Demonstrate understanding of chemical processes in the world around us
You need to pick a real chemical process from the world around you—either an environmental problem (like acid rain or ocean acidification) or a new technology (like polymers or pharmaceuticals)—and explain how the chemistry actually works. Your explanation needs to use proper chemistry vocabulary, symbols, equations, and show you understand what's really happening at the chemical level.
You explain a chemical process clearly with correct terminology and equations, describing what happens and why.
You explain the links between the chemical process and its real-world consequences, showing how one thing leads to another with integrated chemistry knowledge.
You evaluate the wider impacts and issues caused by the chemical process, comparing different effects or analysing trade-offs, with consistent use of chemistry concepts throughout.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.