20+ years teaching senior science
Experience teaching HSC Chemistry, Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, and Investigating Science.
About HSC Science Coach
Built from decades of HSC Science teaching, marking and student feedback.
The educator behind HSC Science Coach has taught HSC Chemistry, Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, and Investigating Science in Sydney schools and international IB schools for more than 20 years. They have also served as Head of Department in three schools and worked as a pharmacist for 10 years.
The goal is simple: help NSW Year 12 students practise the kind of explanation, evidence use and command-term thinking that turns science knowledge into stronger HSC responses.
HSC and IB school experience
Teaching background across high-performing Sydney schools and international IB schools.
Head of Department experience
Leadership experience as Head of Department in three schools, with a focus on science learning and assessment.
Pharmacy practice background
Ten years of pharmacy practice adds applied science, health and professional judgement to the way feedback is designed.
Why experience matters
HSC Science marks are often lost in the wording, not the effort.
Students often know the content but do not make the scientific link explicit enough for the mark.
Command terms such as explain, justify, analyse and evaluate need different response structures.
Practice feedback should show what was gained, what was missed and what to rewrite next.
Model answers are most useful after students have attempted the response first.
Syllabus alignment and deep exam-pattern analysis
The practice is shaped by syllabus topics, past HSC exam question patterns and marking guidance.
HSC Science Coach is aligned to NSW Stage 6 Science syllabus areas and informed by deep analysis of past HSC exam question patterns and marking guidance from 2019-2025. The source material is used for topic alignment, question style, command-term patterns and rubric expectations; the app creates original practice questions and does not copy official exam wording.
Aligned to NSW Stage 6 Science syllabus areas
Informed by deep analysis of past HSC exam question patterns and marking guidance
Uses source material for style, topic alignment, command terms and rubric patterns
Creates original HSC-style practice questions
Independent study tool, not official HSC or NESA endorsed