BOS 51/06 (Vol 15 No 6)

The Board of Studies wishes to advise teachers of some minor amendments to content in the Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus (approved June 1999, amended October 2002).

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Replace the content point 9.7.7, column 1. The new content point should read:

7. Glycolysis is the first stage of the decomposition of glucose to release energy

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Replace the third dot point in column 3 of 9.8.2. The new dot point should read:

• gather, process and present information about a current analytical technology to:

- describe the methodology involved
- assess the importance of the technology in assisting identification of elements in samples and in compounds, and
- provide examples of the technology's use

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Appendix 1: Glossary
IUPAC names
Replace the entry next to this term with the following:

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) provides a system for the clear communication of chemical nomenclature with an explicit or implied relationship to the structure of compounds. Nomenclature based on IUPAC principles is designed to name organic compounds unambiguously.

'Preferred IUPAC names' are those developed using the rules put forward by IUPAC, or in some instances are well-established trivial names such as acetic acid. The existence of a preferred IUPAC name for a chemical compound does not prohibit the use of other names that have been derived by a systematic process and are unambiguous. For example, while but-2-ene is a preferred IUPAC name, 2-butene is also allowed under IUPAC rules.

Copies of the amendments will be available by December in the relevant syllabus section of the Board of Studies website under the heading 'Minor amendments to Chemistry Stage 6 Syllabus' in the syllabus column.

The web version of the syllabus has been updated with these changes.

Effective: 2007 Preliminary and HSC courses
Contact: Gina Grant
Inspector, Science
(02) 9367 8136
ggrant@boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au

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