YEAR 8 BIOLOGY

Topic: Respiration
Lesson No: 4 Title: Investigation on the oxygen content of inhaled and exhaled air
Learning Objectives:
To be able to design a fair test
To be aware of some of the limitations of the experiment

Key Words:

Lesson plan Resources Worksheets/

Text refs
Starter ideas
Introduce the apparatus. Demo for
atmospheric air.
Various
Main worksheets
Class fill in the introduction. They can
practice collecting results for atmospheric air. Candle burning equipment
Taking a number of readings. for measuring oxygen in
Complete the planning question atmospheric air

Plenary ideas

Practical/Demos (Equipment needed):

See above

Extension work:

Differentiation:

Homework Tasks:
Complete method

Advice for non-specialists:

It is difficult to get accurate results. If the candle is placed in the gas jar too quickly it will
extinguish. The class will need to practice a number of times until consistency is achieved.

Health/Safety:

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