Grade 11 · Sciences
SCH3U tutoring — Grade 11 Chemistry
SCH3U Chemistry tutoring in Oakville. Grade 11 chemistry is where stoichiometry either becomes automatic or becomes a two-year problem — we make sure it is the former.
What the course covers
SCH3U unit by unit.
Straight from the Ontario course outline — the units your child will be assessed on.
Matter, chemical trends and bonding
Chemical reactions and balancing equations
Quantities in chemical reactions: the mole and stoichiometry
Solutions and solubility
Gases and atmospheric chemistry
Where marks are lost
Why students struggle in SCH3U.
- The mole concept is memorised as a conversion factor without physical meaning
- Limiting reagent questions fail because the balanced equation was wrong at step one
- Significant figures and unit tracking quietly cost marks on otherwise correct work
- Solution and gas calculations reuse stoichiometry that was never secured
How we teach it
Our approach.
- Rebuild the mole as a counting unit before any calculation practice
- Enforce a single consistent problem-solving layout across every question type
- Drill balancing until it is automatic, since it gates every later unit
- Timed unit-test simulation with full working marked the way teachers mark it
Why it matters
What this course decides.
SCH3U is the prerequisite for SCH4U, which is required for life sciences, health sciences, nursing, pharmacy and chemical engineering.
Built in, not sold separately
Study skills every session.
Every SCH3U session uses retrieval practice on earlier units, spaced review, interleaved problem sets and timed exam simulation before assessments. Study skills are part of the programme, never a separate add-on.
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SCH3U questions
Book a SCH3U diagnostic.
Forty-five minutes with a Lead Instructor tells you exactly which units are costing marks — and what the plan is.