BTEC Operations
BTEC Level 3 National
Applied Science
Summer Task
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BTEC Operations
BTEC Level 3 National Applied Science
• Learning Objective
• Learn uses of periodic table and apply these to
practical experiments
• Learning Outcome
• State definition of Ar and Mr
• Describe atomic structure using diagrams
• Describe electronic structure using examples
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BTEC Operations
BTEC Level 3 National Applied Science
Overall Task
• You are expected to complete an assignment on Atomic and
electronic structure
• Assignments should be completed in a word document and be at least
5 pages of A4 including diagrams
• Any research information should be referenced at the end of your
assignment e.g. name of author, title of book or article, date
published
• Deadline is 5th September 2012
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BTEC Operations
BTEC Level 3 National Applied Science
Background
The royal society of chemistry produces
posters to go on classroom walls that give
key information to learners about different
ideas in chemistry. You have been asked to
collate information to be used to construct a
poster.
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BTEC Operations
BTEC Level 3 National Applied Science
Task 1
• Using research from internet/scientific journals/books
and define relative atomic mass (Ar) and relative
molecular mass (Mr)
• Give at least 3 examples of elements/compounds stating
the relative atomic mass or relative molecular mass.
(Show how you have calculated them)
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BTEC Operations
BTEC Level 3 National Applied Science
Task 2
• Draw a labelled diagram to show the atomic structure of
atoms
• Produce a table showing the number of protons, number
of electrons and number of neutrons for the following
elements
• Lithium
• Copper
• Sodium
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BTEC Operations
BTEC Level 3 National Applied Science
Task 3
• State Bohr’s Theory of electron energy levels
• Define orbitals and state the different kinds of
orbitals and how many electrons each orbital can
hold
• Describe the order of how electrons fill up the
orbitals
• Give the full electronic structure of Helium,
boron, oxygen, magnesium, calcium and chlorine
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