green chemistry’ and the efficient use of materials. Some of the material is a little complex, but much of it is accessible to A level students.