Welcome to LC Chemistry: Running the Chemistry in Practice Investigation. This short course has six lessons of about 25 minutes. You know your chemistry; this course is about running the investigation with a whole class, from the brief to the signed Authentication Form P.2.
In this first lesson you rate your confidence, see how the investigation runs this year, and study a class planner built back from the completion date. Then you note your class's next date. Your survey, reflections and plan across the six lessons compile into a downloadable Professional Learning Portfolio when you finish.
Before the presentation, rate your confidence on the five areas this course develops. There are no right answers. You will rate the same five statements at the end of the course, so you can compare each rating with your first.
Watch this presentation on the Chemistry in Practice Investigation as it runs now: the two assessment components, the 2027 brief and its completion date, the six stages and their hours, and planning back from the completion date.
Study this class planner, filled in for an invented sixth-year class working to the 2027 brief and planned back from the completion date. Read the notes on each choice.
Download the blank planner to use with your own class: Investigation class planner (Word).
Use the planner you have just studied to start a plan for your own class. Download the blank template if you want the full planner beside you: Investigation class planner (Word). On screen, answer one question. It saves to your Professional Learning Portfolio as My Class's Next Date.
In this lesson you set a confidence baseline and mapped how the investigation runs this year.
| Key idea | Why it matters for your teaching | Classroom application |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 brief: 200 marks, 40% of Leaving Certificate Chemistry, on chemical reactions and the factors used to control their rate | The coursework must be carried out and submitted to the class teacher by Friday 23 April 2027, and schools cannot extend that date | Put the date at the top of your class planner and plan back from it |
| Six stages, approximately 20 hours | The guidelines give an indicative time for each stage; the stages need not run in one continuous block | Start your class at the stage they have reached, and keep up to 4 hours for the final stage |
| The experiment under your supervision | The experiment and the gathering of its primary data are fully completed under the Chemistry teacher's direct supervision | Our suggestion: book the laboratory for the experiment sessions early, and note the dates in the Investigation class planner (Word) |
Next: Stage 1 and Stage 2, the 2027 topic word for word, the guidelines' prompt questions and the investigative log.
Enrol to take the whole course. Your work is saved as you go, and you get a certificate when you finish.