Alternative to practical exam..

As I'm not in the UK I'll be sitting an alternative to practical exam instead of doing the actual practical. I'm not entirely sure what I have to study, since there's no set specification. I assume I have to know about practical techniques, safety precautions, sources of error.. Does anybody know a website that explains these types of things?

Also, I found this on the Edexcel website: http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCE%20New%20GCE/GCE_Chemistry_8CH01Practical_work_Mapping_Green.pdf

Does this mean the paper will be on those practicals? :confused:

Reply 1

Zygroth

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http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCE%20New%20GCE/spec-gce-chemistry.pdf

There is no alternative to doing practical activities according to the specification; are you doing the new chemistry specification with Edexcel? :s-smilie:

Reply 2

Draconis

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Zygroth

http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCE%20New%20GCE/spec-gce-chemistry.pdf

There is no alternative to doing practical activities according to the specification; are you doing the new chemistry specification with Edexcel? :s-smilie:

Yes, I am. http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCE%20New%20GCE/International-spec-Chemistry.pdf

Reply 3

michaelyus

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Draconis

As I'm not in the UK I'll be sitting an alternative to practical exam instead of doing the actual practical. I'm not entirely sure what I have to study, since there's no set specification. I assume I have to know about practical techniques, safety precautions, sources of error.. Does anybody know a website that explains these types of things?

Also, I found this on the Edexcel website: http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCE%20New%20GCE/GCE_Chemistry_8CH01Practical_work_Mapping_Green.pdf

Does this mean the paper will be on those practicals? :confused:

I imagine it would be. Have you seen the specimen papers? It seems pretty much the same as the core praticals.

Reply 4

blackmarauder

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Hi Draconis. It's the same as the past Unit 3B's from what I have seen. Maybe a good lot of the information will come from the core practicals...

And we are also having a written alternative to the Physics practical :wink:

Reply 5

Draconis

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blackmarauder

Hi Draconis. It's the same as the past Unit 3B's from what I have seen. Maybe a good lot of the information will come from the core practicals...

And we are also having a written alternative to the Physics practical :wink: