TransitionPackforBTECLevel3NationalExtendedCertificateinAppliedScience

AguidetohelpyougetreadyforBTECLevel3AppliedScience,includingeverythingfromtopicguidesandrecommendedreading,

toplacestoresearchandvisitinthefuture.

Readinglistrecommendations

Magazines,NewspapersandJournals

NewScientist

ScientificAmerican

Nature

Science

BiologicalSciencesReview

BritishMedicalJournal

Anyscientificarticlesinnewspapers(e.g.theGuardianonWednesday)

Books:ResearchtheseonAmazonandselectafewtoread:

BTECNationalsAppliedScience:StudentBookLevel3-(youwillbeprovidedwithrelevantchaptersbytheAcademyonceyouenrol,butyoucanchoosetopurchasethebookyourselfifyouprefertohaveitincolour).

TelevisionSeriesRecommendations

Panorama

Horizon

Websitestosupportyourstudies

1. thecrashcourse.com/-Sciencewebsiteofferingsupportthroughvideos

2. www.bozemanscience.com/-videostosupportyouwiththecontentrequiredinUnit1

3. http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/-manytopicsfromyourexaminationunitarefoundonthiswebsite

4. http://royalsociety.org–Podcasts,newsandinterviewswithscientistsaboutrecentscientificdevelopments

5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=science+and+environment-TheBBCnewspageforScienceandtheEnvironment

6. www.khanacademy.org/science–agoodbasisfortopicsyouwillcover.Getaheadstartbyresearchingandtakingnotesontopicssuchascells,microscopes,structureandbonding,balancingequations,andwaves.

Youwillproduceallofyourcourseworkbasedaroundthebelowtopics:

• Usingtitrationsandcolorimetrytodeterminetheconcentrationofsolutions

• Undertakingcalorimetrytostudycoolingcurves• Undertakechromatographictechniquestoidentify

componentsinmixtures

Youcouldgetaheadstartbyresearchingthebasisoftheabovescientifictechniques

PlanaVisit

Task-Usetheinternettoresearch3ofthefollowingplacesthatyoucanvisitinthefutureusingthetemplatebelow:

EurekaChildren’sMuseum–Halifax

https://www.eureka.org.uk

National

SpaceCentre

https://spacecentre.co.uk

ThackrayMedicalMuseum–Leeds

http://www.thackraymedicalmuseum.co.uk/

TheMuseumofMedicineandHealth–Manchester

http://sites.mms.manchester.ac.uk/museum

TheScienceMuseum–London

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

(seetemplateonnextpage)

Placetovisit 1-

2- 3-

WhatIwouldliketoexplore/findout/see

TelephoneNo

Location

TravelPlans(e.g.whattrain/bus)