Year 11 Suggested practical activities
Experiments, investigations, demonstrations and exercises
These will be found in the new 5th Edition of Pearson Heinemann Chemistry 1 and 2.
Unit 1
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Type of activity
Name of activity
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11
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Experiment
Exercise
Exercise
Exercise
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
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16
17
Experiment
Exercise
Exercise
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19
20
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22
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Demonstration
Flame tests
The periodic table
Periodic variation in properties of the elements
An investigation of ionisation energies
Oxidation states of transition metals
Modelling metallic lattices
Reactivity of metals with water, acids and oxygen
Growing metal crystals
Investigating sodium chloride
Growing crystals of ionic compounds
Mole simulation and applications
Chemical composition of a compound
Making molecular models
Comparing the physical properties of different
covalent lattices
Buckyballs, nanotubes and other allotropes of carbon
Modelling and naming alkanes
Analysis of the physical properties of the first eight
hydrocarbons
Investigating hydrocarbons
Preparing artificial fragrances and flavours
Making ghost-buster slime
Modelling polymers
Making a condensation polymer
2015 source of
activity
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
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4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
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4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
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4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
Unit 2
Number
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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10
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Type of activity
Experiment
Investigation
Demonstration
Investigation
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Demonstration
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Demonstration
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
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Experiment
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Exercise
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Exercise
25
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27
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Name of activity
Molar heats of solutions
Properties of water
Effect of polarity on solubility
Analysis of local water
Stalagmite from a supersaturated solution
Precipitation reactions
Purification of polluted water
Deriving a solubility curve
Beetroot: A natural indicator
Universal indicator colour display
Strong and weak acids
Amphiprotic substances in water
Reactions of hydrochloric acid
Dilution
Oxidation-reduction reactions
Corrosion 1
Corrosion 2
The electrochemical series of metals
Products of a decomposition reaction
Gravimetric analysis of chicken soup
Gravimetric determination of sulfur as sulfate in
fertilizer
Colorimetric determination of phosphorus
content in lawn fertiliser
Concentration of caffeine in a cola drink by UVvisible spectroscopy – data analysis
AAS - Determination of concentration of iron in a
breakfast cereal - data analysis
Chromatography of inks and smarties
Preparation of a standard solution
Analysis of brick cleaner
2015 source of activity
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
3rd ed TRB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
3rd ed TRB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2