Fireworks Chemistry and Physics of Lesson Bonfire Night

This is a fun but educational Firework / Bonfire night resource aimed at KS3 and KS4, which teaches safety, flame tests, flame emission spectroscopy, energy stores, data handling and wavelength drawing. The lesson lasts approx 1 hour, longer if you do all the activities. It’s fun but educational.
It contains:
Technicians Notes/Ordering/Links to Hazcards
Lesson Plan
Answers to questions for self/peer marking.
Student method and results table sheet
Learning Objectives-related to the specification (just in case management suspect you are having fun for no good reason). (KS3/4)
Safety Activity-Students are asked to suggest the precautions that need to be taken when carrying out this practical. (KS3)
Practical-Simple flame test of 6 metal solutions (KS3/4) with method sheet and questions
Energy Stores-Students have a fill in the gaps and a list of the energy stores to help them (KS4)
Flame Emission Spectroscopy-This is a lining up activity, where students need to recognise which line is which metal. Asking the students to label each line with a letter to prove it (KS3/4)
Waves-This simple activity asks them to judge the wavelength of waves to show the colour (KS3/4)
Data-This activity is to test their evaluation skills using data on the metal salts they have just used and their inclusion in a firework.(KS3/4)

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