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Unit No: 7H

Lesson Title: Still water

NC Ref:
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Objectives:

MK - What ‘pure’ water is, distillation separates a liquid from anything dissolved in it.

Understand — water vapour, steam, condense, distillation

SK - Explain distillation using particle ideas.

CK - applied to crude oil, desalination.

 

Lesson outline:    Time

MK

•     Review evaporation from last lesson — that it is used to obtain a dissolved solid from solution. As scientists, we often want the solvent and not the solute

•     Demonstration — Heat some ink in a large conical flask with a watch glass over the top, ask the students if they can see anything on the underside of the watch glass. They will see drops of water forming. Lead towards the idea that the water vapour needs to be collected

•     Practical — Students to distil some ink. SS56 shows students the general set up.

•     Demonstration — Mix some ethanol and water in a 1:1 ratio. The 2 liquids mix but have different BPts. Put some ethanol, water and ethanol/water mix on 3 watch glasses. Put a lit splint into each — only the ethanol will catch light. Distil using quick fit. Test the distillate with a lit splint.

•     Plenary — MK — Distillation separates liquid from anything dissolved in it. It involves evaporation then condensation. 7Hc/1 and 7Hc/3

                      SK — Use particle ideas to explain the process. 7Hc/3

    CK — Distillation can be used to separate liquids of different

boiling points. 7Hc/3

•     Exploring Science P94 — 97.

         7Hc/3 could be used as homework

Homework:  7Hc/3

Resources: SS56 7Hc/1 7Hc/3 Conical flasks, delivery tubes for conical flasks, test tubes, inky water, thermometer, anti bumping granules, large conical flask, 4 watch glasses, 1 quick fit distillation apparatus, ethanol, splints

 

Risk Assessment: safety glasses. Anti bumping granules are a must with all distillations. Ethanol is flammable — take care when heating water/ethanol mix, keep flame away from condenser