Year 13 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 build on the chemical principles which were introduced in level 2 chemistry

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

• Review and enhance students practical techniques from level 2 chemistry and to link such work to theory and the world around them

In Level 3 Chemistry you will do a combination of theory and practical work to further develop your understanding in:

• Investigate the properties of particles/substances and thermochemical principles in the externally assessed AS91390 standard

• Oxidation and reduction chemistry in the internal assessed AS91393 standard

• Organic chemistry - a continuation of level 2 organic chemistry in the externally assessed AS 91391 standard

• You will further develop skills in analytical chemistry by interrupting spectroscopic data in the internally assessed AS91388 standard

• An introduction to equilibrium principles in aqueous systems which underpins many of the other branches of chemistry in the externally assessed AS91392 standard

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

• Standard AS91388 - Demonstrate understanding of spectroscopic data in chemistry (internal)

• Standard AS91390 - Demonstrate understanding of thermochemical principles and the properties of particles and substances (external)

• Standard AS91391 - Demonstrate understanding of the properties of organic compounds (external)

• Standard AS91392 - Demonstrate understanding of equilibrium principles in aqueous systems (external)

• Standard AS91393 - Demonstrate understanding of oxidation-reduction processes (internal)

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