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DESC Department of Science

Forensics

 

In this topic you are a crime scene investigator and must learn how to work in a lab. Following proper training, you will be trusted to light Bunsen burners and handle hazardous chemicals including acids and alkalis. You will learn how all materials are made from particles and use all this new knowledge to help solve crimes!

What am I learning in this unit?

  • Scientific equipment and hazard symbols

  • Particle theory of solid, liquids and gases

  • Changes of state

  • Diffusion

  • Solubility

  • Chromatography

  • Distillation

  • Thermal decompositon reactions

  • Gas tests

  • Acids and alkalis

  • Properties of metals

Which skills am I developing?

  • Planning 

  • Conclusions

Revision materials

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