Skip to main content
Skip to navigation

Creative Problem Solving in Chemistry - Jets of liquids

No comments

Investigate what happens when different charged plastics are held near a jet of water issuing from a burette, and explain your observations.

Downloads

Jets of liquids
Handout | PDF, Size 36.83 kb
Using the problems
PDF, Size 30.49 kb

No comments

Level

Use

Category

Specification

England
- A/AS level
Republic of Ireland
- Leaving Certificate
  - Chemistry
    - 2. Chemical bonding
      - 2.3 Covalent Bonding
        Activities
        Polarity test for liquids (use of charged plastic rod).
        Depth of treatment
        Covalent bonding as the sharing of pairs of electrons. Single, double and triple covalent bonds.
        Polar and non-polar covalent bonding.
        Characteristics of covalent substances.
      - 2.5 Shapes of Molecules and Intermolecular Forces
        Depth of treatment
        Distinction between intramolecular bonding and intermolecular forces. Intermolecular forces: van der Waals', dipole-dipole, hydrogen bonding.
Wales
- A/AS level
  - WJEC Chemistry
    - Unit 1: THE LANGUAGE OF CHEMISTRY, STRUCTURE OF MATTER AND SIMPLE REACTIONS
      - 1.4 Bonding
        (d) concepts of electronegativity and bond polarity
        (f) permanent and temporary dipoles and their relative effects on physical properties, such as boiling temperature and solubility

Related articles

Exhibition chemistry
Brew up interest in redox with this speedy vanadium demo
2023-01-23T10:00:00Z
Use this fresh, fast approach to demonstrate the colourful oxidation states of vanadium
CPD
How to teach ionic bonding at 14–16
2022-12-13T07:00:00Z
Steer students away from ionic bonding misconceptions with these ideas for your classroom
Resource
Spot the entropy errors worksheet | 16–18 years
Develop your learners’ metacognitive skills using thermodynamics questions and calculations

No comments yet

You're not signed in.

Only registered users can comment on this article.

Register

More Resources

Resource
Student risk assessment: preparing a salt | 14–16 years
Two worksheets to guide learners in recognizing hazards, evaluating risks and identifying control measures
Resource
Decomposition reactions | 11–14 years
Differentiated worksheets guide learners to consider word equations, symbol equations and conservation of mass linked to simple decomposition reactions
Resource
Structure and bonding: exploding exam questions | 14–16 years
Present and prastice a technique to help learners understand the language used in extended-reponse questions and improve their answers