Teaching enquiry with mysteries incorporated
A set of tried and tested curriculum resources which aim to improve students' enquiry skills and increase engagement.
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Grit on the streets
In the context of finding out why we grit roads in winter, students are shown what happens when salt is sprinkled onto ice lollies. They are then asked If they believe that the temperature of the ice lolly with the salt will increase or decrease, causing it to melt faster. Students then investigate some...
Gelli baff
Gelli Baff, a crystalline powder, has been dumped into a bathtub filled with water. How can you force the hydrogel to go down the plughole in order to drain the bathtub?
In this investigation, students learn about swelling reactions, balanced reactions, and polymerisation. Students should be able to...
Eating nails
In this investigation, students extract iron from a breakfast cereal and consider how our bodies are able to digest iron by looking at its reactions with hydrochloric acid.
Clock reaction
Two translucent liquids are mixed. At first, nothing happens: the resulting solution is still translucent. Suddenly, with no warning, the solution turns blue-black all at once.
Curriculum links include redox reactions, rate of reaction, kinetics
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| Subject(s) | Mathematics, Science |
|---|---|
| Age | 7-11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx6ah |
