LENGTH OF COURSE: Full Year
ASSUMED BACKGROUND: Successful Completion of Year 10 Science and/or Advanced Science, with a B grade or better
SUBJECT CHARGES: Nil

CONTENT
Course content will be a selection of the following:

Course content will be a selection of the following:
1. Materials and their Atoms – understanding of the properties and uses of materials, atoms, elements, Periodic Table and metals/non-metals.
2. Combining Atoms – understanding of the different types of materials, bonding, molecule polarity and interactions between molecules.
3. Acids and Bases – understanding the reactions of acids and bases and the pH scale.
4. Redox reactions – understanding of metal reactivity, concepts of oxidation and reduction and electrochemistry.
5. Chemical quantities – calculation and analysis of quantities of atoms, quantities of molecules and ions, chemical equations and formulae.
6. Energy of reactions – understanding of exothermic and endothermic reactions, and the Law of Conservation of Energy.
7. Mixtures and solutions – understanding of miscibility, solvents and ionic substances.
8. Organic chemistry & Polymers – understanding of different functional groups, naming and properties.