Chemistry is about understanding the properties of different substances and how these substances can change. Chemistry allows us to predict how substances may alter when the surrounding conditions change, or how they may react to form new substances, and to explain why this happens. Chemists are continually changing matter into new and more useful forms. The fundamental aims of chemistry in year 13 are expressed as a series of the following achievement standards;
AS91388 3.2 Demonstrate understanding of spectroscopic data in chemistry.
AS91389 3.3 Demonstrate understanding of chemical processes in the world around us.
AS91390 3.4 Demonstrate understanding of thermochemical principles and the properties of particles and substances.
AS91391 3.5 Demonstrate understanding of the properties of organic compounds.
AS91393 3.7 Demonstrate understanding of oxidation-reduction processes.