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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)