Chemical and Material Science
The chemistry behind everyday products, from cleaning agents to polymers and preservatives.
- Solutions, concentration and dilution
- Acids, bases and pH in the home
- Surfactants and how cleaning works
NSW Senior Science (Stage 6, Years 11-12) - chemical and material science, biomedical science, information and communication, earth and environmental systems - expressed in Dux teaching language. Confirm the current status of the course with NESA before publishing student-facing material.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Senior Science” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
The chemistry behind everyday products, from cleaning agents to polymers and preservatives.
How the body works, how it fails, and the technology used to intervene.
How information is transmitted, stored and secured, and what limits each medium.
The planet's systems, how they are measured, and how human activity changes them.
A Senior Science paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| calculate | Calculation | 2–4 |
| describe | Short answer | 2–3 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 4–6 |
| explain | Short answer | 3–4 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| predict | Multiple choice | 1 |
Year 11 Course Examination Shape — 100 marks, 150 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.