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Year 12 Suggested practical activities
Experiments, investigations, demonstrations and exercises
Unit 3
Number Types of
activity
1
Experiment
2
Experiment
3
Experiment
4
Demonstration
4
Experiment
5
Demonstration
6
Demonstration
7
Experiment
8
Demonstration
8
Experiment
8
Experiment
9
Experiment
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Experiment
Experiment
Demonstration
Demonstration
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
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30
Demonstration
Experiment
Exercise
Demonstration
Demonstration
Experiment
Demonstration
Investigation
Experiment
Experiment
31
Exercise
33
Experiment
Name of activity
2015 source of
activity
Molar volume of hydrogen
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
Volume-pressure relationships for gases
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
Volume-temperature relationships for gases
4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
Balloon in a flask and the expanding marshmallow 4th Ed TRAB Chem 1
Exothermic and endothermic reactions
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Chemical oven
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Endothermic reaction between two solids
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Molar heats of solutions (also in Year 11)
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Products of combustion of a hydrocarbon
4th Ed TRAB Chem
Energy from different fuels
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Half-cells and the electrochemical series
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Order of half-equations in the electrochemical
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
series
Fuel cells
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Measuring the rate of reaction
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Factors affecting the rate of reaction
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Foam column
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Catalysed chemical rainbow
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Discovering the equilibrium law
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Recovery of silver using competing equilibrium
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Effect of concentration changes on equilibrium
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
yields
Effect of changes in volume on equilibrium yields 4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Effect of temperature on equilibrium yields
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Interpretation of graphs
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Magic writing
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Electrolysis
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Electrolysis of aqueous solutions
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Tin crystals by electrolysis
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Optimum conditions for electroplating
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Faraday’s first law of electrolysis
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Determination of Faraday’s constant and
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Avogadro’s number
Determining Faraday’s first law of electrolysis
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
using second-hand data
Electroplating
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
Unit 4
Number Types of
activity
1
Experiment
2
Experiment
3
4
Experiment
Exercise
5
Exercise
6
Exercise
7
Experiment
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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18
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Experiment
Name of activity
Modelling functional groups and organic
reactions
Reactions and properties of some organic
compounds
Oxidation of alcohols
Analysis of organic compounds by IR
spectroscopy – data analysis
Interpretation of NMR spectra of a number of
organic compounds – data analysis
Interpretation of a number of mass spectra of
organic compounds – data analysis
Determination of the ethanoic acid concentration
of vinegar
Chromatography of a vegetable extract
Analysis of aspirin tablets
Analysis of ascorbic acid in vitamin C tablets
Making protein models
Testing for proteins
Action of enzymes
Breaking down the starch polymer
Reactions of carbohydrates
Tests for fatty acids and glycerol
Calibration of a calorimeter
Energy of a biscuit/peanut
2015 source of
activity
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
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
4th Ed TRAB Chem 2
3rd Ed TRB Chem 2