I recently presented at workshop at the STAV VCE Chemistry conference on essential topics in VCE Chemistry. Whilst the workshop was a mini disaster in that the mural app didn’t work as expected, I was still able to collect teacher perspectives by using the chat feature in zoom. I am pleased to say I was able to use this data to create an infographic which highlighted the essential topics. (See below for an image of the infographic and click here for a more detailed PDF). I have to say that whilst I thought I had a pretty good idea of which topics to focus on whilst teaching Unit 1 & 2 Chemistry, seeing the infographic has really clarified this for me. So much so, that I am going to rework our assessment tasks to provide a stronger foundation for students in Units 3 & 4. Click here if you would like to contribute to the infographic on essential topics in Unit 3& 4 Chemistry. The questionnaire took me around 5 minutes to complete. Once there is a reasonable quorum of votes, I will again collate the data and post the infographic.