1. Assignment front sheet
Learner name Assessor name
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Qualification Unit number and title
Level 2 BTEC FirstCertificate inAppliedScience Unit 1 ChemistryandOur Earth
Assignment title Assignment 1 Elements, Mixtures and Compounds
In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria.
Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found.
Criteria
reference
To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that
the student is able to:
Task
no.
Page numbers
P1
Identify different types of
chemical substances
1
M1
Describe the differences
between types of chemical
substances
2
D1
Explain how the structure
of different chemicals affects
their properties
3
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I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully
acknowledged.
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2. Assignment brief
Unit number and title Unit 1 ChemistryandOur Earth
Qualification Level 2 BTEC FirstCertificate inAppliedScience
Start date
Deadline date
Assessor
Assignment title Assignment 1 Elements, Mixtures and Compounds
The purpose of this assignment is to:
Enable you to identify different types of chemical substances from school, home and your surroundings:
elements and their symbols; compounds; mixtures
Scenario
You are the education officer for a large chemical company which has just opened, you have
been asked to prepare posters, explaining the difference between elements mixtures and
compounds for a ‘meet the neighbours’ open day display.
Task 1
Fill in the sheet, your assessor will give you, to identify which substances are elements, which are mixtures
and which are compounds.
This provides evidence for P1
Task 2
Prepare a poster using drawings to describe the differences between elements, mixtures and compounds.
This provides evidence for M1
Task 3
Add examples to your poster in order to explain the differences between elements, mixtures and
compounds. For example, How could you show whether air is a mixture or a compound, and how could you
show that iron sulphide is a compound and not just a mixture of iron and sulphur
This provides evidence for D1
Sources of information
Textbooks
Beech J, Milward CandSochacki F – BTECLevel 2 First Applied Science ActiveTeach CD ROM (Pearson, 2010)
ISBN 9781846906114
Brain C, Goodfellow D, Hocking S, LlewellynR, Kitchin C, Mathews J, Musa 1 andRhodes P – BTECLevel 2
First Applied Science Student Book (Pearson, 2010) ISBN 9781846906091
Cogill A, Gale P, Hocking S, LlewellynR, Musa I, Rhodes P, Saunders N andWinterbottomM – BTECLevel 2
First Applied Science Teaching Planning Pack (Pearson, 2010) ISBN 9781846906107
Arnold B (editor) – GCSE Science for Edexcel:Science Student Book (Collins Educational, 2006)
ISBN 9780007214488
Bell C, Brodie D, Dawson B andTiernanA – GCSE Applied Science for Edexcel: Teacher Pack (Folens, 2006)
ISBN 9781843039747
ConoleyC– Edexcel GCSE Chemistry (Hodder Arnold, 2009) ISBN9780340914793
Hubbard L – The Essential Chemical Industry (Chemical IndustryEducationCentre, 1999)
ISBN 9781853425776
Hutchings K – Classic ChemistryExperiments (The Royal Societyof Chemistry, 2000) ISBN 9780854049196
NuffieldCurriculum Centre – TwentyFirst Century Science:GCSE ChemistryTextbook (OUP, 2006)
ISBN 9780199150502
Ryan L – New Chemistryfor You (NelsonThornes, 2006) ISBN 9780748783236
Safeguards Committee – Safeguards in the School Laboratory (Associationfor Science Education, 2006)
ISBN 9780863574085

3. Journals
Big Picture
Focus
Materials Foresight
Materials World
New Scientist
Websites
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/
edexcel/chemicalreactions
Bitesize ChemistryReactions
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/
edexcel/patterns/
Bitesize ChemistryPeriodic Table
www.rsc.org Royal Societyof Chemistry
www.webelements.com Webelements
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