Chemistry

Index

Absorption spectroscopy
Acids and bases (junior science)
Acid (definition)
Acids and bases(senior)
Acid rain
Acid reactions
- video worksheet
Activation energy (junior science)
Activation energy (junior science)
Activation energy and catalysts
Active site
Alloys
Alloys(activity)
Aluminum(as a reactive metal)
Amino acids
-structure of amino acids
Ammonia
Analytical chemistry
- summary of analytical techniques
Annealing
Anti-oxidants
Aspirin (synthesis)
Atom
- analogy (apartment buildings)
-atomic structure(senior)
-electronic configuration
-history
-subatomic structure (junior science)
-reactions with (junior science)
- card game (junior science)
Atomic radius
- activity to measure atomic radius of Fe
Atomic mass(junior science)
Atomic number(junior science)
Average kinetic energy
Back titration (see analytical chemistry)
Base(definition)
Battery (junior science)
-electrochemical cell
Biofuels
- synthesis of a biodiesel
- experiment to determine the heat of combustion of a synthesised biofuel (pdf).
Blast furnace
Bonding
- Energy and bond formation - demo
- Bond energy part 1video worksheet
- Bond energy part 2 video worksheet
- Worksheet 1 Solutions ( ionic and metallic bonding and mole calculations)
- Worksheet 2 Solutions (molecular shapes inter and intra molecular bonding)
Brain chemistry
Bunsen burner
Carbohydrates
Carbon cycle
Carbon cycle (junior science)
Carbon dating
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide-molar mass investigation
Carbon sequestration
Catalyst
Cellulose
Changes (physical-chemical)
Chemical potential energy (junior)
Chemical reactions
- at home(junior)
- in the kitchen (junior)
- collision theory
- combustion reactions
- demonstrations
- excess reactants
- examples of (junior science)
- explosive(junior science)
Chemical formulae (introduction yr 7)
Chemical formulae (junior)
- video on writing ionic formulas
- ionic formulae
- ionic formulae exercise
- naming ionic formulae
- Structural and semistructural
- Year 8 science intro to formulas
Chemical formulae (worksheet)
Chemical equations
- Video - introduction to chemical eqns.(year 7)
- Video - balancing chemical equation(year 8)
- Video - introduction to balancing equations
- Video- balancing combustion equations
- advanced exercises
- balancing equations
- nuts and bolts activity
Chemical symbols
Chromatography see Analytical chemistry
Cloud formation and the gas laws
Compounds
Conservation of mass
-demonstration
-activity with copper
Collision theory and rates (video -yr 8 junior)
Concentration
-ppm
-(v/v)%
-(w/v)%
-(w/w)%
- video worksheet - converting units
Contact process
Copper(in displacement reactions)
Copper -recovery of copper from CuCO₃
Copper ore activity.
Copper oxide reduction with methane
Core charge
Covalent bonding see Bonding
Covalent 3-D network see Bonding
Covalency (see also valency)
Data Sheet (Yr 11 chemistry)
Data Booklet (Yr 12 VCAA 2017 - 2023)
Data booklet ( (Yr 12 VCAA 2024 - 2027)
DNA
-DNA-RNA exercises worksheet
Density
Detergent
Diesel fuels
Diffusion
-diffusion demo with Skittles.
Digestion of macromolecules
Dilution
Distillation
- distillation worksheet
Dipole-dipole bonding see Bonding
Dispersion forces see Bonding
Echem
Electrons
-in chemical reaction
-in an atom
Electrochemical reactions
Electrochemical series
Electrolysis
- predicting reactions
Electrolysis of water
Electronegativity
Electroplating
Elements
Elements-compounds intro (junior Sci)
Emission spectra of selected elements
Emission spectroscopy
Emulsifiers (surfactants)
-activity with emulsifiers
Empirical formulae
- Empirical formula test Solutions
-copper sulfate hydrate
-magnesium oxide
- Iron oxide
Empirical to molecular formulae
Endothermic reactions
Energy
End point (see equivalence point)

Enzymes
-rate of reaction
-hydrogen bonding
Equilibrium
- FeSCN²⁺ equilibrium activity.
-acid/base equilibrium
-past exam questions for acid/base equil.
Equivalence point (see volumetric analysis)

