OBSERVATION RECORD
Learner name:
Qualification:
Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Applied Science
Unit number & title:
Unit 4: Scientific Practical Techniques
Assignment title
4.2 Scientific Techniques
Description of activity undertaken
Learners are going to carry out the separation technique using a centrifuge. Students will
be extracting an enzyme from a potato tuber.
Assessment criteria targeted
Task 5: P2 Carry out quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques
How the activity covers the requirements of the assessment criteria (this does not
confirm achievement of assessment criteria or confer an assessment decision)
Learner correctly prepares the samples for loading in the centrifuge.
Learner correctly loads the sample into the centrifuge.
Learner correctly uses the centrifuge.
Learner to use all equipment correctly
Learner to work safely at all times
Learner to explain how the centrifuge works
Learner name:
Learner
signature:
Assessor name:
Assessor
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Date:
Mrs Turner-Smith
Date:
In the space below explain how the centrifuge works.
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