A focused full-day Chemistry intensive for the final weeks before the 2026 HSC. Reconnect Equilibrium and Acid Reactions, Acid/base Reactions, Organic Chemistry and Applying Chemical Ideas, then practise using chemical evidence, calculations and clear scientific explanations in HSC-style questions.
Date
Wednesday 30 September
Time
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Campus
Macquarie University — room TBC
Availability
30 places left
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Live teaching, guided exam practice and room to ask questions.
Chemistry · Full course intensive
HSC Chemistry rewards students who can connect chemical ideas, select relevant evidence and communicate a precise scientific explanation. Across Modules 5–8, students are expected to analyse data, use quantitative relationships, interpret practical investigations and apply their knowledge to unfamiliar contexts. This workshop brings the Year 12 course together through guided HSC-style practice and practical response methods.
Best for
Year 12 Chemistry students who know much of the content but want a clearer method for data-based and extended responses, stronger chemical reasoning, more reliable calculations and greater confidence applying Working Scientifically skills in the HSC.
Aligned to the 2026 HSC
Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)
The 2026 HSC Chemistry examination is based on the 2017 syllabus. The replacement 2025 syllabus begins Year 12 in Term 4, 2028 and has its first HSC examination in 2029.
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$250
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The Year 12 course
The day connects the Year 12 course with the examination skills students need to apply it.
Module 5 · 60 indicative hours
Connect dynamic equilibrium, equilibrium constants and Le Chatelier’s principle to the behaviour of systems under changing conditions. Practise using data, equations and particle-level ideas to explain equilibrium and acid reactions clearly.
Key language: dynamic equilibrium · equilibrium constant · Le Chatelier’s principle · collision theory · acid reactions · reversible reactions · data analysis · chemical equations
Module 6 · 60 indicative hours
Strengthen the links between acid–base theory, pH, indicators, buffers and titration. Work through calculations, practical-method questions and explanations that connect observable evidence to particle-level chemical processes.
Key language: Brønsted–Lowry theory · pH · strong and weak acids · buffers · indicators · titration · stoichiometry · practical investigations
Module 7 · 60 indicative hours
Build a connected understanding of structure, nomenclature, properties and reactions in organic chemistry. Practise identifying functional groups, representing reactions, explaining trends and applying organic chemistry to unfamiliar contexts and evidence.
Key language: hydrocarbons · functional groups · nomenclature · isomers · alcohols · carboxylic acids · esters · polymers · organic reactions
Module 8 · 60 indicative hours
Apply chemical knowledge to identifying and measuring substances, interpreting chemical analysis and evaluating claims. Practise spectroscopy, quantitative analysis, chemical synthesis and the evidence-based reasoning required in extended HSC responses.
Key language: qualitative analysis · quantitative analysis · spectroscopy · infrared spectroscopy · mass spectrometry · nuclear magnetic resonance · chemical synthesis · data interpretation
Across the day
01 · Reconnect
Review high-value concepts, equations, terminology and connections across Modules 5–8, including the Year 11 knowledge assumed in the HSC examination.
02 · Decode
Use command verbs, data, diagrams, equations and practical context to identify the relevant chemical ideas and the kind of response required.
03 · Plan
Move from a direct claim to selected evidence, chemical reasoning, equations, calculations and a conclusion that responds to the question.
04 · Practise
Attempt objective-response, data-based, practical-investigation, calculation and extended-response tasks using the decisions required in the examination.
05 · Refine
Review approaches with the teacher, correct weak evidence or chemical reasoning and improve explanation, calculations and examination timing for the next response.
Practice and feedback
Students work through a purposeful mix of objective-response, data-based, calculation and extended-response questions. The teacher models how to identify the command verb and evidence, select the relevant chemical ideas, organise an explanation and check calculations and conclusions. Students then apply the approach, compare responses, ask questions and improve their work through live guided feedback. The workshop is not advertised as a separate individual marking service.
Extract relevant information from data, graphs, observations, structures and equations, then use it to support a specific scientific claim.
Connect macroscopic observations, particle-level models, chemical equations and scientific terminology rather than listing disconnected facts.
Analyse reliability, validity, accuracy, uncertainty and limitations, and make justified improvements to practical methods and conclusions.
Set out quantitative chemistry clearly, use units and significant figures appropriately, and check that numerical conclusions are chemically reasonable.
Included with the workshop
Every student receives a subject-specific workbook containing concise module notes, HSC-style practice questions, data and practical-investigation prompts, calculation frameworks, response-planning guides, common-error checks and space to annotate worked approaches. Students work through it during the workshop and can continue using it in the final weeks before the HSC.
Clear reminders of essential concepts, relationships, equations and terminology across Modules 5–8.
Questions spanning objective-response, practical-investigation, quantitative and extended-response decisions across the full course.
Practical structures for unpacking command verbs, selecting evidence, organising an explanation and checking calculations, units and conclusions.
Teacher modelling, live guided feedback, opportunities to ask questions and a focused room where students can compare useful approaches.
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Marking insights and exemplars
The workshop focuses on the practical-investigation skills assessed in written HSC questions: interpreting methods and data, evaluating reliability, validity and uncertainty, and explaining justified improvements. It is not advertised as a laboratory practical session.
Bring your usual NESA-approved calculator. The HSC Chemistry data sheet, formulae sheet and Periodic Table are provided in the examination; the workshop helps students use the information efficiently alongside the chemical reasoning they need to show.
Yes. The September 2026 workshop uses the Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (2017), which remains the syllabus examined for the 2026 HSC. The replacement 2025 syllabus is first examined in the 2029 HSC.
Year 12 students preparing for their final school assessments and the 2026 HSC examinations.
Bring a laptop or tablet if you use one for study, writing materials, water and lunch. Your workshop resources are provided.
Building, room and arrival instructions are sent by email with the ticket and again before the workshop.
Yes. Add any three workshops in one order and the $75 bundle saving is applied automatically at checkout.
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