NEW AQA GCSE Chemistry (2016) - Complete & incomplete combustion

This lesson is designed for the NEW AQA Trilogy Chemistry GCSE, particularly the ‘Organic Chemistry’ SoW.

The lesson begins with pupils watching a video on the differences between complete and incomplete combustion, whilst watching the video students will need to answer a set of questions. This work can be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

The next task requires pupils to complete an investigation which demonstrates the products of complete combustion, following the steps provided pupils should identify that limewater turns cloudy due to carbon dioxide and anhydrous copper sulphate turns blue in the presence of water.

Next, students will focus on writing word and balanced symbol equations for the complete combustion of a set alkanes. Students can self-assess their work using the mark scheme provided.

Students will then be a shown a worked example of a calculation used to work out the maximum amount of carbon dioxide released when a known mass of an alkane is burnt in a plentiful supply of air. Pupils will then need to complete a set of questions to practice this maths skill, the answers to these questions are provided in the PowerPoint so students can self-assess their work once it is complete.

The final activity is a ‘Quick Check’ task for pupils to answer a set of questions which summarises what they have learnt this lesson, again the answers are provided in the PowerPoint.

The plenary task will require pupils to write three sentences to sum up what they have learnt this lesson.

All resources are included at the end of the presentation. Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)