Heating copper in air
In association with Nuffield Foundation
Explore the reaction of copper with oxygen to produce copper oxide by heating a copper envelope in this practical
The downloadable resources include two levels of student worksheet (scaffolded and unscaffolded) with practical method and follow-up questions. Also included are lesson slides, teacher and technician notes containing answers to the questions on the student worksheets.
Suitable for use with 11–14 year old learners. The follow-up questions link the practical to quantitative chemistry topics including reactants and products, representing chemcial reactions and conservation of mass.