Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry
12.1Experimental design
Experimental design in Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview
Also the home of the practical skills assessed in Papers 5 and 6 (section 4 of the syllabus: planning, measuring, recording, interpreting and evaluating).
Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 12.1.1Name suitable apparatus for measuring time, temperature, mass and volume, including stop-watches, thermometers, balances, burettes, volumetric pipettes, measuring cylinders and gas syringes.
- 12.1.2Suggest advantages and disadvantages of experimental methods and apparatus.
- 12.1.3Describe the meaning of solvent, solute, solution, saturated solution (the maximum concentration of solute at a stated temperature), residue and filtrate.
Lessons
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Apparatus and measurement in the chemistry laboratory
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Planning investigations: variables, fair tests and safety
30 min
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Recording, presenting and evaluating data
35 min
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