Technicians Supporting Chemistry Practical Work for A Level

University College London

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In London

£ 165 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    7h

  • Duration

    1 Day

This one-day practical course for science technicians focuses on building the knowledge, key skills and techniques you need to effectively support A level chemistry teaching.
You’ll learn how to support a range of practical activities through hands-on experience of a variety of apparatus and experiments, including new and traditional approaches to standard experiments.
You’ll also look at:
ways to incorporate digital technologies into lessons to support learning
potential hazards and how to produce risk assessments
You’ll have plenty of networking opportunities with other technicians and will benefit from the chance to share best practice.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

Start date

On request

About this course

This course will help you to:
improve your awareness of the practical demands of A level chemistry
consider strategies for providing effective technical support
gain confidence in the support you provide for the science department and students
learn new skills and techniques to ensure good quality practical work and share good practice
gain experience in the set-up and demonstration of key chemistry experiments, including relevant safety precautions
understand hazard identification and risk assessment and the importance of keeping up to date

This course is suitable for all secondary school and college science technicians, especially those working with Key Stages 4 and 5.

You’ll need to be working as a science technician in a school or college.

You'll get a certificate of attendance on completing the course.

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Subjects

  • Risk
  • IT risk
  • Risk Assessments
  • Q-fit apparatus
  • Health and Safety
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry MSci
  • Chemistry Principles
  • Chemistry for Biologists
  • Chemistry of Biologically

Course programme

The course will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding the new curriculum
  • Health and safety, risk assessments and keeping up-to-date
  • Q-fit apparatus

You’ll also look at two experiments in detail:

  • Inorganic chemistry - carrying out a titration
  • Organic chemistry - making a halogenoalkane and a simple distillation

Practical activities will include vacuum filtration, colorimetry, thin layer chromatography, pH probes and dataloggers, measuring melting points, drop chemistry and rates of reaction.

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Technicians Supporting Chemistry Practical Work for A Level

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