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In Search of Solutions: Fight fire! Fill up with foam

Description

In Search of Solutions: Design and build a fire extinguisher, competing to produce the most foam. Linking to topics on colloids, combustion and acid/base reactions.

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Type of Activity

group work, working independently

Audience

Teacher

Age Group

11 to 16 years

Subjects

Investigative work Preliminary work Planning Collecting, recording & presenting evidence Analysing, concluding & explaining Practical investigations Games, quizzes & problem solving Colloids Burning Products of lipids

Fight fire! Fill up with foam

Experiment

Duration : 3 pages

In search of solutions - Index and background

Tutorial

Duration : 14 pages

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