Bunsen Burner Experiment

This practical experiment lesson contains everything you need to inspire and engage children learning about using Bunsen burners and exploring how and why temperatures change in a liquid.

The content of this lesson has been created in line with DfE guidance, ensuring lessons are progressive, scaffolded and allow children to attain key learning objectives in Science.

This lesson meets the following National Curriculum ‘Working Scientifically’ statements:

1. planning different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary;

2. taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate;

3. recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs;

4. using test results to make predictions to set up further comparative and fair tests;

5. reporting and presenting findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and a degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations;

6. taking measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate;

7. recording data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs.

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