NZQA Expiring unit standard
21611 version 3
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Title
Follow instructions to carry out a practical scientific activity, and
report on the activity
Level
1
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to follow
instructions to carry out a practical scientific activity, and report
on the practical scientific activity.
Classification
Science > Science - Core
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard can be used to award credit for the achievement of learning
outcomes consistent with the New Zealand Association of Science Educators
(NZASE) Certificate in Science Syllabus, and is based on objectives from levels 4
and 5 of – Ministry of Education, Science in the New Zealand Curriculum (Wellington:
Learning Media, 1993).
2
The instructions include a focus question. Templates and resources are supplied.
3
Where field work is involved, learners’ health and safety practices must comply with
the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, and their subsequent amendments, codes of practice, and
regulations.
Where laboratory work is involved, learners’ health and safety practices must comply,
in addition to the above, with AS/NZS 2243.1: 2005 Safety in Laboratories – Planning
and operational aspects and subsequent additions and amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Follow instructions to carry out a practical scientific activity.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The activity is carried out according to the instructions.
1.2
The activity includes following a method and recording results.
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NZQA Expiring unit standard
21611 version 3
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Outcome 2
Report on the practical scientific activity.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Report includes processing of results and a valid conclusion.
This unit standard and unit standard 21612 replaced unit
standard 18987.
Replacement information
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 August 2005
31 December 2012
Review
2
30 November 2010
31 December 2012
Rollover
3
20 October 2011
31 December 2012
0226
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
© New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2011