Courses

Advanced Higher - Demonstrations

Unit 1
Experiment	Additional points
CCD No 49: The reaction of sodium with chlorine	See a movie clip of the reaction at http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM
CCD No 72: Reactions of the alkali metals
CCD No 75: The reaction of magnesium with steam
CCD No 51: Making silicon and silanes from sand	Can lead to a discussion on bond energies and availability of d-orbitals in silicon but not in carbon
CCD No 92: The oxidation states of vanadium
CCD No 93: Complexes of nickel (II) with ethylenediamine

Unit 2
Experiment	Additional points
CCD No 9: Phenolphthalein as an indicator
CCD No 10: Strong and weak acids: the common ion effect
CCD No 57: The enthalpy and entropy changes on the vaporisation of water
CCD No 74: The thermit reaction
CCD No 78: Following the reaction of sodium thiosulphate and acid using a colorimeter

Unit 3
Experiment	Additional points
CCD No 13: The optical activity of sucrose
CCD 47: The photochemical reactions of chlorine with hydrogen and with methane