María José Caubín Pérez

CLIL Ava CNA

LABEL AND COLORED THE GLASS LAB APPARATUS

Beaker - A cylindrical flask with a flat bottom.

Erlenmeyer flask -A flask with a conical body, a cylindrical neck and

a flat bottom.

Filter funnel - a glass funnel used with a paper filter; it is used to

separate solids from liquids.

Florence flask - A flask with a spherical body and a cylindrical neck.

Graduated cylinder - A cylindrical container used to measure

volumes of liquid.

Stirring rod - A glass rod used to stir liquids.

Test tube - A long, cylindrical glass container; it is open at the top

and has a rounded bottom.

Volumetric flask - A flask with a cylindrical neck, a spherical body

and a flattened bottom; it is used to measure and store precise
amounts of liquid.

Volumetric pipette - A glass tube used to transport a small,

measured amount of liquid.

Watch glass - A shallow, rounded dish used to evaporate liquids or

cover a beaker.
María José Caubín Pérez
CLIL Ava CNA

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1.- What is the volumetric pipette for?

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2.- Which glass apparatus can you use for separate solids from
liquids?______________________________________________________________

3.- Which apparatus will you use to measure precise amounts of

liquid?:______________________________________

4.- And which one if you don’t need too much precision?:
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5.- Which of these apparatus have a rounded bottom?

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6.- And which ones have flat bottom?

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María José Caubín Pérez
CLIL Ava CNA

TASK 3

ACTIVITY: GLASS LAB APPARATUS

Type of activity: listen, read, label and coloring.

Topic: LAB APPARATUS

Skills: listening or reading, and speaking.

Science objectives: to learn the names of the different glass lab apparatus in
order to use them properly.

English content: vocabulary

Materials and preparation:

• Worksheet for students to label, colour and answer the

questions.

Grouping: small groups.

One student of each group reads the definitions. The group have to
guess which apparatus match with each definition. When they have finished,
they have to label the picture in the worksheet and answer de questions.