How to Dazzle at Being a Scientist
Key stage: Key Stage 3
No. of pages 48
Published: 1999
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This book is part of a book series called How To Dazzle At .
This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Brilliant Publications .
This book has the following chapters: Introduction; Links to the National Curriculum at Key Stage 3; BASIC SKILLS; How to plan an investigation; How to use a Bunsen burner; How to heat substances; Evaporation; How to use a microscope; How to prepare a microscope slide; SEPARATING TECHNIQUES; How to separate the substances found in rock salt; How to separate coloured dyes; How to separate salt from salt water by distillation; How to separate paraffin from water; MEASURING; How to use a measuring cylinder; How to use a metre rule; How to use a digital balance; How to demonstrate Hooke's law; How to use a thermometer; ACIDS AND ALKALIS; How to detect acids and alkalis; How do carbonates react with acids?; How do metals react with acids?; How to find the pH of a solution; How to make a neutral solution; SALT PREPARATIONS; How to make sodium chloride; How to make copper sulphate; How to make zinc sulphate; LIGHT; What happens when light hits a mirror?; What happens when light travels through glass?; How to find which colours make up white light; How to create white light; ELECTRICITY; How to connect bulbs in series and in parallel; How to use a voltmeter and an ammeter; How to measure resistance; How to wire a plug; MAGNETISM; Learning about magnets; How to plot a magnetic field; How to make an electromagnet; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES; How to spot chemical and physical changes; How to make a new compound from copper carbonate; How to investigate the effect of heat on copper (II) sulphate; FOOD; How to carry out food tests; How much energy is stored in food?; How to test for the presence of starch in a leaf; GLASES AND HOW THEY BEHAVE; How to test for a gas; What causes pressure in gases?; Diffusion in liquids and gases.
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