School Science Lessons
Chemistry experiments
2009-06-23
Please send comments to: J.Elfick@uq.edu.au
Chemistry index and
minerals, alphabetical list of terms
Index items A to B
Index items C
Index items D to H
Index items I to N
Index items O to P
Index items Q to S
Index items T to Z
See: Chemistry
appendix
See:
Primary school chemistry lessons
See: "Images of
atoms" by Tony Wright
Table of contents
Chemical names.
Periodic table
Table of elements
History
Topic 3 Laboratory safety
Topic 4 Equipment
Topic 5 Chemical solutions
Topic
6 Measurement
Topic 7 Chemical substances,
chemical
properties, chemical changes, colloids
Topic 7a Suspensions, solutions,
colloids
Topic 8 Combustion, burning, effect
when heat substances
Topic 9 Crystals, macromolecules,
polymers, plastics
Topic 10 Separation of pure
substances,
chemical and
physical separation
Topic 11 Matter, structure of
matter, atoms,
ions, molecules, bonding
Topic 12 Chemical equations, types
of chemical reactions, acids
Topic12A Salts, buffer solutions,
tests, activity series, carbonates, oxides
Topic 12B Reactions of metallic
elements
Topic 12C Periodic table,
halogens, sulfur
Topic 12D Soaps, detergents,
surfactants, water hardness
Topic 12E Neutralization,
titrations, tests for unknown substances
Topic 12B Reactions of elements
with their salts and compounds
Topic 12C Periodic table,
reactions of halogens
Topic 12D Bases, soaps,
detergents, surfactants, water hardness
Topic 12E Tests for unknown
substances, confirmatory tests, group tests
Topic 12F Reactions nitrogen and
oxygen
Topic 13 Gases, prepare gases
Topic 14 Thermochemistry, heat of
reaction, chemical bonds
Topic 15 Electrochemistry,
electrochemical
cells, electrolytic cells
Topic 16 Organic chemistry,
hydrocarbons, food
tests, biochemistry
Topic 16a Chemistry of natural
products, food tests
Topic 17 Rate of reaction,
catalysts, enzymes, chemical equilibrium
Topic 18 Environmental chemistry
Topic 18a Swimming pool chemistry
Topic 19 Chemicals in the home,
home chemistry
Topic 19a Food
preservation, food chemistry, shopping chemistry
Topic 19b Cooking, fabrics, hardware, beauty, household chemicals
Primary school chemistry lessons
2.20 Spirit burner (alcohol lamp)
2.21 Heat substances
2.41 Mix and dissolve
2.42 Mix liquids
2.43 Different metals
2.44 Candle
flame
2.21 Heat
substances
4.14 Prepare crystals
4.19 Invisible inks
4.40 Heat and cool water
4.41 Ice experiments
5.35 Fertilizer trial
5.39 Make clay pots
5.40 Make potash from ash
5.41 Keep water clean
5.42 Heated air expands
5.43 Burn to make carbon
6.35 Burn candle over water
History of these chemistry experiments
1. UNESCO Chemistry Experiments (this document) had its origin from
the publication of "Main Points in Chemistry" The Jacaranda Press,
1985, ISBN: 0 7016 1915 5, by Dr Alan Cook, previously at the
Queensland University of Technology. This publication was not designed
to replace any chemistry text but to provide an efficient means of
focussing on the main points in chemistry in the simplest and most
easily understood language. The original idea was to complement this
text with a manual of simple experiments that best displayed the main
points.
2. The next stage was the survey "School Science Curriculum
Analysis" that was conducted from Science and Technology Section of
UNESCO, Paris
headquarters. Classification of science topics used in the survey was
based on the publication "SPINES Thesaurus, A controlled and structured
vocabulary for information and processing in the field of science and
technology for development", English/Multilingual 1988 edition of the
1984 revision, UNESCO, ISBN: 92-3-102257-1. This UNESCO document was
compiled by the UNESCO Secretariat and B. de Padriac. This survey
obtained data from 78 respondents in 56 countries on what was being
taught at primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary levels of
science education. The results of this survey were used to make a
collection of experiments starting from revision of the "New UNESCO
source book for science teaching" 1979 UNESCO Paris ISBN 92-3-101058-1.
Various organizations and authors allowed accounts of their experiments
to be used.
3. The next stage was prepared in collaboration with Professor Mrs
He Xiang Shan and the staff of the Chemistry Department of Capital
Normal
University, Beijing, China. This collaboration resulted in the
publication of "GUOWAI ZHONGXUE SHIYAN HUAXUE (Overseas Middle School
Experiments - Chemistry) (J. Elfick editor) Authors: He Xiangshan and
Lin Xiaohong Language: Chinese No. Volumes: 1 No. Pages: 274 pages Date
of publication: December 1996 ISBN 7-81039-804-0/G.661 Price: Yuan
9.80.
The difficult work of coordination and interpretation was done by
UNESCO Assistant Programme Officers Mr Howard Jiang and Ms Ye Mai.
The publication was used for in-service training and was thoroughly
reviewed by chemistry teachers in China. This book is on the Ministry
of Education, People's Republic of China "All China Approved Book List
for Primary and Secondary Schools" and is on sale to the public in
China.
4. This document is the edited English version of "Overseas Middle
School Experiments - Chemistry" designed to give a wider choice of
experiments to teachers of chemistry in Chinese middle schools. The
amount of descriptive detail in the experiments is designed to be the
minimum needed for doing the experiment by a trained chemistry teacher.
Each experiment is thought to be one of the simplest and least
expensive ways of displaying the idea. However, a teacher should
check the experimental details in a chemistry book recommended for use
in that school system.
Chemical
names used in this document are usually the standard names
followed by synonyms. These names were checked with "Education
Queensland (Australia) Aspects of Science
management: A reference manual for Schools" 1997 and Philip Harris, UK
catalogue.