Subject Code: 1CEM Length of course: Full year Credit points: 20 points
Recommended Background: Satisfactory completion of Year 10 Science.
Course Outline:
Science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour are integral to students’ learning in this subject and are interwoven through the scientific understanding, which is organised into six topics.
In their study of these topics, students develop and extend their understanding of some of the fundamental principles and concepts of chemistry, including structure, bonding, polarity, solubility, acid-base reactions, and redox. These are introduced in the individual topics, with the mole concept and some energy concepts introduced gradually throughout these topics.
Topics Included:
Stage 1 Chemistry consists of the following topics:
Topic 1: Materials and their Atoms
Topic 2: Combinations of Atoms
Topic 3: Molecules
Topic 4: Mixtures and Solutions
Topic 5: Acid and Bases
Topic 6: Redox Reactions
Assessment: The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning in Stage 1 Chemistry.
Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio 40%
Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks 60%
Students provide evidence of their learning through eight assessments of which
at least two are practical investigations
at least two are science as a human endeavour investigations
at least two are skills and applications tasks.
Skills and applications tasks allow students to provide evidence of their learning in tasks that may be:
routine, analytical, and/or interpretative
posed in new and familiar contexts
individual or collaborative assessments, depending on the design of the assessment.
Folio tasks allow students to provide evidence of their learning in relation to the following assessment design criteria:
Length of course: Full year
Credit points: 20 points
Recommended Background: Satisfactory completion of Year 10 Science.
Course Outline:
Science inquiry skills and science as a human endeavour are integral to students’ learning in this subject and are interwoven through the scientific understanding, which is organised into six topics.
In their study of these topics, students develop and extend their understanding of some of the fundamental principles and concepts of chemistry, including structure, bonding, polarity, solubility, acid-base reactions, and redox. These are introduced in the individual topics, with the mole concept and some energy concepts introduced gradually throughout these topics.
Topics Included:
Stage 1 Chemistry consists of the following topics:
Assessment:
The following assessment types enable students to demonstrate their learning in Stage 1 Chemistry.
Students provide evidence of their learning through eight assessments of which
Skills and applications tasks allow students to provide evidence of their learning in tasks that may be:
Folio tasks allow students to provide evidence of their learning in relation to the following assessment design criteria:
Additional Costs:
Nil