COURSE OUTLINE STS

Course Title

Chemistry 1

Course Code

CHEM11101

Duration (periods)

15 teaching week

Version Number

V2 Date: SEPTEMBER 2014

1 yr. Short review date: May/2014
3 yrs. In depth review date: May/2016
Health Sciences

Revision Date
Industry Sector
Linked Standards

Course Purpose

Context of delivery and

assessment
Pre-Requisite/CoRequisite

Assessment

This course provides the learner with the foundational

skills and knowledge to which enables a better
understanding of the fundamental ideas in chemistry. The
students will be introduced to basics of chemistry and
concepts such as; atoms, periodic table, and chemical
reaction and they will have developed general skills of
scientific enquiry including writing a lab report in standard
form.
This course is relevant to The Health Science Cluster
Having successfully completed the Health and Wellness I,
II, III
Refer to the Assessment Policy and Grading Policy for
further information.
Assessment strategy:
30% Internal
assessment
1 Minor
Assessment

10% Internal
curriculum based
assessment
Moderated
1 Minor
Assessment

Exam 30%

Teacher/Learner
Resources

Physical resources

Customisation required
(Please specify)
General Comments
Essential Skills

CHEM1101_G11_Chemistry 1

30% against rubrics

and related to
curriculum
1 Minor
Assessment
Course Work 70%

The teacher and student should have access to current

industry relevant publications including but not restricted
to:
list text
list internet websites
Ideally delivery and assessment should take place in the
workplace. For a range of reasons this is not always
possible, therefore it is essential that assessment is
conducted in an environment which reflects industry
practices with access to suitable resources and equipment
this involves:
Laboratory see detailed requirements
Equipment see detailed resource lists
None
This Course is student-centred and learning is facilitated
by offering underpinning knowledge which is supported by
student-centred tasks.
The following skills must be assessed as part of this
course:
Use safe laboratory practices whilst conducting
experiments regarding organic chemistry
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Essential Knowledge

Elements
1.
Know the safety
procedures in the
chemistry laboratory

Use models to represent atomic structure

Become familiar with laboratory equipment used in
this course
Write a hypothesis
Follow instructions to set up an experiment
Make accurate observations
Record the results of an experiment
Chemistry is the central science because it
overlaps with all of the other sciences.
Elements are composed of particles called atoms,
and every atom contains a nucleus and one or
more electrons

1.1
1.2
1.3

2.

3.

4.

Know the basic

properties of matter

Know what are

mixtures and how
they can be
separated
Know the difference
between elements
and compounds

2.1

Identify the three states of matter

2.2

Classify physical changes

3.1

Explain how mixtures are classified

3.2

Explain how mixtures can be separated

4.1

Explain the difference between an element and a

compound

4.2

Distinguish between a substance and a mixture

4.3
4.4
5

Know what happens

during a chemical
change.

5.1
5.2
5.3

5.4

Know electrons and

the structure of
atoms.

Describe what chemists use to represent elements

and compounds
Explain how a periodic table is useful
Describe what happens during a chemical change
Identify four possible clues that a chemical change
has taken place
Describe how the mass of the reactants and the
mass of the products of a chemical reaction are
related.
Write equations representing common reaction
types

5.5

Use the law of Conservation of Matter to balance a

range of common chemical reactions

6.1

Identify three types of subatomic particles

6.2
6.3
6.4

CHEM1101_G11_Chemistry 1

Performance criteria
Describes ways to reduce to reduce harm in the
laboratory.
Identify pieces of equipment commonly used in the
chemistry lab.
Follow procedures and write reports for simple
experiments

Describe the structure of atoms according to the

Rutherford model
Explain what makes one element different from
another.
Explain how isotopes of an element differ

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Know basics of the

periodic table

7.1
7.2

Explain how chemists began to organize then

known elements
Identfy how Mendeleev organized his periodic
table.

7.3

Describe how the periodic table Is organized

7.4

Identify three broad classes of elements

7.5

List the type of information that can be displayed

in a periodic table.

7.6

Classify elements based on electron configuration

7.7

Describe trends among elements for atomic size

7.8

Explain how Ions form

7.9
Conditions

Calculate the atomic mass of an element

1.

Describe periodic trends for first ionization energy,

ionic size, and electronegativity.
Delivery is on the STS campuses.

For example: The assessment instruments used in this

module are: TERMLY ASSESSMENT
No.
1
Assessment Overview

2
3
4

Assessmen
t Method
On-going
Assessment
Continual
assessment
Investigation
s

Description
Portfolio tasks (3)
quiz

Elements
Assessed
All (major)
minor

investigations

Exam

minor
All (minor)

Students should be aware of relevant health and safety

issues in all situations, and demonstrate safe working
practices at all times. Any serious omission will
necessitate repeating the Course (or part thereof).
The workplace must comply with current workplace health
and safety legislation.
Appropriate teaching experience
Teachers must be able to demonstrate current knowledge
and she should be a certified teacher. Ideally the teacher
should have at least 3 years relevant teaching experience.

Workplace Health &

Safety

Teacher Experience

REVISION HISTORY
Versio
n No.
V1

Approved /
Rescinded /
Reviewed

Date

Approve
d by

May 2013

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Resolutio
n
Number

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Date

Document
Reference

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July 2015

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