The five sample reports

I’ve labelled the samples as A, B, C, D and E. Four of them are based on primary data obtained in the school laboratory, the fifth is based on secondary data obtained from other sources. The title/research questions are:

A: Is there a comparison between the activation energy of 2-bromo-2-methylpropane (when reacted in an S_N1 reaction with sodium iodide) and the bond enthalpy of the carbon-bromine bond involved in the reaction?

B: Which are more effective, inorganic catalysts or enzymes?

C: The effect of chain length on the enthalpy and efficiency of primary alcohols compared to alkanes.

D: Oxidation of ethanol in white wine.

E. Bond angle analysis – How do the bond angles of certain compounds differ from the predictions modelled from VSEPR Theory when certain functional groups are added? – Specifically looking at the effect of substituted halogen atoms on the geometry of methane.

The school, the individual teachers and the five students who wrote the reports have all given me permission to reproduce them here on the understanding that they are anonymous.  If you would like to try to mark them blind yourself to compare how you mark with the teachers' marking then I have included a clean copy of the reports. You can then, if you wish, click on the 'eye'* to reveal a copy annotated with the teachers’ comments together with a breakdown of the marks awarded for each of the five assessment criteria as well as the total mark and corresponding grade.

*If you are accessing this page as a free page (rather than as a teacher from a subscribing school) then the 'eye' will not work but you can also access all five reports with the teachers comments  and breakdown of marks by clicking here.

Note that, unlike the moderated sample page, I have not given my own comments.