The assessment within the faculty will be standardised and be used to submit marks for the MIS grades on the basis of one/two per half term. Assessment should be in the form of the Academic grades (levels 1 – 7) and should not include a percentage value, unless students are sitting an exam script. Assessment rubrics should be available to all students to allow them to comprehend how grades have been awarded. A student may gain more than one grade for a piece of work dependant on the areas being assessed (e.g. there may be 3 separate grades for calculation, explanation and presentation) Assessment Scheme of Work Overview of the Year Half-term Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13 3 D (Periodicity) DCP (Titration) D (Reduction of CuO with Carbon) D (Teacher's choice) D, DCP, CE (Chosen by department) 4 DCP (Enthalpy of fuels) D (Electrochem Cells) DCP (Thermal decomposition of CaCO3) DCP (Teacher's choice) D, DCP, CE (Chosen by department) 5 CE (Enthalpy of fuels) CE (Reduction of CuO with Carbon) Revision CE (Teacher's choice) Revision 6 Essay (Periodic table) (Uses of transition metals) PS: Group Project Essay (Teacher's choice) Project (Chosen by department) Presentation of bonding Acids and bases Exam techniques and revision skills Electrons Exam techniques and revision skills Each of these skills is assessed in a lab report, an essay or as a presentation to the class. At iGCSE level they are around 300 words long and the students will have had the opportunity to draft them so that they are allowed to respond to the feedback. Explanation of work assessed IB Internal Assessments are into 5 skills, 3 of which are assessed under the following titles: Design (D) Data Collection and Processing (DCP) Conclusion and Evaluation (CE) The department’s marking rubric for IB level work is from the IBO and for iGCSE work is adapted and simplified but still using the same skills and criterion.
conditions with aqueous silver nitrate), iodide (by reaction under acidic conditions with aqueous lead(II) nitrate), nitrate (by reduction with aluminium), sulphate (by reaction under acidic conditions with aqueous barium ions) gases; ammonia (using damp red litmus paper), carbon dioxide (using limewater), chlorine (using damp litmus paper), hydrogen (using lighted splint), oxygen (using a glowing splint). Oxygen test – H2O2 and MnO2 Chlorine – electrolysis of brine? Factors affecting the rate of reaction Students need to know how rate of reaction can be affected by concentration, particle size, catalysts (and enzymes) and temperature. Need to be able to explain this in terms of particles and collisions. Demo: Custard powder explosion Effect of concentration on reaction rate – RSC 65 The effect of temperature on reaction rate – RSC 64 Al also has of stuff on this – we did our GCSE coursework on this at my previous school Practical investigation Students to come up with a method and investigation into how to manipulate rate of a reaction that will evolve a gas. Use gas syringes and decomposition of H2O2. Need to be able to interpret data/ plot data to show volume vs time with changing conditions. Effect of light on the speed of reactions Affect of light on silver chloride/bromide Making a photographic print – RSC 70 IB Overview Overview of IB topics