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High schoolers test wood splints that have been soaked in mystery solutions to identify the different colors it produces when lit. The lesson concludes with a reading passage and analysis questions.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have a video of a fireworks show or photos of fireworks to help pupils make the connection
Classroom Considerations
- Everyone must wear safety goggles and lab coats
- Review safety using Bunsen burners and fire before beginning the experiment
- Place beakers of water around the room before starting
- Explain the importance of using tongs to hold the wood splits in the flame rather than your fingers as pictured
- The eighth of nine lessons in the unit
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- Lesson includes vocabulary
- Provides an extension idea
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