Name: _________________________________
Final grade: _____________
CONCLUSION
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Title: Flame Test Lab
Name
Group members
Class name (chemistry) and teacher
Date
 State purposes of the lab:
o To observe what happens when
you give electrons extra energy
o To determine the color of each
element’s flame
o To identify unknown metals based
on the color of their flame
 Provide background information:
o What are electrons, where are
they, and why are they important?
o What does it mean when electrons
are in their ground state?
 Title
 Bullet
points
 Quantitativ
e amounts
(numbers)
 Paragraph
form
 Past tense
 3rd person (the
chemicals were
combined, the
color change
was observed,
etc.)
Paragraph 1:
 Restate purposes of the lab
 Summarize what you did in 1-3
sentences
Paragraph 2: Summarize Known
Substances Results
 State your results from data table 1 in
words (During the flame test the
calcium produced a red flame, etc.)
 Which chemicals produced the same
color?
 What do these chemicals have in
common?
 Predict what color flame magnesium
would produce. Support your
statement with evidence from the lab.
o
Size 12
Times New Roman or Arial
Double spaced
Headings in bold (intro, materials, etc.)
Why do electrons go to their excited state, and what is
their excited state?
o What happens when elements go from their excited
state to ground state?
o What’s a flame test?
o Why does each element produce a different colored
flame?
 Summarize what you did (the procedure) in 1-3 sentences
 Honors only: include and correctly cite outside research (ex:
other elements’ flame tests, connection to fireworks, info on
the quantum mechanical model of the atom- MUST BE IN
YOUR OWN WORDS AND YOU MUST UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU’RE WRITING!)
EXAMPLES ON THE BACK OF THIS PAPER!
 Table 1: Known Substances
o Title
o Correctly formatted chemical formulas
o Your data
o Full and abbreviated electron configurations
 Table 2: Unknown Substances
o Title
o Your data
o Your hypotheses about the identities of the
substances
Paragraph 3: Unknown Substances
 State your results from data table 2 in words (During the flame
test unknown substance 1 produced an orange flame, etc.)
 Explain how you determined the identities of the unknown
substances- USE YOUR DATA FROM TABLE 1!
o You must use evidence to support your claims
Paragraph 4:
 Identify 1 error in your experiment
 Explain HOW error affected data
 Suggest how to fix error
 Name at least 1 other change you would make to improve the
lab and get better results
 1 future question (EXAMPLE: for my next lab, I would use a
larger flame and see if that affects the color of each element’s
flame)
DATA TABLES
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PROCEDURE
MATERIALS
INTRODUCTION
FORMATTING
Flame Test Lab Report Checklist
TABLE 1: KNOWN SUBSTANCES
Chemical Formula of
Compound
Metal
1. BaCl2
Barium (Ba)
2. K2CO3
Potassium (K)
3. NaHCO3
Sodium (Na)
4. SrCl2
Strontium (Sr)
5. NaCl
Sodium (Na)
6. CaCl2
Calcium (Ca)
7. LiCl
Lithium (Li)
8. CuSO4
Copper (Cu)
Flame Color
Metal’s Full Electron
Configuration
Metal’s Abbreviated Electron Configuration
Same as #3
Same as #3
TABLE 2: UNKNOWN SUBSTANCES
Number of Unknown Compound
1
2
3
4
5
Flame Color
Identity of Metal Based on Flame Test (you may list multiple options)
Grade yourself (1-4) on the extent to which you met our classroom expectations
in class today:
1. _______I came to class on time with all of my materials.
2. _______I tried my best, stayed focused, and worked hard.
3. _______I participated in class today (raised my hand to ask or answer a
question, volunteer, etc.).
4. _______I contributed to making this class a better learning environment for
myself and others.
Today I am proud that I _____________________________
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Tomorrow I will work on ____________________________
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Grade yourself (1-4) on the extent to which you met our classroom expectations
in class today:
1. _______I came to class on time with all of my materials.
2. _______I tried my best, stayed focused, and worked hard.
3. _______I participated in class today (raised my hand to ask or answer a
question, volunteer, etc.).
4. _______I contributed to making this class a better learning environment for
myself and others.
Today I am proud that I _____________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Tomorrow I will work on ____________________________
_________________________________________________
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Grade yourself (1-4) on the extent to which you met our classroom expectations
in class today:
1. _______I came to class on time with all of my materials.
2. _______I tried my best, stayed focused, and worked hard.
3. _______I participated in class today (raised my hand to ask or answer a
question, volunteer, etc.).
4. _______I contributed to making this class a better learning environment for
myself and others.
Today I am proud that I _____________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Tomorrow I will work on ____________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Grade yourself (1-4) on the extent to which you met our classroom expectations
in class today:
1. _______I came to class on time with all of my materials.
2. _______I tried my best, stayed focused, and worked hard.
3. _______I participated in class today (raised my hand to ask or answer a
question, volunteer, etc.).
4. _______I persevered through challenges today.
5. _______I contributed to making this class a better learning environment for
myself and others.
Today I am proud that I _____________________________
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Tomorrow I will work on ____________________________
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