Assessment activity 3.1

BTEC Level 3

The scenario: P1, M1, D1, P2, P3

• You are working for a company making electrical power lines and due to the austerity measures brought in by the coalition government you have been asked to review the material selection for these power lines.

• Resistance is what causes millions of pounds of waste due to loss of electrical energy via heating. How can this be reduced?

To do

P1: State what you plan to achieve

P2: Use research notes, and list your notes in rough according to the suggested protocol (see textbook) ready for your final report

P1: Produce a concise hypothesis from your research (if… then…)

To do

M1: Draw a table of your research references showing the information from each. Analyse which ones are relevant to your work and which ones are not and discuss giving reasons

To do

P3: Write out a method

D1: Outline any other methods you may have considered and give the

reasons to justify your final choice

Grading tips

• To achieve P1, P2 and M1 make sure you provide good points of reference and background information from many sources. List each source as you work through them

• To achieve P3 include descriptions of the main aspects covered in ‘Method’ in the textbook

• There are various ways to approach the investigation, make sure you evaluate them fully to achieve D1