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A-Level Mega Chemistry

LCL Multimedia Ltd
DK A Level Chemistry 2006/2007 (PC)

Avanquest Software
Britannica A Level: Chemistry (PC)

Idigicon
A Level Chemistry

Europress
AS / A2 Level Chemistry

Europress

This AS/A2 Level Chemistry interactive CD-ROM has been designed by senior chemistry teachers to help A level students revise their course work successfully and prepare for the end of year examinations; it's suitable no matter which examining board is setting your questions.
As such, it's simply divided into those core components and at the opening screen you'll see just two buttons--Exam Questions and Revision Notes. Clicking on either takes you to the next screen where you choose between AS or A2 (depending on the part of the course you're preparing for) before moving on to the appropriate notes or questions. Click the AS Level button for example and you'll find three main sections--atomic structure, bonding and periodicity, foundation, physical and inorganic chemistry and finally, organic chemistry. Within each of these main topics are pages and pages of well illustrated, easy to navigate bulleted revision notes. You can print out sections of the revision notes or search for a particular word by clicking the magnifying glass icon.
The exam papers are a cross section of real questions taken from recent years and set by different examining boards, and ought to give you a sound idea of what to expect. The best way to "sit" them is to print out the question and then write the answer in the space provided. When you've finished, go back to the program and click the "eye" button and you'll see the examiner's answer.
One last point. The program authors point out that "While every effort has been made to place each topic in its appropriate AS or A2 category, different boards have, on occasions, placed topics in different modules and year groups". In other words, if you can't find something where you expect it to be, use the search tool and you'll probably find it.
The use of multimedia is a bit disappointing, but elsewhere there's evidence of considerable care and most particularly, focus on providing an efficient aid to revision and some good exam practice. --Rob Beattie
The Times A Level Chemistry 2003/2004 Syllabus (Full National Curriculum)

The Times
A-Level Chemistry

Aircom
A-Level Success Chemistry

Idigicon
A-Level Chemistry 2001/2002

Dorling Kindersley Ltd

The Chemistry CD from the Dorling Kindersley GCSE revision series is designed to run on a Windows (NT5, 95 or 98, or 2000) platform on a PC with at least Pentium 75MHz speed, or on a Macintosh with System 7.6.1 or later. It provides the user with the ability to tailor revision for particular tiers of Chemistry study within the A-level framework (including differences for Scotland and Ireland), and distinguish between the curriculum for 2001 and 2002. The content presentation is straightforward and linked visually. For example key facts from Chemistry--little lessons in themselves--can be pulled from a virtual filing system. These can be printed for off-line study or convenience.
You can create an exam by selecting the proportion of questions in various areas, so that revision can be concentrated on particularly troublesome or complicated area. Questions (and worked examples) feature sensible multiple choice answers--sometimes with multiple answers (labelling detailed layout diagrams, for example)--and give very clear explanations of the correct solution after you have answered. Quicktime 4 is required for driving multimedia components (printing, animation and sound, for example), and this is available for installation from the same CD. --Wilf Hey