Foundation · Olympiad On-Ramp
The starting line for the Australian Science Olympiad — Chemistry. 40 sessions that fast-track all of Year 7–10 chemistry, then add an Olympiad Extension (the mole, periodic trends, Lewis structures, redox and the read-and-apply meta-skill). Step 1 of the ASO pathway.
Part 1 — Year 7–8 Intensive
- Lesson 1: Matter, particles & density — free preview
- Lesson 2: Pure substances & mixtures — free preview
- Lesson 3: Solutions & solubility — free preview
- Lesson 4: Separation techniques
- Lesson 5: Review & Test
- Lesson 6: Atomic structure
- Lesson 7: Elements & the periodic table
- Lesson 8: Physical & chemical change
- Lesson 9: Energy in reactions
- Lesson 10: Review & Test
Part 2 — Year 9–10 Intensive
- Lesson 11: Valency & bonding basics
- Lesson 12: Ionic, covalent & metallic bonding
- Lesson 13: Chemical formulae & naming
- Lesson 14: Organic chemistry — hydrocarbons & alkanes
- Lesson 15: Polymers
- Lesson 16: Review & Test
- Lesson 17: Conservation of mass & balancing equations
- Lesson 18: Reaction types
- Lesson 19: Acids, bases & pH
- Lesson 20: Reaction rates
- Lesson 21: Nuclear reactions
- Lesson 22: Review & Test
Part 3 — Olympiad Extension
- Lesson 23: Moles & molar mass
- Lesson 24: Mass↔mole conversions & % composition
- Lesson 25: Isotopes & relative atomic mass
- Lesson 26: Calculating isotopic abundance
- Lesson 27: Atomic radius & reactivity trends
- Lesson 28: Introduction to electronegativity
- Lesson 29: Half-Term Review
- Lesson 30: Half-Term Test
- Lesson 31: Lewis (electron-dot) structures
- Lesson 32: Introduction to molecular shapes (VSEPR)
- Lesson 33: Oxidation numbers
- Lesson 34: Introduction to half-equations
- Lesson 35: Reading unfamiliar problems — the 5-step method
- Lesson 36: Long dependency chains & carry-forward values
- Lesson 37: Extension Review
- Lesson 38: Extension Practice
Foundation Mock Exams
- Lesson 39: Foundation Mock Exam 1
- Lesson 40: Foundation Mock Exam 2
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