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Year 9 Science: Chemical Reactions

April 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Chemistry, Year 9

Chemical Reactions Notes View more PowerPoint from duncanpatti Thanks to Duncan Patti for producing the slideshow above, which is a good summary of what you should know about chemical reactions from Year 7 and 8 science and an introduction to Year 9 Chemistry. You need to know the difference between a physical change and a [...]

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It’s a Material World!

March 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Chemistry, Year 9

Choose a Study Mode Scatter Learn Flashcards Study these flash cards | Study science flash cards So far this term we have done lots of experiments to demonstrate the properties of different materials, such as:  ”Making Rayon – a regenerated fibre”; “Making a Colloid – sulfur and methylated spirits in water” “Making a Gel” and [...]

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Welcome Back – Year 9 Science 2012!

February 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Chemistry

Welcome back to school for another fabulous year of science and learning! Please bookmark this site for future reference as this will be the starting point for all our science studies during the year. Our first unit of work will build on your knowledge of matter, atoms and molecules, elements and compounds and chemical reactions. [...]

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Chromotography with Smarties and Autumn leaves

April 30th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Chemistry, Practical Experiments, Year 7

Chromotography  is a collective term for a set of laboratory techniques used to separate mixtures. It includes paper chromotography, thin-layer chromotography and gas chromotography. Paper chromotography is used for separating mixtures such as inks and dyes. In our practical experiment, we will use the natural food  dyes used to colour “Smarties”, although the artificial colouring used [...]

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Investigating Elements

February 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Chemistry, Google Docs, Practical Experiments, Year 8

  photo © 2010 Bascom Oswald Hogue | more info (via: Wylio)               The drawing above is from Wylio,  a great place to search for free-to-use images for your blogs and wikis. It shows a diagram of the model of an atom, with a central nucleus and the path [...]

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