S$547
S4 Content Mastery Course
Become Great At Tackling Chemistry Questions
Discover the proven examination strategies & answering techniques used by over 16,938 students to score As in Chemistry! (AND how your child can do it too… with the right guidance!)
What Your Child Will Learn
During this 3-day content-packed S4 CCI™ Chemistry Course (Organic Chemistry), we’ll work closely with your child to improve on his/her mastery of the subject matter:
🧱 Understand Key Organic Chemistry Concepts In The Secondary 4 Chemistry Syllabus
We’ll help to break down complex Chemistry concepts using coloured illustrations, comparison charts and worked examples.
Next, we’ll help your child relate these concepts with different scenarios so that he/she is better able to understand how these concepts work.
In order to help him/her retain information better, we will also introduce memory retention techniques, such as acronyms and abbreviations. As your child is expected to digest more content in Secondary 4, it will benefit him/her greatly to be able to recall key information easily.
We will also teach your child how to interpret graphs effectively and solve questions using Math.
🎯 Gain Exposure To Various Question Trends & Question Types
Our S4 CCI™ Chemistry Courses is all about understanding various examination question trends and question types & how to apply our tested and proven answering techniques to tackle these questions.
Knowing how questions may possibly be tested during examinations helps your child understand what to study and how to study. This also means that your child will be better equipped to tackle similar questions during his/her examinations and hence will be able to process these questions a lot faster than his/her peers.
If your child diligently reviews and applies what we’ve taught, he/she will definitely make progress in their abilities to tackle Chemistry questions.
🚀 Proven ‘Copy and Paste’ Answering Structures, Keywords & Key Phrases
Your child will NOT leave this workshop empty-handed.
Not only will our Chemistry Specialists take your child through the step-by-step process of tackling Chemistry questions, we’ll also provide your child with beautifully-illustrated notes and worksheets that are designed to help students learn Chemistry easier, better and faster.
These valuable resources will help to shorten the learning curve tremendously. You and your child can expect to save lots of valuable time and frustration trying to figure out what examination setters are looking out for.
💣 Avoid ‘Concept Traps’ That Cause Most Students To Lose Marks Unnecessarily
It is important to have an understanding of the common conceptual pitfalls so that your child can learn to avoid them. We also included little ‘warning notes’ to remind students of potential misconceptions in their syllabus.
Do not underestimate these tips as they will help your child improve the odds of scoring an A for his/her Chemistry examination!
S4 CCI™ Chemistry Course (Organic Chemistry)
- Level Eligibility: Secondary 4
(O-Level (Express)/ IP/ IB/ IGCSE) - Sessions: 3
- Total Duration: 9 hours (3 x 3hrs)
- Tuition Fee: S$547
- Learning Arrangement:
- Digital Classes
- Onsite Classes* (subject to changes to National Safe Management Measures)
Topic Coverage
- Session 1: Fuels & Crude Oil, Introduction to Organic Chemistry & Hydrocarbons (Part 1)
- Session 2: Hydrocarbons (Part 2) & Alcohols & Carboxylic Acids
- Session 3: Polymers & Combined Organic Chemistry
About Your Child’s Instructors
Your child will be taught by one of these instructors from our Secondary Science Specialist team.
Mr. Ryan Seow
Mr. Ryan graduated with the highest distinction from the National University of Singapore (NUS), earning a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours in Chemistry, specialising in Materials and minoring in Nanoscience. As a curriculum developer and research scientist with 7 years of teaching experience, his extensive experience equips him to provide his students with a comprehensive understanding of how different scientific disciplines are interconnected. This approach has helped make learning exciting, relevant and meaningful for his students.
Mr. Ryan’s proficiency in bridging the gap between advanced scientific concepts and everyday understanding is a testament to his commitment to inspiring curiosity and fostering a deeper appreciation of Science in his students. His jovial personality and knack for building rapport with his students create a supportive learning environment that empowers them to develop resilience, critical thinking skills and confidence.
