SEC 3 – 4 CHEMISTRY PRACTICALS

This page is for students who will be doing our 2-year Science Practical Programme, from Sec 3 to Sec 4, typically for homeschoolers or students who have left secondary school at Sec 2.


HOW TO BOOK A LAB SESSION:

(1) Decide which Program or Lab sessions you need or most suitable for, by visiting the webpages of the practical subjects you are interested in (if you can’t find the labs you need, Whatapps us at 88765498).http://wa.link/w0xxk2

(2) Whatsapp or Message our staff at 88765498 with your Name, Private or School Candidate, A or O level, Subject or Lab Name (e.g Lab PP2), Date and Time of Lab. (Our staff will then guide you on how to register and make payment. If you are not sure about the lab sessions, just state your Name and the Subjects and we will get back to you)

(3) Register Online by clicking below:

(4) Pay Registration fee of $30 via Paynow or funds transfer.

(5) Make the required payment for each lab session at least 5 days before the date of the lab session. (You may also pay for several sessions at one go to ensure that you will have a place in future slot)


FEES PER SESSION

Practical Training Session: $140

IMPORTANT : The full fee must be paid at least 5 days before the practical session to confirm your attendance as a lot of preparation is needed for practicals coupled with very limited class size. PLEASE NOTE IF YOU ARE ABSENT FOR A LAB SESSION, A PENALTY OF $50 MUST BE PAID TO POSTPONE THIS LAB TO ANOTHER SESSION, AND ONLY 1 POSTPONEMENT IS ALLOWED FOR EACH LAB, ELSE THE LAB IS CONSIDERED COMPLETED AND PAID FOR, AND NO REFUND WILL BE GIVEN. THE FEE FOR THE MISSED LAB CANNOT BE USED FOR ANOTHER LAB.


MOE/SEAB SYLLABUS FOR O-LEVEL CHEMISTRY PRACTICAL

Paper 3 (Practical) is weighted to 20% of the assessment.

Candidates are expected to have been exposed to a range of topics and experimental techniques such as:

  1. Titration, e.g. acid-base titration (with suitable indicators such as methyl orange, screened methyl orange,
    and thymolphthalein). Other types of titrations may also be required, and where appropriate, sufficient
    working details will be given.
  2. Speeds of reaction that may involve measuring of quantities, e.g. temperature, volume, length, mass or time
    measurements
  3. Experiments involving separation techniques such as simple paper chromatography, filtration and distillation
  4. Salt preparation
  5. Gas collection
  6. Qualitative inorganic analysis involving an element, a compound or a mixture, including displacement
    reactions and tests for oxidising and reducing agents. Candidates should be familiar with the reactions
    of cations, reactions of anions and tests for gases as detailed in the Notes for Qualitative Analysis.
    Candidates would not be required to carry out tests involving Pb2+ ions or sulfur dioxide gas.
    Reactions involving ions not included in the Notes for Qualitative Analysis may be tested: in such cases,
    candidates will not be expected to identify the ions but only to draw conclusions of a general nature.
    Candidates should not attempt tests, other than those specified, on substances, except when it is
    appropriate to test for a gas.
  7. Qualitative organic analysis requiring a knowledge of simple organic reactions as outlined in Section VI,
    e.g. test-tube reactions indicating the presence of unsaturation (C=C) may be set, but this would be for
    the testing of observation skills and drawing general conclusions only.

Based on the above syllabus, we have selected several lab topics which students need to complete to achieve the above practical exam objectives.

Note:  For training purposes, Pure and Combined Science students attend the same practical sessions as the syllabus for practicals is the same for both. The only difference between the two kinds of practicals is there are no Planning questions for Combined Science students.


SEC 3-4 CHEMISTRY PRACTICAL SCHEDULE 

LAB 3-PC1 : MEASURING VOLUME, MASS, TIME & TEMPERATURE (Available session: 

LAB 3-PC2 : SEPARATING MIXTURES (Available session: 

LAB 3-PC3 : MELTING POINT OF A SOLID (Available session: 

LAB 3-PC4 : PROPERTIES OF ACIDS (Available session: 

LAB 3-PC5 : PROPERTIES OF ALKALIS (Available session: 

LAB 3-PC6 : COLOUR & SOLUBLITY OF SALTS (Available session: 

LAB 3-PC7 : PREPARING A SALT BY METHOD OF EXCESS (Available session: 

LAB 3-PC8 : PREPARING A SALT BY TITRATION (Available session: 

LAB 3-PC9 : PREPARING A SALT BY PRECIPITATION (Available session: 


For Sec 4 labs, continue with labs PC1 to PC16M from the standard Sec 4 labs. Click on following link to see these labs:

O-LEVEL CHEMISTRY PRACTICAL

 


ADDITIONAL S3 LABS

LAB 3-PC10 : TESTING FOR GASES

LAB 3-PC11 : TESTING FOR CATIONS 

LAB 3-PC12 : TESTING FOR ANIONS

LAB 3-PC 13 : IDENTIFYING UNKNOWN SALTS

LAB 3-PC1 : ACID-BASE TITRATION 

LAB 3-PC2 : REDOX TITRATION 

LAB 3-PC3 : IODIMETRIC TITRATION 

LAB 3-PC4 : THERMOMETRIC TITRATION 

LAB 3-PC5: IDENTIFYING OXIDISING AND REDUCING AGENTS 

LAB 3-PC6 : INVESTIGATING REACTIONS OF METALS 

LAB 3-PC7 : INVESTIGATING DISPLACEMENT REACTIONS OF THE HALOGENS 

LAB 3-PC8 : INVESTIGATING ENERGY CHANGES IN CHEMICAL REACTIONS 

LAB 3-PC9 : EFFECT OF CONCENTRATION ON SPEED OF REACTION 

LAB 3-PC10 : EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON SPEED OF REACTION 

LAB 3-PC11 : INVESTIGATING ALKANES, ALKENES AND ALCOHOLS 


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