Physics & Chemistry Tutoring in Lisboa

About our service in Lisboa

A report has a predictable structure and explicit criteria, which makes it teachable. What was measured, with what instrument, with what uncertainty; how the data were processed; what scale was chosen for the graph and why; what the gradient of the line of best fit actually represents; and what conclusion the data will and will not support. We go through each of those with real data from the student's own experiment, because generic examples never show the awkward points, and the awkward points are where the marks are. Most students have never been told that an uncertainty is expected, let alone how to estimate one, and that single omission costs marks in every practical of the year. We also insist on a conclusion that names the quantity found, gives its units and states the confidence in it, since a bare number earns very little. Graph work deserves its own attention because it also appears in the written papers. Choosing a sensible scale, plotting without distorting the trend, drawing a line of best fit that respects the data rather than the first and last points, and reading a gradient with units are all examinable skills that transfer directly from coursework to the exam. We practise them deliberately, with messy data rather than tidy data, since real results never fall neatly on a line and students need to be comfortable with that. Anomalous points are a case in point: identifying one and saying why it was excluded earns credit, while quietly ignoring it does not. The theory runs alongside, following whatever the class is covering, with particular attention to the topics that cause trouble every year: moles and stoichiometry in chemistry, and forces and energy in physics. Both of those reward diagrams before equations, and we insist on the diagram even when the student considers it unnecessary, because it is where the reasoning becomes visible. We work Monday to Saturday, 9am to 8pm, and we are closed on Sunday.

In Lisbon, science tutoring usually covers:

Services Included

• Lab reports written to the criteria, using the student's own data
• Estimating and presenting uncertainties, which most students are never taught
• Graph work: scales, lines of best fit and gradients with units
• Moles and stoichiometry, the topic that causes most chemistry failures
• Forces and energy in physics, taught with diagrams before equations

Areas We Serve

We cover the whole city: Alvalade, Areeiro, Olivais, Benfica, Lumiar, Campo de Ourique, Belém, Alcântara, Parque das Nações and Graça.

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