An AI tutor for IGCSE Chemistry

Last updated: October 2026

Velpro builds a personalized course for any subject — this page shows how it works for one of them. IGCSE Chemistry is Velpro's most complete course. Take a 2-minute diagnostic, upload your textbook (for example the Edexcel International GCSE Chemistry book or a Cambridge IGCSE 0620 coursebook), set your exam date, and Velpro builds a day-by-day revision plan around the topics you actually find hard.

What Velpro covers

Velpro follows the textbook you upload, so it matches your exam board. The core topics shared by Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry (0620) and Edexcel International GCSE Chemistry (4CH1) include:

• States of matter and the particle model
• Atoms, elements, compounds and mixtures
• Atomic structure and the periodic table
• Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding
• Stoichiometry: moles, formulae and equations
• Electrolysis
• Energetics (exothermic and endothermic reactions)
• Rates of reaction
• Reversible reactions and equilibrium
• Acids, bases, salts and titrations
• Group 1, Group 7 and transition metals
• Metals, the reactivity series and extraction
• Air, water and the environment
• Organic chemistry: alkanes, alkenes, alcohols, carboxylic acids, polymers
• Experimental techniques and chemical tests

States of matter, atoms, elements and compounds, and stoichiometry have extra hand-written teaching scaffolds, so the tutor teaches them in a proven order from foundation to exam level.

How a Velpro chemistry day looks

1. Daily mission: for example "15 min: moles and molar mass · 5 min: quiz on ionic bonding", with a time estimate for each task.
2. Learn: the tutor explains the concept, then asks you to explain it back (the Feynman method).
3. Check: a short quiz finds anything that didn't stick.
4. Revise on the go: a 10-minute AI podcast of the topic for the bus.

Chemistry misconceptions Velpro watches for

Misconception tracking logs wrong ideas and returns to them until they're fixed. Common IGCSE ones include:

• "Breaking bonds releases energy." Breaking bonds always takes in energy; making bonds releases it.
• "Particles expand when heated." Particles gain energy and move further apart; the particles themselves don't get bigger.
• "Solid ionic compounds conduct electricity." They only conduct when molten or dissolved, when the ions are free to move.
• "A catalyst changes the position of equilibrium." It speeds up both directions equally, so equilibrium is reached faster but doesn't shift.
• "One mole means one gram." One mole is 6.02 × 10²³ particles; its mass in grams equals the relative formula mass.

Study chemistry with friends

Create a study room, share the invite code, and race your friends through the same textbook chapter, with a shared focus timer and a leaderboard.

Learning something else? Velpro works the same way for any subject or skill. New to revising chemistry? Read our 8-week IGCSE Chemistry revision plan.

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