AQA AS and A level REQUIRED PRACTICAL Teacher Checklists and marking criteria

AQA AS and A level REQUIRED PRACTICAL Teacher Checklists
Common Practical Assessment Criteria

These documents allow you to write your class list across the top and mark the criteria during the lesson and after the lesson

EITHER:

1. RED, AMBER and GREEN assessment
2. Tick/cross method
3. 1-10 marking

can be used to see how successful the student is as the specific CPAC.

PRACTICAL 1: Make up a volumetric solution and carry out a simple acid-base titration
PRACTICAL 2: Measurement of an enthalpy change
PRACTICAL 3: Investigation of how the rate of a reaction changes with temperature
PRACTICAL 4: Carry out simple test-tube reactions to identify cations and anions in aqueous solution
PRACTICAL 5: Distillation of a product from a reaction
PRACTICAL 6: Tests for alcohol, aldehyde, alkene and carboxylic acid
PRACTICAL 7a: Measuring the rate of reaction by an initial rate method
PRACTICAL 7b: Measuring the rate of reaction by a continuous monitoring method
PRACTICAL 8: Measuring the EMF of an electrochemical cell
PRACTICAL 9: Investigate how pH changes when a weak acid reacts with a strong base and when a strong acid reacts with a weak base
PRACTICAL 10a: Preparation of an organic solid and a test of its purity
PRACTICAL 10b: Preparation of a pure organic liquid
PRACTICAL 11: Carry out simple test-tube reactions to identify transition metal ions in aqueous solution
PRACTICAL 12: Separation of species by thin-layer chromatography

EXPLAINING CPAC:
In order to achieve a pass, students will need to have met the following expectations.

Students will be expected to develop these competencies through the acquisition of the technical skills specified in Appendix 5 of the DfE subject content for each science subject Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Students can demonstrate these competencies in any practical activity undertaken throughout the course of study. The 12 practical activities prescribed in the subject specification, which cover the requirements of Appendix 5c, will provide opportunities for demonstrating competence in all the skills identified together with the use of apparatus and practical techniques for each subject.

Students may work in groups but must be able to demonstrate and record independent evidence of their competency. This must include evidence of independent application of investigative approaches and methods to practical work.

Teachers who award a pass to their students need to be confident that the student consistently and routinely exhibits the competencies listed below before completion of the A level course.