Unit 5 Task 3 - Scientific Report & Skills Development - AAQ Pearson Applied Science

Complete “Ready to go” lesson with no adapting necessary!
New for AAQ Pearson Applied Science BTEC from Sept 2025 Specification
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Layout of the lesson
• Introduction to the criteria to completing and achieving distinction in Task 3
• How a scientific report should be written with examples and a student task that follows to boost confidence.
• How to write an introduction broken down into paragraphs
• What does repeatable and reproducible mean and how to write a method. Student identify flaws and practice rewriting a poorly written method. Students then can apply this skill to write their final method with a checklist of content that should be included in their methods
• What should be in the results section and the different types of graphs. This is followed by a task where students identify the most appropriate graph for each scenario and make a list of graph rules. Students will then draw their own graphs relevant to their investigation
• How to write a discussion with examples and evidence to include
• Students discuss from their results whether their results support their hypothesis and then evaluate whether their hypothesis was actually tested by their investigation design using a series of prompts
• What is an evaluation and how should an evaluation be written with examples. Students can be provided with a series of questions to support them in identifying areas of strength and weakness in different areas of their own investigation as well as suggesting improvements
• Students are provided with a series of questions to aid them in identifying how their investigation could be extended further
• Students are provided guidance in writing their title and abstract
• Students are provided a list of skills that they should reflect and evaluate with a structure of how to write a reflective piece on how their skills have developed. This is supported with a scaffold with areas to think about for each skills
• Reflection on how the skills students have developed in this unit can apply to life outside of lessons

PRINTING REQUIREMENTS - Additional printouts that can be used that provide prompts to support students with evaluating their own skills and investigations

Please note the student guide is there to support students and does not replace their log book or project proposal work
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This lesson follows my usual style and contains:
•Recall starter to build retention of previously learned content
•Clear levelled learning objectives and outcomes
•Clear and modern layout utilising GIFS and Youtube
• Variety of tasks and plenaries with self assessment to assess progress
• ANSWERS INCLUDED!

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