ixplain GCSE Chemistry for Life

This ixplain Chemistry app makes learning fun and easy and will dramatically improve your understanding and exam results if you put in the time. As a big bonus, it also gives you some great careers ideas and tests you on what skills you will need for employment.

It’s quick and simple to use and provides four ways to learn:

Browse & Learn via the highest quality content

Quiz & Learn via timed interactive quizzes with 3 options of 10,30 or 50 questions

Flick & Learn via our high quality illustrations and photos,

Watch & Learn via the Youtube videos linked to the content

Enjoy ixplain and please tell your friends about it. We also have ixplain apps for Physics, Maths, Additional Science, Science and Biology along with Apps supporting F1inSchools and the BLOODHOUNDSSC project.

Written by Ann Fullick and supported by award winning careers writer Liz Reece & skills expert Gareth Lewis.

We work hard to ensure iXplain content is totally accurate. However, if you find anything you think is incorrect or you have ideas about how we can improve the app for you please tweet us via the Twitter link in the app.

Provides multiple ways to learn

Can improve your understanding and results by providing the building blocks of knowledge via the key terms.

Can empower you as you become familiar with the technical language and key terms of the subjects

Can gives you a sense of belonging to a subject community through increased ownership of the key terminology

Provides invaluable practice in reading and answering questions under time pressure

Provide a fun element which supports your learning and revision

Can hopefully inspire you via the careers ideas

Connects you with employers

Please see below for the full content covered along with how the stats sections works along with the technical requirements.

App Content

This app is based on the AQA Chemistry specification and covers the following topics:

Chemistry C1.

How Science Works.

The fundamental ideas in Chemistry.

Limestone & building materials.

Metals & their uses.

Crude oil & fuels.

Other useful substances from crude oil.

Plant oils & their uses.

Changes in the earth & its atmosphere.

Chemistry C2.

Structure & bonding.

Structures & its properties.

Atomic structure, analysis & quantitative chemistry.

Rates of reaction.

Exothermic & endothermic reactions.

Acids bases & salts.

Electrolysis.

Chemistry C3.

The periodic table.

Water.

Energy Changes.

Analysis

Making ammonia.

Alcohols, carboxylic acids & esters

Topic quizzes: questions are presented randomly.

The % score is shown at the end of the quiz - a button takes you to the summary of the questions you got right or wrong. You can go back to the original questions or facts to improve your understanding.

iXplain records your progress on three dials as you start learning:

1 shows the % of the content you have read

2 shows the score of your last test

3 shows the % of the content you have answered correctly.

Technical Requirements

Minimum 3G is needed to view the links and videos. Please be aware that 3G/4G uses your data allowance.

For use on iPad please select “iPhone” apps to find it.

Copyright

All ixplain copyright belongs to ImpartIQ Ltd and Ann Fullick except edubranding partners Bayer who retain copyright of their content