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New chemistry experiments.

  • 03-02-2015 12:29am
    #1
    dazzadazza
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭


    With the banning of sodium dichromate, we are no longer required to prepare ethanal and eyhanoic acid. Does anyone know what experiments were added to make up for those that were taken off in leaving cert chemistry?


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  • #2
    dalta5billion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,034 ✭✭✭dalta5billion


    http://www.education.ie/en/Circulars-and-Forms/Active-Circulars/cl0047_2013.pdf


  • #3
    yoyojc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 278 ✭✭yoyojc


    Do we have to know those experiments that were removed at all though?


  • #4
    AulBiddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭AulBiddy


    yoyojc wrote: »
    Do we have to know those experiments that were removed at all though?

    You still have to know their properties I think, don't ask me what they are, that's all I know :o


  • #5
    emersyn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 430 ✭✭emersyn


    Sorry for gatecrashing but I thought it would be better to ask here rather than starting a new board: My chem teacher told us today that as well as the mandatory experiments, we are required to write up the non-mandatory experiments listed in our textbook in a separate notebook and any inspectors can ask to look at them and dock us marks if we don't have them. Is this true? Surely 'non-mandatory' means that it is not compulsory to either carry them out or write them up?


  • #6
    shoopdeboop
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭shoopdeboop


    emersyn wrote: »
    Sorry for gatecrashing but I thought it would be better to ask here rather than starting a new board: My chem teacher told us today that as well as the mandatory experiments, we are required to write up the non-mandatory experiments listed in our textbook in a separate notebook and any inspectors can ask to look at them and dock us marks if we don't have them. Is this true? Surely 'non-mandatory' means that it is not compulsory to either carry them out or write them up?

    Your teacher is just trying to get ye to learn them; you don't have to do the demonstrations, only know about the theory of them etc.


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  • #7
    dazzadazza
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭dazzadazza


    emersyn wrote: »
    Sorry for gatecrashing but I thought it would be better to ask here rather than starting a new board: My chem teacher told us today that as well as the mandatory experiments, we are required to write up the non-mandatory experiments listed in our textbook in a separate notebook and any inspectors can ask to look at them and dock us marks if we don't have them. Is this true? Surely 'non-mandatory' means that it is not compulsory to either carry them out or write them up?
    That is not true. It's just a way to ensure you learn them. Don't call her out on this in front of the class though!


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