Here’s What Your Child Will Receive
When your child enrolls today, he/she can look forward to get access to:
- Beautifully-Illustrated Chemistry Notes
- 6 Core Topics Delivered Across 9 Hours of Lesson Time
- 131 Questions Adapted From Past Year Examination Papers
- 123 Additional Practice Questions
Course Details
Session 1
🛢 Topic: Fuels & Crude Oil
- Name natural gas, mainly methane, and crude oil as non-renewable sources of energy.
- Describe crude oil as a mixture of hydrocarbons and its separation by fractional distillation to yield fractions which have competing uses as fuels and as a source of chemicals.
- Describe biofuel (exemplified by bioethanol from sugarcane) as a renewable alternative to natural gas and crude oil.
- Describe how biofuel, when compared to fossil fuels, can be more environmentally sustainable in terms of carbon dioxide emission.
🧫 Topic: Introduction to Organic Chemistry
- Describe a homologous series as a group of compounds with a general formula, similar chemical properties and showing a gradation in physical properties as a result of increase in the size and mass of the molecules, e.g. melting and boiling points; viscosity.
- Define isomerism and identify isomers.
🔥 Topic: Hydrocarbons (Part 1)
- Describe the alkanes as a homologous series of saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n+2.
. - Draw the structures of branched and unbranched alkanes, C1 to C4, and name the unbranched alkanes methane to butane.
- Describe alkanes (exemplified by methane) as being generally unreactive except in terms of combustion and substitution by chlorine. Session 2: Hydrocarbons (Part 2) + Alcohols & Carboxylic Acids
Session 2
⛽ Topic: Hydrocarbons (Part 2)
- Describe the alkenes as a homologous series of unsaturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n.
- Draw the structures of branched and unbranched alkenes, C2 to C4, and name the unbranched alkenes ethene to butene.
- Describe the manufacture of alkenes and hydrogen by cracking hydrocarbons and recognise that cracking is essential to match the demand for fractions containing smaller molecules from the refinery process.
- Describe the difference between saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons from their molecular structures and by using aqueous bromine.
🧪 Topic: Alcohols & Carboxylic Acids
- Describe the alcohols as a homologous series containing the –OH group.
- Draw the structures of branched and unbranched alcohols, C1 to C4, and name the unbranched alcohols methanol to butanol.
- Describe the reactions of alcohols in terms of combustion and oxidation to carboxylic acids.
- Describe the formation of ethanol by the catalysed addition of steam to ethene and by fermentation of glucose.
- Describe the carboxylic acids as a homologous series containing the –CO2H group.
- Draw the structures of carboxylic acids, C1 to C4, and name the unbranched acids methanoic acid to butanoic acid.
- Describe the carboxylic acids as weak acids, reacting with carbonates, bases and some metals.
- Describe the formation of ethanoic acid by the oxidation of ethanol by atmospheric oxygen or acidified potassium manganate(VII).
- Describe the reaction of a carboxylic acid with an alcohol to form an ester, e.g. ethyl ethanoate.
- Deduce the name and formula of an ester from the unbranched carboxylic acid, C1 to C4, and alcohol, C1 to C4, and vice versa.
Session 3
🧵 Topic: Polymers
- Describe polymers as large molecules built up from small units (monomers), different polymers having different units and/or different linkages.
- Describe the formation of poly(ethene) as an example of addition polymerisation of ethene as the monomer.
- State some uses of poly(ethene) as a typical plastic, e.g. plastic bags; clingfilm.
- Deduce the structure of the polymer product from a given monomer and vice versa.
- Describe nylon, a polyamide, and Terylene, a polyester, as condensation polymers.
- State some typical uses of man-made fibres such as nylon and Terylene, e.g. clothing; curtain materials; fishing line; parachutes; sleeping bags.
- Describe the pollution problems caused by the disposal of non- biodegradable plastics.
- Describe two methods of recycling plastics as
- physical method (exemplified by melting small pieces of poly(ethene) waste into pellets)
- chemical method (exemplified by depolymerisation and cracking of plastic waste into chemical feedstock and fuel respectively)
- Describe depolymerisation as a process in which polymers are broken down into their monomers, exemplified by hydrolysis of polyesters using acid as a catalyst.
