VCE+Chemistry

**RATIONALE ** The story of chemistry begins with the building of the Periodic Table from speculation, debate and experimental evidence. The Periodic Table provides a unifying framework for studying the chemistry of the elements using their chemical and physical properties to locate their position. They consider the widespread use of polymers as an example of the importance of chemistry to their everyday lives. Students investigate the uses of materials and how these have changed. Students are introduced to the development and application of ‘smart’ materials. Some examples of new materials are alloys, fibres and compounds incorporating polymers, ceramics, biopolymers, films and coatings. Students will be introduced to the links between Chemistry and the environment; they will look at the positive and negative reactions that take place in the atmosphere and water. They will extend this foundation knowledge and skills and link this to analytical chemistry, industrial processes and biochemistry. Students use the language of chemistry, its symbols and chemical formulas and equations, to explain observations and data collected from experiments. **AIMS ** This study is designed to enable students to:  everyday and hypothetical situations;  models are subject to constant scrutiny and necessary modification;  of chemicals, both in the laboratory and in everyday situations. **UNIT 1: The big ideas of chemistry **
 * CHEMISTRY **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">understand the major ideas of chemistry and develop an ability to apply these ideas in both
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">use theoretical models as aids to explaining chemical phenomena and appreciate that such
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">understand the language and methods of chemistry;
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">develop the practical skills necessary to undertake experimental work;
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">explore the wider social, economic, technological and environmental aspects of chemistry;
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">consider the role of chemistry in other areas of science;
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">understand the procedures required for the safe use of chemical equipment and safe handling

**<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Areas of study ** <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">1. The periodic table <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">2. Materials **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcomes ** <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">On completion of this unit the student should be able to explain how evidence is used to develop or <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">refine chemical ideas and knowledge. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">On completion of this unit the student should be able to: <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">1. Describe the electron configuration of an element, its tendency to form a particular bond type and its ability to behave as an oxidant or reductant, and how all this can be linked to its position in the Periodic Table. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">2. Use <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">the mole concept including empirical and molecular formulas, percentage composition, Avogadro’s <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">constant; <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">3. Interpretation of data from mass spectrometry to determine M//r// <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">4. Apply <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">models of bonding to explain observed properties including melting temperature, electrical <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">conductivity, chemical reactivity, shape, polarity of bonds, intermolecular forces <span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">5. P <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">roperties, reactions and systematic naming of carbon based compounds.

**<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Assessment tasks ** <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Assessments tasks for this unit will be selected from the following­ **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 23.32px;">CHEMISTRY ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">UNIT 2: Environmental chemistry ** <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 15.99px;">______________________________________________________________________________________ **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Areas of study ** <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">1. Water <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">2. The atmosphere. **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcomes ** <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">On completion of this unit the student should be able to: <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">1. Explain the role of water and gases in maintaining life in the environment <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">2. Perform <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">calculations including mass-mass stoichiometry and concentration and volume of solutions; pH of strong acids and of strong base <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">3. Formulate and write balanced ionic equations for precipitation, acid‑base and redox reactions; <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">4. Demonstrate understanding and perform calculations associated with the behaviour of gases; <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">5. Demonstrate understanding of chemical processes which have environmental significance. **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Assessment tasks ** <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Assessment tasks for this unit will be selected from the following: <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">• Practical work; <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">• Extended practical investigations; <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">• Responses to text; <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">• Exam **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">UNIT 3: Chemical pathways **
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">practical work;
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">summary reports;
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">data analysis;
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">tests.
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Exam.
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**<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Areas of study ** <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">1. Chemical analysis. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">2. Organic Chemical pathways. **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcomes ** <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">On completion of this unit the student should be able to: <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">1. <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;"> Evaluate the suitability of techniques and instruments used in chemical analyses. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">2. <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Identify and explain the role of functional groups in organic reactions and construct reaction pathways using organic molecules. **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Assessment tasks ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">School Assessed Coursework ** <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Evaluate the suitability of techniques and instruments <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">used in chemical analyses. || * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">An extended experimental investigation that can be drawn from either area of study 1 or area of study 2.
 * **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcomes ** || **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Assessment tasks ** || **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Mark allocated* **  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcome **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">1 ||   || ||
 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">AND **
 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">From the area of study NOT used for the extended **
 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">experimental investigation **

<span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">• a response to stimulus material in written, oral or <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">visual format <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">• an analysis of first or second-hand data using <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">structured questions <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">• a report in written, oral, multimedia or visual format <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">related to chemical pathways. ||  || <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">*School-assessed coursework for Unit 3 contributes 17 per cent to the study score. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">. **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Examination:- Mid‑year **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">1.5 **hour examination.** **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 23.32px;">CHEMISTRY ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif";">UNIT 4: Chemistry at work **
 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">A written report of one practical activity. || ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">50 ||
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">25 ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcome 2 ** ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Identify and explain the role of functional groups in organic reactions and construct reaction pathways using organic molecules. || **<span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">One task selected from the following **<span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">:
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">25 ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcome 2 ** ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Identify and explain the role of functional groups in organic reactions and construct reaction pathways using organic molecules. || **<span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">One task selected from the following **<span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">:
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">25 ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;"> Total **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;"> **Marks** || <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">100 ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;"> Total **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;"> **Marks** || <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">100 ||
 * ^  || **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;"> Total **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;"> **Marks** || <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">100 ||

**<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Areas of study ** <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">1. Industrial Chemistry <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;"> 2. Supplying and using energy **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcomes ** <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">On completion of this unit the student should be able to: <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">1. T <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">o analyse the factors that determine the optimum conditions used in the industrial production of the selected chemical. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">2. A <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">nalyse chemical and energy transformations occurring in chemical reactions **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Assessment tasks ** **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">School Assessed Coursework **
 * **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcomes ** || **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Assessment tasks ** || **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Mark allocated ** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcome I **

<span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Analyse the factors that determine the optimum conditions used in the industrial production of the selected chemical. **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Outcome 2 ** <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Analyse chemical and energy transformations <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">occurring in chemical reactions. <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">. an experiment involving the construc­on based on || * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">A summary report including annotations of three <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">practical activities drawn from either area of study 1 <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">and area of study 2.


 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">AND **


 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">From the area of study NOT used for the summary report **


 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">A written report of one practical activity.

<span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">• a response to stimulus material in written, oral or <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">visual format <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">• an analysis of first or second-hand data using <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">structured questions <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">• a report in written, oral, multimedia or visual format <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">related to chemistry at work. ||  <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">50 <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">25 <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">25  || <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">*School-assessed coursework for Unit 4 contributes 17 per cent to the study score.
 * <span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">One task selected from the following **<span style="color: #20231e; font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">:
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;"> Total Marks 100 ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">Examination: **<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.32px;">An end‑of‑year 1.5 hour examination.