Feedback from investigation meetings (2007-2008)

I asked your questions when I was at these meetings. Here is a summary of the answers.

• You can get full marks but you should only expect an A* pupil to do that.
• You can give them the question. eg "How can I slow down the rate of descent of an object?". They need to come up with the ideas on how to do that.
• Pupils can take work home. You need to verify that it is all their own work.
• You can double count the I and E strands from the Additional science investigation and use this for the core data analysis.
• You can give any generic help you like but you should not give specific help for that particular investigation. eg you can say "to get 6 marks you need to list all the factors involved" but you can't tell them to "look at width, surface area, type of wire or length".
• The whole class can do the same investigation or case study. The approach should be different though.
• Any background material or help given should be sent to the moderator.
• You need to annotate the coursework. Minumum of saying C(c)6.
• There is less scientific knowledge required compared to Sc1. eg for resistance of a wire talk about lenghth being similar to resistors in series rather than free electron theory from A level.
  
• No prediction is required like Sc1. You may like to have an introduction though.
• Redrafting is NOT allowed. You can look at the coursework and point out missed items but once it is marked you cannot give it back.