Required Practicals Overview
The table shows outlines the different practical tasks that all AQA students in the country are required to complete during the two-year course. Other exam boards will be very similar.
As you complete each practical you will be assessed against a set criteria. As you progress through each practical task, you will build up evidence of meeting the set assessment criteria and at the end of the course you will be awarded the practical endorsement mark.
The only thing that may cause issues with the required practicals is poor attendance.
Additional Information for Andy's Students
The Lab Book
I will provide you with a lab book at the start of the course. It is important that you use the lab book properly and keep it safe. Over the two-year course you will develop the skills required to compile succinct, precise and relevant evidence of your practical work. This means that at the start you may be a little lost. This is normal.
The picture shows pages from one of Marie Curie's lab books. The book needs to be kept in a lead-lined container because it is so radioactive.
RP Graphs
Required Practical Excel Charts
Use these templates to produce your own graphs in Excel. You can use the features in Excel to calculate gradients, extrapolate etc.
Print them out and stick them into your lab book.
It is a bit content heavy and most students won't need this much background. Just go straight to page three if you are in a rush!
The Required Practicals
1b. To determine the concentration of the solution prepared in 1a. by titration.
5b. Preparation and distillation of ethanal.
7b. Measuring the rate of reaction by a continuous monitoring method.
10b. Preparation of a pure organic liquid.