2020 VCE Planner: Bairnsdale Secondary College, Science department_ VERSION 1

Subject: CHEMISTRY Units: 1&2 Created and

modified by Bethany Radford (BRA)

Please note: This planner is subject to change at any time at your teachers discretion. Please ask your teacher if
you have any questions. The lesson order each week within the planner is dependent on factors such as
timetabling of laboratories.
Key T = Term W = Week L = Lesso U = Unit AOS = Area of TR = Textbook
: n Study Reference

TB = To be EOW = End of week

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T W L U A ** Key concepts TR Suggested practicals and Notes
O classroom activities and *
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S requirem
ents
Term 1: Tuesday 28th January – Friday 27th March
Terms 1- 2 Holiday break
Worksheets 14, 18 and 24
Term 2: Monday 14th April – Friday 26th June
2 1 1 1 2 - - PUBLIC HOLIDAY TBA
2 - - Introduction to remote
14th learning
AP 3 Carbon lattices and carbon Ch 6 - Chapter 6 review
R 4 nanomaterials: Ch 7 - Chapter 7 review

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 2 1 1 2 - The structure and bonding of diamond and Ch 8 - Lesson 8.1 and 8.2 TBA
graphite that explain their properties - Worksheet 19
20th 2 (including heat and electrical conductivity Ch 8 - Review and consolidate of
AP and hardness) and their suitability for Ch 8
R diverse applications.
- The structures, properties and applications
of carbon nanomaterials including graphene
and fullerenes.
3 - Further elaborations on
outcomes 2 and 3
- Tutorial: Getting started on
outcome 3 (looking at ch 11)
4 NO CLASS (Parent teacher
interviews)
3 1 1 2 Organic compounds: Ch 9 - Lesson 9.1 TBA
2 - The origin of crude oil and its use as a Ch 9 - Lesson 9.2
27th source of hydrocarbon raw materials. - Worksheet 20
AP 3 - The grouping of hydrocarbon compounds Ch 9 - Time to work on Ch 9
R into families (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, questions, notes and
alcohols, carboxylic acids and non-branched worksheets
4 esters) based upon similarities in their Ch 9 - Lesson 9.3-9.5
4 1 1 2 physical and chemical properties including - Tutorial: Getting started on TBA
general formulas, their representations outcome 2
4th (structural formulas, condensed formulas, - Time to work on Ch 9
MA Lewis structures), naming according to questions, notes and
Y IUPAC systematic nomenclature (limited to worksheets
2 non-cyclic compounds up to C10, and Ch 9 - Lesson 9.6
structural isomers up to C7) and uses based - Worksheet 21
3 upon properties. Ch 9 - Time to work on Ch 9
- Determination of empirical and molecular questions, notes and
formulas of organic compounds from worksheets

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 4 percentage composition by mass and molar Ch 9 - Review and consolidate of
mass. Ch 9
5 1 1 2 Polymers: Ch - Lesson 10.1 and 10.2 TBA
- The formation of polymers from monomers 10 -Worksheets 22 and 23
11th 2 including addition polymerisation of alkenes. Ch Review and Consolidate Ch 10
MA - The distinction between linear 10
Y 3 (thermoplastic) and cross-linked Ch - Time to work on Ch 10
(thermosetting) polymers with reference to 10 questions, notes and
structure, bonding and properties including worksheets
4 capacity to be recycled. - Review and consolidate of
- The features of linear polymers designed AOS2
for a particular purpose including the
6 1 1 selection of a suitable monomer (structure - - AOS 2 review TBA
2 and properties), chain length, degree of - - AOS 2 review
18th 3 branching, percentage crystalline areas and - - AOS 2 review
MA 4 addition of plasticisers. - - AOS 2 review
Y - The advantages and disadvantages of the
use of polymer materials.

7 1 1 U1, Outcome 2: On completion of this unit - - Time to work on Outcomes 2 -

the student should be able to investigate and 3 Outcomes
25th 2 and explain the properties of carbon lattices - - Time to work on Outcomes 2 2 and 3
MA and molecular substances with reference to and 3 due
Y 3 their structures and bonding, use systematic - - Time to work on Outcomes 2
nomenclature to name organic compounds, and 3
4 and explain how polymers can be designed - - Time to work on Outcomes 2
for a purpose. and 3
U1, Outcome 3: On completion of this unit
the student should be able to investigate a
question related to the development, use
and/or modification of a selected material or
chemical and communicate a substantiated

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 response to the question.
8 1 2 1 Properties of water: Ch - Lesson: 12.1, 12,2 and 12.3 TBA
- Trends in the melting and boiling points of 12 - Worksheets 25, 26 and 27
1st 2 Group 16 hydrides, with reference to the Ch - Time to work on Ch 12
JUN nature and relative strengths of their 12 questions, notes and
intermolecular forces and to account for the worksheets
3 exceptional values for water. Ch - Review and consolidate of
- Specific heat capacity and latent heat 12 Ch 12
including units and symbols, with reference
to hydrogen bonding to account for the
relatively high specific heat capacity of
liquid water, and significance for organisms
and water supplies of the relatively high
latent heat of vaporisation of water.
4 Water as a solvent: Ch - Time to work on Ch 12
- The comparison of solution processes in 12 questions, notes and
water for molecular substances and ionic worksheets
9 1 2 1 compounds. Ch - Lesson: 13.1 and 13.2 TBA
- Precipitation reactions represented by 13
8th 2 balanced full and ionic equations, including Ch - Time to work on Ch 13
JUN states. 13 questions, notes and
- The importance of the solvent properties of worksheets
3 water in selected biological, domestic or Ch - Lesson: 13.3 and 13.4
industrial contexts. 13 - Worksheets 28 and 29
4 Ch - Time to work on Ch 13
13 questions, notes and
worksheets
10 1 2 1 Ch - Review and consolidate of TBA
13 Ch 13
15th 2 Ch - Lesson 14.1 and 14.2
JUN 14

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 3 Ch - Time to work on Ch 14
14 questions, notes and
worksheets
4 Ch - Lesson 14.3, 14.4.14.5
14 - Worksheet 42
11 1 2 1 Ch - Outcomes 2 and 3 feedback TBA
14 and discussion
22n - Time to work on Ch 14
d
questions, notes and
JUN worksheets
2 Ch - Review and consolidate
14 chapter 14
3 - Ch - Lesson 15.1 and 15.2
15
4 Ch - Time to work on Ch 15
15 questions, notes and
worksheets
Term 2- 3 Holiday break
Worksheet 30
* Not all work requirements for each lesson are in this document, this is just an overview and subject to change.
For a full list of textbook questions and workbook requirements see ‘Textbook review questions and
worksheets 2020.pdf’, for further information ask your teacher.
** Key concepts are taken directly (word for word) from the study design published by VCAA
*** At least one spare lesson is scheduled every 2 weeks. Spare lessons may be used to make up for lessons lost
(due to assemblies, sports days ect.), to catch up or to further extend knowledge, these may run as a normal
lesson or a study session in the classroom space.

References

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Commons, C. (2016). Heinemann Chemistry 1: VCE Units 1 & 2 [written for the VCE Chemistry Study Design 2016-
2021 5th Ed.]. Melbourne,
VIC: Pearson Australia.

Huddart, E. (2010). Heinemann Chemistry 1 2nd Edition: Student Workbook. Melbourne, Victoria: Pearson.

Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. (2015). VCE Chemistry Units 1 and 2: 2016–2020; Units 3 and 4:
2017–2021 [Study Design].
Retrieved from: https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/chemistry/2016ChemistrySD.pdf

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