- Discuss the social, economic and environmental issues of recycling plastics.
🧬 Topic: Combined Organic Chemistry
- Revision of combined question types involving the entire topic
Who Should Attend This Course?
Any student who wants to score A1 for Chemistry, but is reluctant to revise using the traditional DRILLING method.
Your child is the kind of student who wants to outperform his/ her peers & study the SMART way, like many other high performing students.
Students who are having tuition that simply do not work for them.
You probably have invested thousands of dollars & months of time, but it’s just not working out.
Your child isn’t exactly progressing much & you’re looking for a change in environment.
Existing high performing students who want to strengthen their thought process & refine their answers to perfection!
Your child has been consistently scoring B3/A2, but struggle to get a breakthrough to the A1, no matter how hard he/she has tried.
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Hear What Parents & Students Have To Say About Their Experience With Us.
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Lesson Easy To Understand!
“Mr Ryan is friendly and tried to explain the concepts during the S3 CCI Chemistry Course in detail, which makes the lesson easy to understand.
Helped Understand Concepts He Previously Didn’t!
“Nathanael says the S4 CCI Chemistry Course (Chemical Reactions) helped him a lot to understand concepts he previously didnt.
Before attending this class, he doesn’t have much confidence in Chemistry and now he is looking forward to attending the June session.
If You’re Still On The Fence, Hear Us Out.
Over the past seven years, we’ve seen more than 3,451 students attend the CCI Science Course, achieving phenomenal improvements in their understanding of the subject matter & more importantly, their results.
We’ve been getting these raving testimonials from happy parents weekly after their kids have benefitted immensely from our help. Click here to see what other parents have been saying about our CCI Science Courses.
In case you’re wondering…
This is NOT one of those enrichment programs where students gain loads of theories and do nothing with them afterwards!
As your child will get to apply whatever they’ve learned directly on school examination questions during the course … by the time your child has completed the course, he/ she will be trained on how to tackle his/ her school homework & school examination papers accurately & efficiently.
Not a month later… or even a week later, but immediately!
During the S4 CCI™ Chemistry Course (Organic Chemistry), we’ll be revealing some massively potent studying strategies used by our top-performing students. These strategies have helped them save hours studying every day and yet allow them to score A1s during their school examinations time & time again!
So… if you are looking for:
1) A highly robust methodology to sharpen your child’s Science answering techniques, especially in their open-ended section (… such that he/she no longer loses marks unnecessarily due to missing links, key words or key phrases)
2) An engaging teacher with a strong proven track record (… trust me: teachers make or break the learning experience for students. Set them up with the right teacher & they’ll enjoy the learning process for life)
3) A comprehensive set of visually-appealing revision materials that high-performing students use to excel in their examinations (… you’d want your child to get his/her hands on these materials & start revising now. The best part: Your child doesn’t have to spend countless of hours trying to study, because we’ve distilled the most important parts to take note!)
… then this course may just be perfect for your child.
Now, let’s be real. Is this going to be easy?
There is ALWAYS going to be a bit of discomfort, uncertainty and plenty of hard work when your child is trying to learn and apply our answering structures to tackle examination questions. That is normal & many of our students go through the same process all the time.
Once your child pushes past that discomfort, that’s when you will notice real growth in his/her learning. It will not be a walk in the park, but we have plenty of materials & close guidance to help your child improve his/her answering techniques!
We’ll see your child at the workshop!
Frequently Asked Questions
How is the S4 CCI™ Chemistry Course (Organic Chemistry) different from other tuition programs out there?
It’s NOT a trial class nor a typical program where you expect 20-30 students crammed in a class, in a bid to do some last-minute rescue work. The CCI™ Chemistry course is designed to solidify your child’s fundamentals in Chemistry, so he/ she can tackle open-ended Chemistry questions with ease & precision.
