5 Day Chemistry Comeback Challenge

Kickstart Year 13 with this free 5-day online challenge designed to help you revisit the trickiest Year 12 topics and hit the ground running in September. Each day covers a key area — Inorganic, Physical, Calculations, Organic, and Practical Skills — with activities like quizzes, retrieval practice, exam-style questions, and a “spot the mistakes” challenge to sharpen your skills.

At the end of the week, join a live Q&A session (Saturday 6th September) to clear up any confusion and get exam-focused advice (make sure you are signed up by email and check your emails for the Zoom link!).

This challenge will help any student who thinks they might have forgotten a lot of content over the summer, but is especially suitable if you’re aiming for A*–B grades or preparing for upcoming mocks — this challenge will get you confident, prepared, and ready to rise to Year 13.

NOTE: if you did the Easter revision challenge this year, a lot of the content is the same – but that doesn’t mean you haven’t forgotten it, so see if you can improve your scores!

Course introduction

Take a few minutes to read about how the challenge works and what to expect.

Lessons

Introduction – how does the challenge work?

Day 1: Inorganic chemistry

Today’s focus will be on inorganic chemistry: atomic structure, bonding and periodic trends. This is an area that lots of students forget about, because it is covered at the beginning of the course and seems easy at the time – make sure you don’t get caught out by the different trends and patterns you need to learn and explain.

Lessons

Inorganic Multiple Choice Quiz Today's revision activity Video: electronegativity and ionisation energy Exam practice question Spot the errors challenge

Day 2: Physical chemistry

Today’s focus will be physical chemistry: enthalpy changes, equilibrium calculations and rates of reaction.

Lessons

Physical Multiple Choice Quiz Today's revision activity Exam practice question Spot the errors challenge Video: Enthalpy change definitions

Day 3: Calculations and Equations

Day 4: Organic chemistry

Today’s focus will be organic chemistry – with plenty more functional groups and reactions to come in Year 13, it’s a very good idea to recap your Year 12 material!

Lessons

Organic Multiple Choice Quiz Today's revision activity Exam practice Spot the errors challenge

Day 5: Practical chemistry

Revise key practical techniques and procedures, as well as percentage errors.

Lessons

Practical Multiple Choice Quiz Today's revision activity Exam practice Spot the errors challenge
Q&A session – recording