11–12Chemistry 11–12 Syllabus (2025)
The new Chemistry 11–12 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace the Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (2017).
2026 and 2027
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) for Year 12
2028, Term 4
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2029
- First HSC examination for new syllabus
Content
Year 11
- CH-11-02
applies the mole concept and stoichiometric relationships
Relevant Working scientifically outcomes and content must be integrated with each focus area. All the Working scientifically outcomes and content must be addressed by the end of Year 12.
Relate the law of conservation of mass to stoichiometry
Conduct a laboratory experiment to measure the mass and volume of gas produced in a chemical reaction
Describe the features of open and closed systems
Explain Aboriginal cooking processes that used coals and enclosed pit ovens as examples of open and closed systems
Conduct a practical investigation to model the law of conservation of mass in a chemical reaction
Solve problems involving changes of mass in chemical reactions
Relate the Avogadro constant to the concept of the mole
Relate the relative atomic mass of an atom to carbon-12
Solve problems using ( = chemical amount in moles, = mass in grams, = molar mass in g mol-1) to determine the quantities in moles, mass in grams and molar mass in g mol-1
Conduct a practical investigation to physically compare masses of equimolar amounts of pure substances
Conduct a practical investigation to accurately and quantitatively demonstrate how chemicals react in simple whole-number molar ratios
Determine the percentage composition by mass (% w/w) and the empirical formulas of compounds
Solve problems that involve limiting reagents of chemical reactions
Solve real-world problems using combinations of stoichiometric principles that involve reacting masses
Outline the uses of the following measures: mol L-1, g L-1, mg L-1, % (w/w), % (w/v), % (v/v), ppm, ppb
- Manipulate variables and solve problems to calculate molar concentration, moles and volume by applying (molarity formula)
Perform calculations involving mol L-1, g L-1, mg L-1, % (w/w), % (w/v), % (v/v), ppm and ppb
- Manipulate variables and solve dilution problems by applying
Conduct a laboratory experiment to prepare a primary standard solution and perform a dilution with a calculated concentration
Discuss Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ methods of infusion, roasting, pounding and leaching to extract chemicals from plants to control the rate of chemical delivery
Solve real-world problems using combinations of stoichiometric principles that involve reacting masses and solutions
Use the particle theory to describe the properties of ideal gases
Manipulate variables and solve problems using for ideal gases at standard temperature and pressure (STP)
Use data to analyse the relationship between pressure in kPa and volume in L in a closed gas system at a constant temperature
Use data to analyse the relationship between temperature in K and pressure in kPa in a closed gas system at a constant volume
Use data to analyse the relationship between temperature in K and volume in L in a closed gas system at a constant pressure
Solve real-world problems using combinations of stoichiometric principles that involve reacting masses, solutions and gases