Horizon - Chemistry
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mr A. Randhawa.
Chemistry touches our lives almost everywhere and every day, in medicine, the clothes we wear, the games we play, as well as the industries that make the things we use. The periodic table and simple compounds are covered as well as the basics of chemistry.
The course covers: atomic structure, thermochemical principles, organic, redox and practical investigations where students examine the composition of various substances and the changes they can go through. This is a complete up-to-date course on chemistry designed to prepare students for studies in chemistry at a tertiary level. This course follows the same topic outline as the Level 2 Chemistry course. Throughout the year, students will achieve a good level of understanding in theory, calculations and laboratory skills.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
External
NZQA Info
Chemistry 3.2 - Demonstrate understanding of spectroscopic data in chemistry
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Chemistry 3.3 - Demonstrate understanding of chemical processes in the world around us
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Chemistry 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of thermochemical principles and the properties of particles and substances
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Chemistry 3.7 - Demonstrate understanding of oxidation-reduction processes
Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 14
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Pathway Possibilities
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