Chemical change – AT
Prior to the sample task, students were introduced to the atomic model and the ways in which this could be used to explain chemical structures and processes. They had investigated a variety of chemical reactions and classified them as endothermic or exothermic, …
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Chemical change – ABOVE
Prior to the sample task, students were introduced to the atomic model and the ways in which this could be used to explain chemical structures and processes. They had investigated a variety of chemical reactions and classified them as endothermic or exothermic, …
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Elaboration (3) ACSSU186
investigating the chemical activity of metals
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU186 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Unit 1: Chemical fundamentals: structure, properties and reactions Chemistry
Chemists design and produce a vast range of materials for many purposes, including for fuels, cosmetics, building materials and pharmaceuticals. As the science of chemistry has developed over time, there has been an increasing realisation that the properties …
Unit 1 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Elaboration (4) ACSSU178
recognising that the conservation of mass in a chemical reaction can be demonstrated by simple chemical equations
Elaboration (4) | ACSSU178 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration ACSSU178
identifying reactants and products in chemical reactions
Elaboration | ACSSU178 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSSU178
considering the role of energy in chemical reactions
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU178 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSCH071
The activation energy is the minimum energy required for a chemical reaction to occur and is related to the strength of the existing chemical bonds; the magnitude of the activation energy influences the rate of a chemical reaction
ACSCH071 | Content Descriptions | Unit 2 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
Elaboration ACSSU225
identifying the differences between chemical and physical changes
Elaboration | ACSSU225 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU225
identifying evidence that a chemical change has taken place
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU225 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU178
modelling chemical reactions in terms of rearrangement of atoms
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU178 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU187
predicting the products of different types of simple chemical reactions
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU187 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (2) ACSSU187
using word or symbol equations to represent chemical reactions
Elaboration (2) | ACSSU187 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSCH089
Chemical systems may be open or closed and include physical changes and chemical reactions which can result in observable changes to the system
ACSCH089 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSCH132
Designing chemical synthesis processes involves constructing reaction pathways that may include more than one chemical reaction
ACSCH132 | Content Descriptions | Unit 4 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSSU178
Chemical reactions involve rearranging atoms to form new substances; during a chemical reaction mass is not created or destroyed
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU178 | Content Descriptions | Year 9 | Science | F-10 curriculum
ACSCH090
All physical changes are reversible, whereas only some chemical reactions are reversible
ACSCH090 | Content Descriptions | Unit 3 | Chemistry | Science | Senior secondary curriculum
ACSSU225
Chemical change involves substances reacting to form new substances
Elaborations ScOT Terms
ACSSU225 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (1) ACSSU155
recognising that potential energy is stored energy, such as gravitational, chemical and elastic energy
Elaboration (1) | ACSSU155 | Content Descriptions | Year 8 | Science | F-10 curriculum
Elaboration (3) ACSSU187
investigating the effect of a range of factors, such as temperature and catalysts, on the rate of chemical reactions
Elaboration (3) | ACSSU187 | Content Descriptions | Year 10 | Science | F-10 curriculum