Departmental staff:

• Mrs J. Kettle (Principal Teacher)
• Mrs A. McAuley (Principal Teacher)
• Mrs J. Livingstone
• Dr A. Templeton
• Mr K. Thompson

Physics pupils

All pupils have a CD with course notes and practice questions for all courses at all levels.  Pupils should make use of these materials to either prepare in advance for the current topic of work, or revise prior course content based on personal learning plans.
 
In addition to the CDs pupils can access various websites:

S3/4 pupils could make use of http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/standard/physics/Revision notes and questions

http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/41266.html  Past Papers and Marking Instructions
 
S5/6 pupils should make use of:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/higher/physics/ Revision notes and questions

http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/41266.html  Past papers and Marking Instructions available
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ADqj5VYngo Glesga Physics 20 videos available
 
Databooks are available from the SQA website too.

Biology Pupils

Access 3, INT1, SG, INT2, H and AH Biology past paper work can be accessed at

http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/41276

Once on the Biology page click on the course that you want and access the appropriate past paper.

You can check your answers using the mark schemes.

Revision material for INT1 Biology :-

http://www.oronsay.org/Biology.htm

Revision material for SG Biology :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/standard/biology

http://www.oronsay.org/Biology.htm

Revision material for INT2 Biology :-

http://www.oronsay.org/Biology.htm

Revision material for Higher Biology :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/higher/biology

http://www.oronsay.org/Biology.htm

H and AH biology pupils can access Scholar at

http://courses.scholar.hw.ac.uk/vle/scholar

Work through the online activities, complete the revision exercises and end of topic tests. 

Chemistry pupils

PAST PAPERS

Standard Grade Chemistry, Intermediate 2 Chemistry, Higher Chemistry and Advanced Higher Chemistry pupils, past paper work can be accessed at

http://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpaper.htm?subject=Chemistry&level=

Pupils in all courses have a “pupil CD” with access to course materials and past papers with marking schemes.  This resource is useful for preparing for work and revising prior course content based on personal learning plans.

REVISION WEBSITES

ALL pupils studying Chemistry courses (SG, Int 2, H and AH) can use www.evans2chemweb.co.uk   username: stjohns   password : bunsen. 

This contains revision notes, homework exercises and interactive materials to allow all pupils to maintain their studies in the event of school closure or pupil absence.

Additional revision resources for Standard Grade Chemistry, Intermediate 2 Chemistry, Higher Chemistry and Advanced Higher Chemistry pupils can be found at the following websites:

http://chemistry-teaching-resources.com/Welcome.html

http://thinkchemistry.wordpress.com/

Standard Grade Chemistry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/standard/chemistry/

Higher Chemistry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/higher/chemistry/

Higher  and Advanced Higher Chemistry pupils can access Scholar ( www.scholar.hw.ac.uk ), for comprehensive course materials – all pupils have a username and password. Work through online activities, complete revision exercises and end of topic tests

Data booklets for all course levels can be accessed through the SQA website or via the pupil CD ( where applicable).

SPECIFIC TOPIC INFORMATION

S3 Standard Grade Chemistry 

Between December 2011 and end of January 2012 pupils will be working through Topic 7 (Properties of substances) then moving on to Topic 5 (Fuels).

S4 Standard Grade Chemistry

Between December 2011 and end of January 2012 pupils will be working through Topics 11 (Metals) and 12 (Corrosion). 

Intermediate 2 Chemistry

Between December 2011 and end of January 2012 pupils will be working through the remainder of Unit 2, in preparation for the prelims in February 2012: 

(1) fats and oils, (2) plastics and synthetic fibres, (3) carbohydrates, (4) enzymes and (5) proteins.

Higher Chemistry

Between December 2011 and end of January 2012 pupils to cover the remaining Unit 2 material, with a view to revising for their NAB (early January 2012) and then the prelim exams in February 2012 :

 (1) fats and oils, (2) synthetic polymer molecules (addition and condensation polymers), (3) Specialist polymers ( Kevlar^TM, polyethenol, polyethyne) and (4) proteins and enzymes.  In addition, some Unit  3 material (Chemical Industry, Hess’s Law and Equilibrium) will also be covered since they will be included in the prelim exam.

Advanced Higher Chemistry

Between December 2011 and end of January 2012 pupils to cover the following Unit 3 material, with a view to preparing for the prelim exams in February 2012 :

(1) Reaction types, Nucleophiles, Electrophiles, Notation, Sigma bonding in alkanes and sigma / pi bonding in alkenes, (2) Radical substitution reactions and mechanisms, (3) SN1 and SN2 nucleophilic substitution reactions and mechanisms,: (4) Preparation of alkenes (elimination reactions :dehydration of alcohols, base induced elimination of haloalkanes), (5) Reactions of alkenes (electrophilic addition reactions and mechanisms), (6) Addition of hydrogen halides and addition of water to alkenes: Markovnikoffs rule.