This is a Microscience Kit which encompasses a large proportion of the Year 10 (Key Stages 3 & 4) Practical Curriculum. It is designed for individual use or for use in small groups. Curriculum based worksheets and guides are available. The system is recognized by curriculum and examination authorities.
The Microscience Workstation covers:
Biology, Chemistry & Physics.
Worksheets and Guides available to complement this workstation cover the following experiments for the Chemistry curriculum:
Worksheets and Guides available for use with this kit cover the following experiments for the Physics curriculum:
Worksheets and Guides available to complement this kit cover the following experiments for the Biology curriculum:
Topics that may be covered with this workstation include:
...many more experiments can be performed.
The Microscience Workstation covers:
Biology, Chemistry & Physics.
Worksheets and Guides available to complement this workstation cover the following experiments for the Chemistry curriculum:
- To grow crystals using alum or copper sulphate
- To separate mixtures using a variety of techniques: filtration; evaporation; distillation; paper chromatography.
- To investigate the pH of a variety of materials using the pH scale
- To prepare a sample of oxygen by decomposing H2 02 using Mn 02 as a catalyst (word equation and chemical equation)
- To prepare carbon dioxide (word equation and chemical equation) and show that it does not support combustion
- To conduct a qualitative experiment to detect the presence of dissolved solids in water samples, and test water for hardness (soap test)
- To titrate HCl against Na0H , and prepare a sample NaCl
- To investigate the reaction between zinc and HCl, and test for hydrogen (word equation and chemical equation)
- To carry out an experiment to demonstrate that oxygen and water are necessary for rusting
Worksheets and Guides available for use with this kit cover the following experiments for the Physics curriculum:
- To identify different forms of energy and carry out simple experiments to show the following energy conversions -
- Chemical energy to electrical energy to heat energy
Electrical energy to magnetic energy to kinetic energy
Light energy to electrical energy to kinetic energy - To investigate and describe the expansion of solids, liquids and gases when heated, and contraction when cooled.
Worksheets and Guides available to complement this kit cover the following experiments for the Biology curriculum:
- The action of catalase on hydrogen peroxide
- The action of amylase on starch
- The action of amylase on starch over a period of time
- The effect of temperature on the activity of the amylase
- The effect of pH on the activity of amylase
- The effect of rennin on milk
- The effect of bromelin on gelatine
- Benedict's test for reducing sugar
- Benedict's test for non-reducing sugar
- Iodine test for starch
- Iodine test for cellulose
- Emulsion test
- The grease spot test
- Biuret test for proteins
- Plant and Enzyme studies
Topics that may be covered with this workstation include:
- Materials and their properties - mixtures
- Acids & Bases
- Patterns of behaviour - metal
- Materials & their properties - useful products from oil
- Materials and their properties - rates of reaction
- Materials and their properties - the periodic table
- Materials and their properties - useful products from air
- Materials and their properties - energy transfer in reactions
- Materials and their properties - useful products from ores and rocks
- Chemical equilibrium
- Organic Chemistry
- Miscellaneous
...many more experiments can be performed.
