Date: 18th, 19th, and 22nd October 2007 Subject: Chemistry Class: Grade 9 No.

of students: 22 Duration of lesson: 1hour 10 minutes Unit topic: Introduction to the Chemistry Lab Lesson Topic: Bunsen Burner, Types of Flame and Line Drawings Strategies: Experiment and Demonstration. General Objectives: Students should gain an appreciation about the lighting of the Bunsen burner and line drawings. Specific Objectives: From the slides shown, students should be able to: 1. Identify and label the different parts of the Bunsen burner. 2. List the safety rules associated with the Bunsen burner. 3. Make simple line drawings of the beaker, conical flask, round bottom flask and flat bottom flask. 4. Light the Bunsen burner. 5. Identify, draw and label the different types of flames. Previous Knowledge: Students are familiar with different experimental techniques in Chemistry. Summary of Content: The Bunsen burner consists of a metal burner tube on a base with a gas inlet at the lower end of the tube.

One or more openings, or ports, in the tube are regulated with the collar to admit air.

The mixture of air and gas (about three parts air to one part gas) is forced by gas pressure to the top of the tube, where it is ignited.

It burns with a pale blue primary flame, the inner cone, and a larger, almost colorless outer cone that results when the remaining gas is completely oxidized by surrounding air.

Effective use of the Bunsen burner in the lab requires being able to light the burner and produce a flame as pictured below.

This flame consists of a pale violet/blue, bushy outer flame around a bright blue inner cone. The hottest part of the flame is at the tip of the inner cone.

The hose leading from the burner is connected to the gas outlet. Note that the amount of gas in the flame is controlled by the toothed wheel at the base of the burner ("gas adjustment")

The amount of air is controlled by opening up or closing off the slots at the bottom of the burner barrel by turning the barrel ("air adjustment").

Instructional Materials: computer, multimedia projector, beaker, conical flask, round bottom flask and flat bottom flask. Procedure:

Step1. (10 minutes) Teacher will show students the procedure for writing up lab reports. Step 2. (20 minutes) Teacher will show students how to do line drawing and students will do line drawings of the beaker, conical flask, round bottom flask and flat bottom flask.

Step 3 . (40 minutes) Teacher will demonstrate how to light the Bunsen burner and adjust the air vale to obtain the different types of flame. Teacher will then assist students in lighting their own Bunsen burners.

Evaluation: All students were excited about lighting the Bunsen burner. The students had a problem with making line drawings as they could not get the concept of imagining cutting the apparatus in half and then drawing the cut surface. Students were fascinated with the different types of flames and asked many questions about their colour, and shape. Students also had problems with the format (CSEC Format) of the lab since this was their first introduction to it.