Year 13 Chemistry Course Overview

Overall information Course outline

ABA textbook
Calendar 2017
Calendar 2018
Periodic Table-Resource booklet

Scholarship Calendar for Tuesday morning 2017

Resources

Outreach Outreach programme website

Programme at Chemistry Teachers day
Victoria University Chemistry NZIC Quiz, Student teams
Chemistry Lab Experience days, RAMs, Student list
Chemistry Scholarship Practical workshop
Chemistry Scholarship Theory workshop

Topic: 91393 - Demonstrate understanding of oxidation-reduction processes (3.7)

General Information: 4 Credits, Internal

Calendar 2018
Unit Scheme
Achievement Standard Outline
Student Learning Objectives ABA

Length of Topic: 7 Weeks

Assessment: Written report in class

Task Outline
Marking tick sheet

Assessment Electrochemical cell and Electrolytic cell set up with before and after Mg and CuSO 4
Guidelines: Demonstrate testing of Cl2 gas with damp starch-iodide paper
Connect wires to multimeter to show experimental cell voltage
90 minutes to write a report in booklet

Useful Resources: General Resources

Kamar feedforward comments

Topic: 91391 - Properties of Organic compounds (3.5)

General Information: 5 Credits, External

Calendar 2018
Unit Plan (scheme)
Achievement Standard Outline
Student Learning Objectives ABA

Length of Topic: 8 Weeks

Assessment: Written End of Topic Test (DERIVED GRADE - 2 opportunities; Derived Grade Test & Exam
Week)
Test Paper 2017
DG Test Marking Schedule 2017
DG Exam 2017
DG Exam Marking Schedule 2017

Useful Resources: General Resources

Practice past NCEA Exams
Exam feedback comments
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Topic: 91390 - Thermochemical principles and the properties of particles and substances (3.4)

General Information: 5 Credits, External

Calendar 2018
Unit Scheme
Achievement Standard Outline
Student Learning Objectives ABA

Length of Topic: 8 Weeks

Assessment: Written End of Topic Test (DERIVED GRADE - 2 opportunities; Derived Grade Test & Exam
Week)
Test Paper 2017
Marking Schedule 2017
DG Exam 2017
DG Exam Marking Schedule 2017
Exam feedback comments

Useful Resources: General Resources

Practice Past NCEA Exams
Kamar feedforward comments

Topic: 91390 - Spectroscopy (3.2)

General Information: Credits, Internal

Calendar 2018
Unit Scheme
Achievement Standard Outline
Student Learning Objectives ABA

Length of Topic: 6 Weeks

Assessment: Written report in class

Task
Student response booklet
Marking tick sheet

Assessment 90 minutes to answer three questions discussing the three different spectra
Guidelines: Data sheet

Useful Resources: General Resources

Topic: 91392 - Equilibrium principles in aqueous systems (3.6)

General Information: 54 Credits, External

Calendar 2018
Unit Scheme
Achievement Standard Outline
Student Learning Objectives ABA

Length of Topic: 6 Weeks

Assessment: Written End of Topic Test (DERIVED GRADE - 1 opportunities; Derived Grade Test)
Test Paper 2017
Marking Schedule 2017

Useful Resources: General Resources

 Practice Past NCEA Exams