East Doncaster Secondary College

VCE Chemistry 2016 Unit 3 DRAFT Program

TERM 1
Week

Dates

Task/Content

Unit 3 starts

1(1)

27-29/1

Review of the mole concept, general gas equation, molar

volume and concentration
Test on Stoichiometry

2(2)

1/2 5/2

AoS 1: Chemical Analysis evaluation of the suitability

of techniques used in chemical analyses
Qualitative and quantitative analysis
Gravimetric Analysis

3(3)

8/2 12/2

4(4)

15/2 19/2

Task 1: Gravimetric determination of sulfur as sulfate in

fertilizer [Outcome 1]
Volumetric analysis
Review of acid-base chemistry

5(5)

22/2 26/3

pH, indicators & pH curves

Acid-base titrations & back titrations
Review of oxidation/reduction oxidation numbers, half
equations

6(6)

29/3 4/3

Redox titrations
Task 1: Volumetric analysis of ascorbic acid content of
Vitamin C tablet [Outcome 1]
Chromatography TLC, HPLC, GC

7(7)

7/3 11/3

8(8)

14/3 18/3

Task 1: TLC of vegetable extract [Outcome 1]

Overview of spectroscopic techniques
Atomic absorption spectroscopy
UV-visible spectroscopy
Infrared spectroscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Week
Week

Dates

Dates

Penicillin
21/3 25/3
9(9)
Proteins
as medicines
Developing new drugs

23/5 27/5

8(17)

30/5 3/6

Outcomes
Revision
& exam practice

9(18)

6/6 10/6

June VCE
GAT11/4
Outcome
1 15/4
1 (10)

10(1)

13/6 17/6

20/6 24/6

Mass spectrometry
Using a combination of techniques

Task 3: Analysis of second-hand data using structured

questions (NMR) [Outcome 2]
School-assessed
coursework
Task 2:
Preparation
of aspirin
[Outcome 2]
Term
2

7(16)

11 (2)

Task/Content

Task/Content

AoS 2: OrganicAssessment
chemical pathways
tasks identification and
explanation of the role of functional groups in organic
reactions and construction of reaction pathways

A summary report including

Overview
of bonding in carbon compounds
Analyse commercial product/s
using
of three practical
Alkanes,
alkenesannotations
structure, isomerism
& nomenclature
and/or gravimetric
and/or
Unit 4volumetric
starts
activities
Reaction of alkanes, alkenes
instrumental techniques of analysis
AoS 1 : Industrial Chemistry Functional groups
AND
2(11)
Chloroalkanes, alkanols, carboxylic acids, amines
Outcome
Reaction
rates 218/4 22/4
Reactions involving functional groups
A written report of one practical
Reaction
energies
Identify
and explain the role of
Esters

esterification
reactions
functional
in organic reactions activity
Collision
Theory groups
25/4 29/4
3(12)
Reaction
pathways
and construct reaction pathways
Fractional distillation
Catalysts
AND
using organic molecules
Fossil fuels
Reversible reactions
An analysis
of first orbiogas
second-hand
Biochemical fuels
ethanol, biodiesel,
2/5 6/5
4(13)
Fats

glycerol
and
fatty
acids;
triglycerides;
data
using
structured
questions
Equilibrium and changes on equilibrium
condensation and hydrolysis reactions
Condensation polymerisation
SAC Task 2:A written Report of Carbohydrates
one practical activity
glucose, disaccharides, polysaccharides
9/5 13/5
5(14)
Proteins amino acids; peptide bond; primary, secondary
and tertiary structure

6(15)

16/5 20/5

Enzymes biological catalysts

DNA function; structure and bonding; primary,
secondary and tertiary structure
Synthesis and use of aspirin