| Unit 1 |
| Experiment |
Additional points |
| CCD No 90: Turning ‘red wine’ into water |
Use as an introduction to chemical reactions |
| CCD No 52: Red, white and blue |
Use as an introduction to chemical reactions |
| CCD No 51: Making silicon and silanes from sand |
Use silicon dioxide instead of sand |
| CCD No 29: The reaction of potassium permanganate and
glycerol |
Use to illustrate a chemical reaction |
| CCD No 44: Endothermic solid-solid reactions |
Use ammonium thiocyanate if you wish to freeze the
water |
| CCD No 5: The combustion of iron wool |
Use 20g of barium hydroxide to 10g of ammonium
thiocyanate |
| CCD No 83: The reaction of hydrogen peroxide and
potassium permanganate - ‘cannon fire’ |
Use to illustrate surface area using MnO2
and finely divided MnO2 |
| CCD No 88: Catalysts for the thermal decomposition of
potassium chlorate |
|
| CCD No 12: Catalysis of the reaction between sodium
thiosulphate and hydrogen peroxide |
Sufficient to inform the students that during the
reaction sulphuric acid will be made. Prompt for universal indicator
colour change. |
| CCD No 1: A visible activated complex |
Use to show that a catalyst does take part in a
reaction but remains unchanged at the end. |
| CCD No 79: The fountain experiment |
Use to show the solubility of SO2. |
| Unit 2 |
| Experiment |
Additional points |
| CCD No 34: Flame colours |
Use to introduce Unit 2 |
| CCD No 85: The electrolysis of lead bromide |
|
| CCD No 84: Zinc-plating copper and the formation of
brass - ‘turning copper into ‘silver’ and ‘gold’ |
|
| CCD No 74: The thermit reaction |
|
| CCD No 62: The spontaneous combustion of iron |
|
| CCD No 72: Reactions of the alkali metals |
See also video clip at
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM for the
reaction with chlorine |
| CCD No 36: A controlled hydrogen explosion |
|
| Salter’s Chemistry D4: Egg-splosion |
A variation on CCD 36 and very eye-catching! |
| CCD No 94: The lead-acid accumulator |
|
| CCD No 64: Making nylon-the ‘nylon rope trick |
|
| CCD No 48: Dyeing-three colours from the same
dye-bath |
|
| CCD No 96: A hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell |
Use when discussing alternative energy sources. A
free video on a hydrogen powered car is available from
http://www.bmweducation.co.uk
as are worksheets. |
| CCD No 28: The alcohol ‘gun’ |
Ensure thin walled ‘pop’ bottles are used. DO NOT use
Oxygen in the bottle with the alcohol |
| CCD No 35: The hydrogen rocket |
Ensure thin walled ‘pop’ bottles are used |
| CCD No 61: Identifying the products of combustion |
|
| CCD No 37: The combustion of methane |
Use same apparatus as for CCD 36 |
| CCD No 98: Cracking a hydrocarbon |
|
| CCD No 95: Making polysulphide rubber |
Use as an introduction to making polymers |
| CCD No 15: Urea-methanal polymerisation |
|
| CCD No 21: Phenol-methanal polymerisation |
|
| CCD No 31: Disappearing plastic |
|
| Unit 3 |
| Experiment |
Additional points |
| CCD No 55: Sulphuric acid as a dehydrating agent |
Use to show the definition of a ‘carbohydrate’. This
works well if a syrup of sucrose is prepared and the acid added to it
instead of to the solid. |
| CCD No 99: The cornflour ‘bomb’ |
|
| CCD No 3: Extracting iron from breakfast cereal |
|
| CCD No 50: Unsaturated compounds in food |
Use to show unsaturated fats in food in Unit 3 |
| CCD No 69: The ‘breathalyser’ reaction |
|
| CCD No 30: The non-burning £5 note |
A bit of fun but can be done when discussing alcohols |
