Semester 1
Semester Plan
| Term Week | Topics & subtopics | Tasks (Textbook is SASTA 2nd Ed.) |
|---|---|---|
| Term 1 Week 1 | Materials and Their Atoms: Materials and nanomaterials, separating techniques, atomic spectroscopy | Properties of Substances Investigation |
| Term 1 Week 2 | Isotopes, electron configuration, Atomic mass calculations, trends on the periodic table | Textbook Q13a, 14 N-Se, 15, 19, 22, 25 Spectrum Tube Demonstration |
| Term 1 Week 3 | Revision: Materials and Their Atoms | Water of hydration Investigation |
| Term 1 Week 4 | Science as a Human Endeavour: Metal extraction | Summative Task: SHE Investigation |
| Term 1 Week 5 | Combining Atoms: Metallic bonding, properties of metallic materials, formulae and naming | Textbook Q29, 31a-b, 33 left Metal crystals experiment |
| Term 1 Week 6 | Ionic bonding, properties of ionic materials, covalent bonding, bond polarity | Textbook Q34, 35 left, 36 |
| Term 1 Week 7 | Properties of continuous covalent materials, molar mass calculations, mass-mass stoichiometry, percentage composition | Textbook Q37-38, 40 |
| Term 1 Week 8 | Revision: Combining Atoms | Textbook Q26-27, 30, 31c-d, 33 right, 35 right, 41 Review Test 2 Summative Task: Effectiveness of Bleach |
| Term 1 Week 9 | Revisit: Materials and Their Atoms | Textbook Q3, 7, 14 Na-C, 17, 20, 25 |
| Term 1 Week 10 | Molecules: Electron dot diagrams, shapes of molecules, molecular polarity, dispersion forces | Textbook Q43 left, 44 |
| Term 1 Week 11 | Dipole-dipole interactions, hydrogen bonding, properties of hydrocarbons | Textbook Q47, 50b(1)-(2), d Summative Task: Classification of Substances |
| Term 2 Week 1 | Drawing and naming alkanes, isomers, drawing and naming alkenes | Textbook Q51a, 52 left, 54 left, 55 left |
| Term 2 Week 2 | Addition reaction of alkenes, combustion reactions, properties and uses of polymers | Textbook Q56 left, 57a, 58a, 59 |
| Term 2 Week 3 | Revision: Molecules | Textbook Q43 middle, 45, 48, 50a, b(3)-(4), 51b-c, 53, 54 right, 57b, 58b Review Test 3 |
| Term 2 Week 4 | Revisit: Materials and Their Atoms | Textbook Q4, 13d, 14 Li-Kr, 18, 21 |
| Term 2 Week 5 | Revisit: Combining Atoms | Textbook Q28, 31d O2--Ti4+, 39, 42 |
| Term 2 Week 6 | Revisit: Molecules | Textbook Q43 right, 46, 49, 50b(5)-(6), c, 51d, 52 right, 55 right, 56 right, 60 |
| Term 2 Week 7 | Exams | Summative Test: Topics 1, 2 and 3 |