Unit 7I Lesson 1 Why are fuels useful?

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Why are fuels useful?

Lesson 7I 1

 

Aim: Give two reasons why fuels are useful & learn how to use a thermometer properly.   

Key words: Energy, Thermometer, Celsius, Heat, Light, transformed.

 

Starter: You have probably heard of the word energy and you probably understand that there are several different types of energy; they are electric, elastic, gravitational potential, light, heat, kinetic (movement), sound and chemical. Try out a key word search to familiarise yourself with these terms.

Mr C will show you a diagram on the whiteboard, how many energy types can you identify on the picture?

You also need to know that energy can change from one type to another (in fact it frequently does!) but can never be destroyed.

Main:

Using thermometers practical

During this practical you will learn how to use thermometers properly and why it is important to use them in the correct scientific way. You will be using a Bunsen burner to heat a beaker of water and will be using 3 different thermometers to record the temperature at certain time intervals. The thermometers will be placed in different parts of the beaker during heating. The idea is to compare the temperature of different parts of the beaker at different times.

You should find that water in different parts of the beaker have different temperatures.

Why is it important to consider this when conducting scientific experiments?

Answers: Fair test, reliability of results etc.

You should record your results in a table and write a short conclusion to the experiment.

Plenary: A practice SATs question related to Thermometers.

 

Homework: None set today.

 

Specification Link up

·         Sc4 –5d

·         Sc1 2f,g,h,k,m,n

 

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