Year 12 Chemistry

Chemistry is involved in everything we do, from growing and cooking food, launching rockets, manufacture of cosmetics, providing us with remedies when we get sick and designing new materials for such things as new textiles for garments or the America’s Cup yacht, just to name a few. Chemistry is the study of matter, its properties, how and why substances combine or separate to form other substances, and how substances interact with energy. A knowledge of chemistry is essential in many careers such as medicine, physiotherapy, food technology, pharmaceuticals, environmental science and all branches of engineering. Studying chemistry will provide you with an analytical approach to considering the world around them.

In this course you will learn 

• the importance of chemistry in everyday life and familiarise students with general chemical principles

• investigate the properties of some common groups of chemicals and identify patterns in these properties to see potential of use

• familiarise students with practical techniques and to link such work to theory and the world around them

In Level 2 Chemistry you will do a combination of theory and practical work to develop your understanding in:

• structure and bonding in substances and energy changes that occur when these substances react for the externally assessed AS91164 Standard

• oxidation and reduction chemistry in the internally assessed AS91167 standard

• organic chemistry, the study of compounds made of carbon which features highly in the fields of human health for the externally assessed AS91165 

• You will develop skills in analytical chemistry both qualitatively and quantitatively in both the internally assessed standards AS91910 and AS91911

Your work will be assessed through three internal achievement standards and two external achievement standards. 

• Standard AS91164 - Demonstrate understanding of bonding, structure, properties and energy changes (external)

• Standard AS91165 - Demonstrate understanding of the properties of selected organic compounds (external)

• Standard AS91167 - Demonstrate understanding of oxidation-reduction (internal)

• Standard AS91910 - Carry out a practical investigation into a substance present in a consumer product using quantitative analysis (internal)

• Standard AS91911 - Carry out an investigation into chemical species present in a sample using qualitative analysis (internal)

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