Chemistry (2U)
Board Developed Course (240 hours)
Available in Years 11 and 12
The Senior Chemistry course provides students with a contemporary and coherent understanding of matter and its interactions. It focuses on investigating the physical and chemical properties of substances, chemical reactions and processes, and the interaction of energy and matter, and attempts to explain and predict events at the atomic and molecular level.
The Senior Chemistry course draws upon and builds onto the knowledge and understanding, skills and values and attitudes developed in Science throughout Years 7 - 10. It further develops students’ understanding of Science as a continually developing body of knowledge, the role of experiment in deciding between competing theories, the provisional nature of scientific explanations, the interdisciplinary nature of Science, the complex relationship between evidence and ideas and the impact of Science on society.
Students will be working individually and with others in practical, field and interactive media experiences related to the theoretical concepts considered in the course. Students studying Chemistry will apply investigative and problem-solving skills, effectively communicate the theoretical concepts considered in the course and appreciate the contribution that a study of Chemistry makes to our understanding of the world.
The Senior Chemistry course is designed for those students who have a substantial achievement level based on the Years 7 - 10 Science course performance descriptors. The subject matter of the Chemistry course recognises the different needs and interests of students by providing a structure that builds upon the foundations laid in Years 9 and 10 yet recognises that students entering Year 11 have a wide range of abilities, circumstances and expectations.
Course Structure
Preliminary Course (120 indicative hours)
The Preliminary course incorporates the study of 4 Modules:
Properties and Structure of Matter
Introduction to Quantitative Chemistry
Reactive Chemistry
Drivers of Reactions
HSC Course (120 indicative hours)
The HSC course builds upon the Preliminary course. The Preliminary course contains content that is considered assumed knowledge for the HSC course. The HSC course incorporates the study of:
Equilibrium and Acid Reactions
Acid Base Reactions
Organic Chemistry
Applying Chemical Ideas