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The Australian Curriculum
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Content description ACSSU187

Science / Year 10 / Science Understanding / Chemical sciences
Content description
Different types of chemical reactions are used to produce a range of products and can occur at different rates
Elaborations
  1. investigating how chemistry can be used to produce a range of useful substances such as fuels, metals and pharmaceuticals
  2. predicting the products of different types of simple chemical reactions
  3. using word or symbol equations to represent chemical reactions
  4. investigating the effect of a range of factors, such as temperature and catalysts, on the rate of chemical reactions
General capabilities
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking