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Sophie Eccles

Project Presentation

Sophie Eccles

Redland Green School, Bristol

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Redland Green School

• Open fully since September 2007.

• Pupils in years 7, 8 and 12.

• Bristol’s new flagship school.

• 11-16 school.

• The North Bristol Post 16 Centre.

• Special Claremont School facility.

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Why I Went to Redland Green

• To be extra help in science lessons.

• To start up and run a science club.

• To give extra tuition to less able post 16 students.

• To survey post 16 students

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Why I Went to Redland Green

• Use chemistry to inspire and excite pupils.

• Demystify chemistry and university.

• Encourage chemistry at higher education.

• Be a chemistry student role model.

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Why I Went to Redland Green• Learn and improve

- explaining complex ideas in simple language.

- dealing with difficult questions and behaviour.

- organising and coordinating large groups and their activities.

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Science Club• Held once a week

• Years 7 & 8

• Attendance grew and varied between 12-22

• Worked with physics UAS student, the Head of Science and other science staff

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Set up and Materials

For each session we

- researched a topic, good demonstrations and experiments that the pupils could do.- produced a power-point presentation.- produced a handout.- did a risk assessment.

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Science Club – Dry IceDemonstrations• Expanding rubber glove• Screeching under pressure• Colour changes with pH variation

Pupil Activity• Dry ice in shallow or deep, cold or hot water and adding washing up liquid

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Fireworks and Flame Tests

Demonstrations

• How to do the experiment (safely)

• Which compounds produced which colours

Pupils Activity

• ‘Guess the compound’ from the flame test colour.

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Making Hand warmers-Investigating Exothermic Reactions

• Given their task.

• Work out which masses of CaCl2 they would test.

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Making Hand warmers-Investigating Exothermic Reactions

• Measured temperature rise of the water and plotted a graph with their results.

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Making Hand warmers-Investigating Exothermic Reactions

• Read off ideal mass from the graph.

• Make the heat packs.

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Heat Energy and Combustion

Demonstrations• Candle under beaker.• Chip pan fire.

Discussion of the fire triangle

Demonstrations• Methanol rockets• Non-burning £5 notes

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Heat Energy and Combustion

Discussion

• Explosive hydrogen – Hindenburg Disaster

Experiment

• Hydrogen squeaky pop

• Collection of gas under water

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Acknowledgements

• Tim Harrison

• Dr Smith

• All the staff at RGS

• Fellow UAS students

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