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SCI-BONO LABORATORIES
PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS GUIDE
CHEMISTRY LABORATORY
The Dow Chemistry Laboratory, Festo Mechatronics
Laboratory and Life Science Laboratory at the Sci-Bono
Discovery Centre offer the following experiments as per
SBA requirements to assist learners in the practical
aspects of their curriculum:
–– PLANT AND ANIMAL TISSUES: Examine and identify
plant and animal tissue. Draw the cells that make up
these tissues to show specialised structure.
GR
11
–– RATE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS: Investigate the effect of
different factors on the rate of photosynthesis.
GR
12
–– MONOHYBRID AND DIHYBRID CROSSES: Investigate
monohybrid and dihybrid crosses, showing independent
assortment of genes.
GR
10
–– HEART DISSECTION: Dissect a sheep heart and identify
the different structures in the heart.
GR
11
–– KIDNEY DISSECTION: Dissect a sheep kidney and
identify the different regions in the kidney.
GR
12
–– REACTION TIME: Determine the reaction time of
individuals and investigate the factors which affect it.
GR
10
–– FOSSIL INVESTIGATION: Observe and investigate various
fossils and build hydrocarbon molecules.
GR
11
–– MICROSCOPY: Introduction to Microscopy involving the
use of a microscope, preparing and viewing different
specimens namely the cheek and onion cells.
GR
12
–– REVISION
TERM 1
–– ESTERIFICATION: Investigate reactions between
carboxylic acids and alcohols to produce esters.
–– INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: Explore spectroscopy and
identify functional groups while examining different
materials using an IR Spectroscope to find out their
molecular make-up.
GR
10
–– CONSERVATION OF MATTER: Investigate and prove the
Law of Conservation of Matter.
GR
11
–– INTERMOLECULAR FORCES: Investigation of the effect
of intermolecular forces on physical properties of
different chemicals.
GR
12
GR
10
–– TITRATION: Quantitative analysis to determine the
concentration of a base by reacting it with a standadard
base.
TERM 2
–– RATE OF TRANSPIRATION: Investigate the effect of
various factors on the rate of transpiration.
–– PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF WATER: Investigate the
physical properties of water including density, boiling
point, melting point and efficiency as a solvent.
–– REACTION KINETICS: Investigate the effect of different
factors on the rate of reaction.
–– PURIFICATION AND QUALITY OF WATER:
Investigate the process of purification of water through
chemical reactions and filtration.
–– REACTION TYPES: Explore the different elements on the
periodic table and learn about their reactivity and the
compounds they form when reacting with other elements.
GR
11
–– EXOTHERMIC AND ENDOTHERMIC REACTIONS:
Investigate the temperature change in various chemical
reactions.
GR
12
–– INVESTIGATE ELECTROLYTIC AND GALVANIC CELLS:
Investigate, using half equations, what happens at
the anode and cathode during electrolysis of different
aqueous solutions.
GR
10
–– TESTING OF WATER SAMPLES: Test water samples
for carbonates, chlorides, nitrates, nitrites, pH and view
water samples under the microscope.
GR
11
–– REDOX REACTIONS: Explore and investigate oxidation
and reduction reactions.
GR
12
–– REVISION
TERM 3
–– DNA EXTRACTION: Extract the genetic material from
various fruit.
GR
10
–– HEATING CURVE: Investigation of the three states of
matter. Analyse the changes that take place during phase
change.
TERM 4
GR
12
TERM 2
–– ENZYME ACTIVITY: Investigate the effect of different
factors on enzyme activity.
–– FLOWER DISSECTION: Dissect a wind, insect and bird
pollinated flower.
GR
11
GR
12
TERM 3
TERM 2
TERM 3
TERM 4
–– FOOD TEST: Conduct various tests to show the presence
of different nutrients classes of food.
GR
11
GR
10
GR
10
TERM 4
TERM 1
GR
10
–– FLAME TESTS: Identify some metal cations and metals
TERM 1
LIFE SCIENCE LABORATORY
MECHATRONICS LABORATORY
–– CONSTRUCTIVE & DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE:
Use of a ripple tank to demonstrate constructive and
destructive interference of two pulses.
–– INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: Investigate spectroscopy
and examine the electromagnetic spectrum.
GR
11
–– NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION: Verification of
Newton’s second law and the relationship between force,
mass and acceleration.
GR
12
–– VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION: Draw a graph of
position vs. time and velocity vs. time for a free falling
object. Use the data to determine the acceleration due
to gravity.
GR
10
–– SERIES & PARALLEL CONNECTIONS: Verify that
resistors set up in series are voltage dividers and
resistors set up in parallel are current dividers.
GR
11
–– DETERMINE CRITICAL ANGLE OF A RECTANGULAR
GLASS BLOCK: Propagation of light from air into glass
and back into air.
–– INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: Investigate spectroscopy
and examine the electromagnetic spectrum.
GR
12
–– CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM: Verify the
law of conservation of linear momentum during a
simulated explosion.
GR
10
–– MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION: Investigate the
relationship between displacement, velocity and
accelaration.
GR
11
–– SNELL’S LAW: Determine the refractive index of an
unkown material using Snell’s law.
GR
12
–– INTERNAL RESISTANCE OF A BATTERY: Demonstrate
the existence of internal resistance in a battery.
GR
10
–– CONSERVATION OF ENERGY: Demonstrations to verify
the laws of conservation of energy.
GR
11
–– WORK, ENERGY AND POWER (Grade 12 Term 2):
Perform experiments to determine work done.
GR
12
–– REVISION