In Search of Solutions: Burning candles lose mass, use this knowledge to make a timer. Linking to topics on combustion and friction.
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In Search of Solutions: A birthday cake candle timer
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- Republic of Ireland
- Junior Cycle
- Science
- The nature of science
- Investigating science
- 3. Design, plan and conduct investigations; explain how reliability, accuracy, precision, fairness, safety, ethics, and the selection of suitable equipment have been considered.
- 5. Review and reflect on the skills and thinking used in carrying out investigations, and apply their learning and skills to solving problems in unfamiliar contexts.
- Investigating science
- Chemical world
- Building blocks
- 1. Investigate whether mass is unchanged when chemical and physical changes take place.
- 2. Develop and use models to describe the nature of matter; demonstrate how they provide a simple way to to account for the conservation of mass, changes of state, physical change, chemical change, mixtures, and their separation.
- Building blocks
- The nature of science
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- Junior Cycle
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