Here’s how it works: Throughout our teaching careers, we have perfected a number of strategies and tactics that are proven to work for our students. More importantly, these strategies are carefully documented in our course material, so these best practices could be taught effectively to new students. We will not hold any back “secret tactics” (unlike traditional kungfu masters) & these strategies would be EXACTLY THE SAME as the ones taught to our high performers.
Please note that our S4 Complete Concept Integration™ Chemistry Course (Organic Chemistry) is not for everyone. They work best for students who have the will & determination to do well, but are lacking the right strategies to get to A1. Our strategies are all meat and no fluff. If you want lengthy theories, please read the textbook instead. Our S4 CCI™ Chemistry course is all about taking action and getting results as quickly and easily as possible!
Will there be breaks in between classes?
Yes, we typically offer a 5-10 minutes break for every 1-hour of learning.
What topics are covered?
- Session 1: Fuels & Crude Oil, Introduction to Organic Chemistry & Hydrocarbons (Part 1)
- Session 2: Hydrocarbons (Part 2) & Alcohols & Carboxylic Acids
- Session 3: Polymers & Combined Organic Chemistry
Will there be homework provided during the workshop?
There’ll not be any homework given during the workshop. The S4 Complete Concept Integration™ Chemistry Course (Organic Chemistry) is a highly intensive workshop. Both concepts and answering techniques will be taught in class and we’ll teach your child how to apply these techniques on secondary school examination questions.
We will give your child a question booklet containing a curated list of open-ended questions adapted from secondary school examination papers. These questions have been adapted from different schools & sorted based on their topics. A portion of the questions will be attempted & reviewed in class. The remaining questions can be brought home for their own practice. We’ll also send you an answer booklet for the questions in the S4 CCI™ Chemistry Course.
My child is in the IP/ IB/ IGCSE academic track. Is your programme suitable?
Our S4 CCI™ Chemistry Course (Organic Chemistry) is designed based on the O-Level (Express) track.
Based on research, it appears that there’re only minor differences in terms of content coverage between the O-Level (Express) track and the IP/IB/IGCSE track at a lower secondary level.
As such, it will be suitable for your child to participate if he/she is interested.
Who is the instructor for the class?
Our classes are conducted by our team of highly-popular Secondary Science Specialists.
Our Science Specialists have collectively more than ten years of teaching experience under their belts. During which, they have experimented with plenty of studying strategies, keywords & template answers. More importantly, they know what works for the student and what doesn’t.
Using the proven techniques from our Complete Concept Integration™ program, they have helped more than 80% of their students clinch As during their Science examination. Seasoned by experience, they’re known among parents for building rapport with their students & helping them achieve tremendous academic results in the shortest period of time.
What is the maximum class size?
Our S4 CCI™ Chemistry Course is typically fully booked. You can expect the class to have 14 to 16 students.
What kind of materials would my child be getting?
Your child would be receiving a comprehensive set of notes, covering a selected number of Secondary 4 Chemistry topics (see above) that we’ll be discussing during the S4 CCI™ Chemistry Course (Organic Chemistry). On top of that, he/she will be receiving a question booklet containing a curated list of open-ended questions adapted from secondary school examination papers.
These questions have been carefully adapted different schools & sorted based on their topics. As such, your child would have the opportunity to apply the thought processes and answering techniques learnt on these questions immediately.
S4 Complete Concept Integration™ Chemistry Course Details
Suitable For Students In O-Level (Express)/ IP*/ IB*/ IGCSE* Track (*See FAQ)
Available Classes
June – School Holidays
Run 1: 10/6, 11/6, 12/6 (Tue - Thu) 1PM to 4PM
S4 CCI™ Chemistry Course (Organic Chemistry) Run 1
Learning Arrangement:
- Onsite at GR.iD Mall or
- Digitally via Zoom
Conducted by: Mr. Ryan Seow
Session 1: 10 June (Tue) 1PM to 4PM
Session 2: 11 June (Wed) 1PM to 4PM
Session 3: 12 June (Thu) 1PM to 4PM
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