Level 3 Chemistry 2025
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Bev Pantry.
This course enables students to apply scientific knowledge and understanding in a variety of contexts, use scientific knowledge and understanding to describe and/or explain scientific phenomena, process and interpret scientific information and communicate scientific information in ways and forms appropriate to a nominated audience. Level 3 Chemistry consists of the following: Redox Reactions (oxidants and reductants); Atomic Structure and Bonding and Energy in Chemical Reactions (Spd electron configurations; Lewis structures and shapes of molecules; intermediate forces; thermochemical calculations); Organic Chemistry (properties and reactions of selected organic compounds); Aqueous Solution Chemistry (equilibrium reactions of weak acids and bases and the solubility of ionic compounds); Spectroscopy (analysing unknown molecules by interpretations of three types of spectra).
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Recommended Prior Learning
Level 2 Chemistry with a minimum of 14 credits, or at the discretion of the Head of Department for Sciences.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for Subject Endorsement.
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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 3.5 - Demonstrate understanding of the properties of organic compounds
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Chemistry 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of equilibrium principles in aqueous systems
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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: 24
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.
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Disclaimer
- Availability of all courses is subject to student numbers and staffing
- Some courses will not be available if numbers are too small
- Some classes may be combined by Year level (e.g. Year 11 and 12 in one class) if numbers do not make separate classes viable
- It may not be possible to accommodate all choices and combinations of subjects
- Parents/Caregivers and students need to satisfy themselves that a chosen course meets the student’s goals for the following year and beyond