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Curriculum content descriptions

Chemical change involves substances reacting to form new substances (ACSSU225)

Elaborations
  • identifying the differences between chemical and physical changes
  • identifying evidence that a chemical change has taken place
  • investigating simple reactions such as combining elements to make a compound
  • recognising that the chemical properties of a substance, for example its flammability and ability to corrode, will affect its use
ScOT terms

Chemical reactions,  Molecular structure

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