A document showing trends in topics covered on every unit 3 exam and some predictions for what may come up this year.
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#unit 3 2023
Worksheet resources for Learning Aim G, the Chemistry section of Unit 3 for L3 Applied Science.
Hydrocarbons (including paraffin wax) as a fuel.
Resource is for teachers.
AS Module 2 Revision Board Game on bonding, structure, properties, shape, electronegativity and polarity.
Students really enjoyed playing this game and it was an excellent way to revise.
Teacher will need:
scissors, printer, card or a laminator (so the playing cards last), counters (1 per student), dice (1 per group).
Included:
cards for 1, 2 and 3 point questions with Qs and As
blank versions of cards for 1, 2 and 3 point questions so you can adapt/write your own
board game
About:
This is a learner-led revision activity.
Recommended group size per board game: 4
Estimated time to complete game based on this group size: 50min - 1 hour (based on experience and length of student engagement). Game can be any length of time as winning is based on number of points rather than reaching the end of the board.
Rules:
Class to be split into roughly groups of 4
Each group to be given 1 board game mat, 4 counters, 1 dice and a set of 1, 2 and 3 point Q cards. They also need scrap paper and pens/pencils for working out
Each group can either nominate a reader for the Q cards or they may take it in turns to read.
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The brief for learning aim A was not provided by Pearson, so this was written by me for assignment A of Unit 19.
Includes brief template, scenario and all criteria and tasks (ie write a PowerPoint to include… and create a typed document to include…).
NOTE -** this resource does not include practical method sheets/instructions.**
Student (and teacher!) friendly assignment checklists for the first 2 assignments of Unit 18 (Industrial Chemical Reactions) in the Level 3 Applied Science.
I have created these using my own interpretations of the brief and teacher guidance.
Useful for teacher as can help speed up the marking process.
Method, with link to useful YouTube video demonstrating the practical. Practical-based Qs testing students understanding of the steps in the method, answers at bottom.
Slightly different method for stretch and challenge - can run more than 1 chromatogram simultaneously and some extra Qs at the bottom relating structure to Rf value.
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Sample results for PAG 10.3 attached in Excel file
Help video explaining how to do the analysis and extension question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S--lbg9DQ6s&list=PLaD6fcqFKTWju1PsWNzEjMXZ3bCJ32ikf&index=20
More detailed explanation of how to create an Arrhenius plot to find Ea and A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezcuG47qsw&list=PLaD6fcqFKTWju1PsWNzEjMXZ3bCJ32ikf&index=21&t=3s
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A guide to PAG 9.1 suitable for students and teachers. This assumes a basic understanding of what is going on.
PowerPoint includes the lesson/PAG aims, what you should be recording, how to set up your apparatus (ie fill burette first and keep tap closed), how to calculate volume of oxygen and concentration of hydrogen peroxide.
PowerPoint also shows how your graph should look and what to include with your PAG submission.
The starting exercises at the beginning refer to the A2 textbook and the RSC starter for 10 worksheets which are readily available online: https://edu.rsc.org/resources/kinetics-starters-2-16-18/4010281.article
A nice 5-10 minute activity where students sketch and describe the shape of the graph and how k can be found.
Ideal for a starter/plenary.
I have included an answer file too. Ignore my first and second order curves, badly drawn! Second order should be steeper at the start compared to first order.
A lab book created for Applied Science students studying Unit 2: Practical Scientific Procedures and Techniques.
This can be used as an electronic lab book to store results and calculations or can be printed and issued to students at the start of the unit.
Here are 4 sets of sample results that students can use to practice the calculations or in case they lost their results.
There is also a video which they can follow along with as a guide while they do their calculations, which explains each step: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb3f_9rxcac
The other document is a task list, which tells the student step by step how to structure their report (what headings in which order), where to put their results and where to follow along with the video :)
This resource is ideal for an online lesson or cover lesson task.
A PowerPoint created for teachers on how to structure the lesson and key things for students to notice. Includes a starter activity and some pointers about citing values, the 2 layers in the separation stage and how to do the yield calculation.
Note that PAG methods and teacher/technician sheets are on the OCR website. Each institution should have one person who is given an OCR login and access to these.
Starter worksheet (cloze passage) created for the new L3 Applied Science (from 2016) Unit 3 (I used this for an observation). To recall previous knowledge on fuels. Includes stretch and challenge/early finishers task at the bottom and task objective at the top.
Main lesson task also included which guides students through how to structure and what to write and include for a lab report.
I created YouTube videos with instructions and activities in, a demo of the practical and results that students can use to analyse. I also explain and guide them through the calculations:
Risk assessment: what and how to and guides students through how to write their own and what to include https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XRQfdqygTk&t=10s
Practical: includes explanation, demo, activities throughout - how to write up and structure a lab report and how to tabulate results and do the first lot of calculations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NqUFSO5Ck0&t=199s
Method attached
A viscosity worksheet on identifying Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids and a crossword which can be used as an end of topic/end of lesson activity. Both with answers!
Created for Level 3.
A student-friendly checklist that is not overwhelming. This was created for Unit 6 Investigative Project Assignments A, B and C/D. These are preliminary checklists to get students started and on the right track.
Checklist for P, M and D criteria for assignment A and just P criteria for assignments B and C/D.
I have also made 2 short summary videos which may be helpful for students or new teachers; one is an intro to what Unit 6 is about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gVKhB_3jiM and the other is aimed at students and explains how to get started with the literature review in assignment A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r-dWTxqI9M
Audit and action plan template also included, along with a suggested structure for the project proposal.
A test on chemical formulae that can be given to AS Chemistry students or students studying a level 3 science course that involves chemistry, e.g. will be useful for the new BTEC Applied Science Unit 1.
PowerPoint includes full list of ions that need to be learned in year 1 and also includes Roman numerals 1-10 which are often used in transition metal ions to indicate the positive charge on the ion formed.
Activities in formulae lessons (not included) include ionikits and ionikit worksheets (I think these worksheets are copyrighted and I’m not sure where they came from as they are quite old now).
A video I created to help students understand and learn formulae of ions. Explains from beginning what ions are, the general rules/trends and uses cards similar to the old ‘ionikits’ to illustrate the balancing of the charges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOsMci_o2dU