Year 10 Chemistry

Chemistry is a key science area that covers a broad range of general skills which cover general areas including Physical Organic and Inorganic chemistry. It is concerned with the substances of which matter is composed, the investigation of their properties and reactions, and the use of such reactions to form new substances. General areas  include structural chemistry, calculations and quantities, chemical equations, descriptive theory and experimental techniques. 

Chemistry is a science that has many real-world applications, including pharmaceutical medicines, analysis of food products, quality control, and electricity production in batteries via redox cells. Introductory topics include atomic theory and particle counting, organisation of the periodic table and electron configurations, and writing and balancing chemical equations for reactions of acids and combustion of hydrocarbons. This subject aims to prepare students for VCE chemistry and therefore covers organic structures and functional groups and interpretation of the redox table.