Unit 6D
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Scientific skills I have previously developed include:
Calibrating equipment before measuring e.g. balance.
How to change states of matter, e.g., solid to liquid.
Skills gained after completing unit 6:
Using distilled water to sterilize equipment and so it does not affect
solutions.
Correct and accurate set up of apparatus.
Application of safe working practices.
Good communication skills.
How to determine the purity of a product
How to Harvard reference.
Skills to develop further:
Using the most applicable solvents to get results of higher accuracy.
Using advanced technology during experiments to ensure that I get the
best results, e.g. an analogue thermometer instead of a digital one,
magnetic stirrer for constant and consistent mix.
Understanding the step by step procedures that need to be followed.
Background subject knowledge.
M/D
Completing unit six has taught me how to follow step by step instructions to
start experiment and follow it through to completion. However, an
improvement that would make to my own practice would be to properly read
over the method sheet given by my teachers. Before starting an experiment,
our teachers hand out a method sheet for the experiment we are to carry out.
After reading this we begin our own experiments, I still have not completely
understood the procedure and begin the experiment without asking for further
explanation. This could be a factor as to why my results in this experiment are
not completely accurate. Expanding on this point I do not always follow
instructions precisely and often rush steps in a method to speed up the
experiment. For example, during the phenyl benzoate experiment the filter
paper broke during filtration and instead of starting the experiment again to
P
Scientific skills I have previously developed include:
Calibrating equipment before measuring e.g. balance.
How to change states of matter, e.g., solid to liquid.
Skills gained after completing unit 6:
Using distilled water to sterilize equipment and so it does not affect
solutions.
Correct and accurate set up of apparatus.
Application of safe working practices.
Good communication skills.
How to determine the purity of a product
How to Harvard reference.
Skills to develop further:
Using the most applicable solvents to get results of higher accuracy.
Using advanced technology during experiments to ensure that I get the
best results, e.g. an analogue thermometer instead of a digital one,
magnetic stirrer for constant and consistent mix.
Understanding the step by step procedures that need to be followed.
Background subject knowledge.
M/D
Completing unit six has taught me how to follow step by step instructions to
start experiment and follow it through to completion. However, an
improvement that would make to my own practice would be to properly read
over the method sheet given by my teachers. Before starting an experiment,
our teachers hand out a method sheet for the experiment we are to carry out.
After reading this we begin our own experiments, I still have not completely
understood the procedure and begin the experiment without asking for further
explanation. This could be a factor as to why my results in this experiment are
not completely accurate. Expanding on this point I do not always follow
instructions precisely and often rush steps in a method to speed up the
experiment. For example, during the phenyl benzoate experiment the filter
paper broke during filtration and instead of starting the experiment again to
