L3CHE

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).


View Level 3 Chemistry video here

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.

Total Credits Available: 24
Internal Assessed Credits: 9
External Assessed Credits: 15
Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91388 v2
NZQA Info

Chemistry 3.2 - Demonstrate understanding of spectroscopic data in chemistry


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91389 v2
NZQA Info

Chemistry 3.3 - Demonstrate understanding of chemical processes in the world around us


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 3r,3w *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91390 v2
NZQA Info

Chemistry 3.4 - Demonstrate understanding of thermochemical principles and the properties of particles and substances


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91391 v2
NZQA Info

Chemistry 3.5 - Demonstrate understanding of the properties of organic compounds


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91392 v2
NZQA Info

Chemistry 3.6 - Demonstrate understanding of equilibrium principles in aqueous systems


Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 91393 v2
NZQA Info

Chemistry 3.7 - Demonstrate understanding of oxidation-reduction processes


Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 3
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 24
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 3
Total Numeracy Credits: 0

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