Experimental design (solutions) (worksheet for the VCE investigation)
Esters
-ester formation (prac)
Ethanol
Ethene see Organic chemistry
Ether links
Eutrophication
Exam questions
Excess reagents
-excess and limiting (calculations)
Exothermic reactions
Fatty acids
-cis
-trans
Fermentation
Fireworks
Filtration-see Kitchen Science
Foodchemistry
-identification of carbohydrate
Flame tests
Formula mass
Fuel
Fuel cell -hydrogen
Gases
Fructose
Galvanic cells
- exercises
- labelling galvanic cells-video worksheet
Graphs - year 8 video worksheet
Gravimetric analysis
Gravimetric analysis prac
Gravimetric analysis (questions from past exam)
- Gravimetric exercises
- more gravimetric exercises
Green chemistry (atom economy, % yield)
Greenhouse Effect
Glycogen
Haber process
Hess's Law
Hydrocarbons (see Organic Chemistry)
Hydrogen
Hydrogen bonding see bonding
Hydrogels (sodium polyacrylate)
Hydrolysis
Indicators (Senior Chemistry)
Indicators (junior science)
-making an indicator(junior chemistry)
Inulin
Ionic bonding see Bonding
Ionic formulae(see chemical formulae)
Ionic equations(of precipitates)
- video on precipitate ionic equations
Ionic equations(acid/base reactions)
Ionisation energy (trend)
Infared spectroscopy-see analytical
Insoluble
Instantaneous dipoles see bonding
Instrumental analysis
Inter-molecular bonding see Bonding
Intra-molecular bonding see Bonding
Isomers
- stereoisomers
- structural isomers (year 10 -introduction)
- optical isomers
- trans and cis isomers
-properties of cis and trans
Isotopes
-advanced
- radioactive
- simulation with Smarties(year 8)
-used to prove man-made climate change
Ka-see acids and bases (senior)
Kw-see acids and bases(senior)
Kitchen chemistry
Lake Nyos disaster
Latex (activity)
Latent heat
Le Chatelier's priniciple
- summary of Le Chatelier's principle
Lemon battery
Lewis dot diagrams
Limiting reagent
Macromolecules(biological)
Magic of chemistry
Magnesium and CO₂
Mass number
Mass spectrometer
Matches
Maxwell-Boltzmann curves
Metal displacement (see redox reactions)
Metallic bonding see Bonding
Mining (iron ore, junior science)
- extraction of copper via displacement
Mixtures
Mixtures-element and compounds
Molarity
Mole
-numbers to molexercises
-mass to mol exercises
-mol to mass exercises
-numbers to mass exercises
-mixed exercises
-mol ratio (empirical formula)
-molecules to atoms
-formula mass and the mol
-atomic volume and the mol
Molecular shapes
Molecular symmetry
Monomers see also Organic Chemistry
Nanotechnology
Neutron
Neutrino
Nitrogen
Nitrogen from urine
Nitrogen cycle
NMR-see analytical chemistry
Nuclear energy
Nuclear equations
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion
Nuclear chemistry
Organic chemistry

Outcomes
- for year 7
- for year 8
- for yr 9-10 intermediate
- for yr 9-10 advanced
Oxygen
Particle theory
Pectin
Peptide links
Percentage composition
Percentage yield and atom economy
Periodic table (interactive)
Periodic table (junior chemistry)
Periodic table (senior chemistry)
- trends in the periodic table
pH(senior chemistry)
- Video worksheet pH calculations
pH (junior science)
Physical reactions
Phospholipids (biological importance)
Plastics
Phase change diagrams (see water)
Photosynthesis
Polar molecules
Polymerisation- see also Organic Chemistry
Polymers- see also Organic Chemistry
   -latex ball (activity)
   -latex moulds (activity)
   -repurposing PLA (activity)
   -slime (activity)
   -plastic toy (activity)
   -crystallinity
Power generation
- power stations (junior science year 8)
ppm - see concentration
Precipitation
- precipitation worksheet
- naming the precipitate
- writing equations
- video on balancing precipitation equations
- experiment (equations)
- calibration curve using precipitates (junior science)
Primary standard (see analytical chemistry)
Protein
Proton
Quark
Quenching of steel
Rates of reaction
- Panadol activity
Rayon (polymer synthesis)
Reactive metals
Reactive metals trend in the periodic table
Reactivity
- reactive metals and copper
Reactivity of metals (activity)
Reactivity of metals activity using a lemon battery
Redox reactions
Respiration
Respiration (Junior science)
Rusting
- experiment
- experiment(agar)
Sacrificial anode
Safety in the laboratory
Salt bridge
Scientific notation
Separating mixtures
- oil and salt from chips (junior science)
- oil from muffins and other foods (senior)
- oil from foods (junior-student investigation)
- worksheet 1 (junior science, distillation, chromatography, solutions)
Serpent (demonstration)
Significant figures
Slime and Gak
Sodium
Solubility (activity)
- saturated
- unsaturated
- supersaturated
Solubility curves
- practical (KNO₃ solubility curve)
Solutions (junior science)
- practical test for identification of solutions (junior science)
Solutions (senior science)
- dissolving of salt
- influence of temperature on the rate of dissolving
- molarity
Specific heat
Standard solutions (see also analytical chemistry)
Starch
States of matter
- making a model
Stoichiometry
- mass to mass
- number to number
- mixed exercises
- stoichiometry diagram
- excess and limiting (limiting quotient) video
- excess and limiting reagents
- excess and limiting in combustion reactions
- revision
- experiment (lead iodide)
- experiment(acid+carbonate reaction)
Sulfuric acid.
Sugar (in food)
Sugar (as a fuel)
Surface tension activity with milk
Surfactant (see also emulsifiers)
Tempering of steel
Thermite reaction
Thermochemical reactions
Thermochemical reactions (junior)
Thermochemical equations calculations using ratios video worksheet
Timeline Unit 1 2017-2022 (no longer current)
Timeline Unit 1 2023 - 2027
Timeline Unit 2 2017-2022 (no longer current)
Timeline Unit 3 2017-2023 (no longer current)
Timeline Unit 3 2024-2027
Timeline Unit 4 2017-2023 (no longer current)
Timeline Unit 4 2024 - 2027
Titration (see also volumetric analysis)
- equipment and setup
- errors
- glassware
- activity
- titration of vitamin-C tablets
- Brick cleaner
Titration curves
Transition metals
Triglycerides
Urine (nitrogen and phosphorus)
Valency (Covalency)
Vitamin C titration
Volumetric analysis
- aspirin titration
- back titration
- Vitamin-C analysis with iodine (junior science)-
- Vitamin-C analysis with iodine (senior chem)
- Equivalence point
Water
- dissolving
- importance to life
- phase change diagram
- properties and H-bonding
- new theory
Water cycle
Water cycle and power generation
Water purifier (Construction of a water purifier - year 9)
White powders activity(junior science analysis task)