This achievement standard involves demonstrating understanding of atomic structure and the organisation of the periodic table, and the properties and uses of selected metals, non-metals, and non-metal compounds.
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Excellence |
Demonstrate understanding of aspects of selected elements. |
Demonstrate in-depth understanding of aspects of selected elements. |
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of aspects of selected elements. |
Demonstrate understanding typically involves describing, identifying, naming, drawing, giving an account of, or defining aspects of elements. This may require the use of chemistry vocabulary, symbols and conventions (including names and formulae), and completing word equations. |
Demonstrate in-depth understanding typically involves explaining aspects of elements. This may require the use of chemistry vocabulary, symbols and conventions (including names and formulae), and writing word equations or completing given symbol equations. |
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding typically involves linking aspects of elements when explaining, elaborating, justifying, relating, evaluating, comparing and contrasting, or analysing. This may require the use of chemistry vocabulary, symbols and conventions (including names and formulae), and writing balanced symbol equations. |