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OCR A Chemistry F323: Practical Skills in Chemistry

Hello Every one,
I couldn't find a thread on this, so I decided to make one. I finished my unit one exam and now my school is planning on doing the the course work for the As. I was hoping that we could help each other out with advices and techniques that they think might be useful. :smile:

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3.3 AS Unit F323: Practical Skills in Chemistry 1
This unit assesses practical and investigative skills developed within contexts encountered during
AS Chemistry. Further information on the assessment of the tasks is provided as Appendix D.
Candidates are required to carry out three tasks:
1. Qualitative task [10 marks]
2. Quantitative task [15 marks]
3. Evaluative task [15 marks]
Tasks will be chosen from a selection provided by OCR.
The Qualitative and Quantitative tasks will test skills of observation and measurement.
Candidates will carry out these tasks under controlled conditions.
Each task will be internally assessed using a mark scheme provided by OCR.
Candidates may attempt more than one task from each category with the best mark from each
category being used to make up the overall mark.
Centres will supply OCR with a single mark out of 40.