Barrenjoey High School

Objectives

Students will develop knowledge and understanding about:

HSC Outcomes

A student:

1. the history of chemistry;

H1 evaluates how major advances in scientific understanding and technology have changed the direction of the nature of scientific thinking;

2. the nature and practice of chemistry;

H2 analyses the ways in which models, theories and laws in chemistry have been tested and validated;

3. applications and uses of chemistry;

H3 assesses the impact of particular advances in chemistry on the development of technology;

4. implications for society and the environment;

H4 evaluates the impacts and implications of research in chemistry on society and the environment;

5. current issues, research and developments;

H5 identifies possible future directions of chemical research;

6. atomic structure and periodic table;

H6 explains reactions between elements and compounds in terms of atomic structures and periodicity;

7. energy;

H7 describes the chemical basis of energy transformations in chemical reactions;

8. chemical reactions;

H8 assesses the range of factors which influence the type and rate of chemical reactions;

9. carbon chemistry;

H9 describes and predicts reactions involving carbon compounds;

10. stoichiometry;

H10 analyses stoichiometric relationships;

11. planning investigations;

H11 justifies the appropriateness of a particular investigation plan;

12. conducting investigations;

H12 evaluates ways in which accuracy and reliability could be improved in investigations;

13. communicating information and understanding;

H13 uses terminology and reporting styles appropriately and successfully to communicate information and understanding;

14. developing scientific thinking and problem-solving;

H14 assesses the validity of conclusions from gathered data and information;

15. working individually and in teams;

H15 explains why an investigation is best undertaken individually or by a team;

Students will develop positive values about and attitudes towards:

16. themselves, others, learning as a lifelong process, chemistry and the environment.

H16 demonstrates and justifies their positive values about and attitude towards both the living and non-living components of the environment, ethical behaviour and a desire for critical evaluation of the consequences of the applications of science.