The chemistry behind everyday products, from cleaning agents to polymers and preservatives.
These are the statements the Senior Science syllabus makes about Chemical and Material Science. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Solutions, concentration and dilution - Chemical and Material Science, Year 11.
Acids, bases and pH in the home - Chemical and Material Science, Year 11.
Surfactants and how cleaning works - Chemical and Material Science, Year 11.
Polymers: natural and synthetic - Chemical and Material Science, Year 11.
Properties and uses of polymers - Chemical and Material Science, Year 11.
Preservatives and food additives - Chemical and Material Science, Year 11.
Corrosion and protection - Chemical and Material Science, Year 11.
Recycling and material recovery - Chemical and Material Science, Year 11.
Year 11 Course Examination Shape is 100 marks in 150 minutes. Questions on Chemical and Material Science are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Senior Science uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Chemical and Material Science opens the Senior Science course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Senior Science dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.