Energy

Knowledge of energetics can help understand the process of a reaction and the conditions under which it operates. It also develops knowledge of the link between individual bond energies and the net energy gain or loss as well as the realisation that energy is not just heat. This programme is designed to develop students understanding of energetics as well as developing thinking and research skills. Adaptable for use with students at different stages of their secondary school science curriculum, it includes the following activities:

• Heating copper(II) sulfate
• Endothermic solid-solid reaction
• Spontaneous exothermic reaction
• Exothermic or endothermic: measuring energy transfers in a range of reactions
• Measuring heat energy of fuels
• Chemiluminescence
• Diagnostic test