1. Understanding Standards: Chemistry National 3 to Advanced Higher
An Overview of Standards and Assessment

2. Aims
To provide subject specialists with a general overview of the standards for both Unit and Course assessments.

3. What this Presentation Covers
Course Structure
Assessing Outcome 1 of a standard Unit
Assessing Outcome 2 of a standard Unit
Assessing National 4 Added Value Unit
Assessing Higher Researching Chemistry Unit
Assessing Advanced Higher Researching Chemistry Unit
Higher & National 5 Course Assessment – Question Paper
National 5 Course Assessment – Assignment
Higher Course Assessment – Assignment
Advanced Higher Course Assessment – Question paper
Advanced Higher Course Assessment – Project report

4. Course Structure

5. Course Structure Level Number of Units Course Assessment National 3 3
Internally assessed
National 4 4
National 5
Question paper
Assignment report
Higher
Advanced Higher
Project report

6. National 3 to Higher Units
Each level has three standard Units
- Chemical Changes and Structure
- Nature’s Chemistry
- Chemistry in Society
Each of these Units has two Outcomes which are subdivided into a number of Assessment Standards.
National 4 also has an Added Value Unit (AVU).
Higher also has a Researching Chemistry Unit

7. Advanced Higher Units Advanced Higher has two standard Units
- Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis
Each of these standard Units has two Outcomes which are subdivided into a number of Assessment Standards.
Advanced Higher has a Researching Chemistry Unit
This Unit also has two Outcomes and Outcome 1 is subdivided into three Assessment Standards. .

8. Unit Assessment All Units are internally assessed.
Unit Assessment Support Packs (UASPs), published on the SQA secure site, provide:
Guidance for candidates
Suggested assessment activities
Conditions for assessment
Marking guidance