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This new 2-day course will focus on laboratory work to support the Advanced Higher Chemistry Assignment/Project. Laboratory and other sessions will follow an interactive approach that aims to showcase a range of practical activities and approaches that could be suitable for use in AH projects.

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to

• Carry out an investigation to determine the amount of copper in brass – or any other copper alloy – by getting the copper in solution and then using two different techniques to estimate the concentration: colorimetry and back titration.
• Determine the amount of lactose in sample of milk using gravimetric analysis: precipitating with Fehling’s reagent, drying and weighing.
• Determination of the amount of calcium in limestone by getting the calcium in solution and then using three different methods: Gravimetric analysis by precipitating as calcium sulphate, back titration after adding excess HCl and complexometric titration with EDTA.
• Extract the triglyceride Trimyristrin from nutmeg using solvent extraction and recrystallisation.
• Synthesis of Fluorescein from benzene-1,3-diol by a condensation reaction followed by recrystallisation.
• Analysis of paracetamol in tablets (or other preparations) using a colorimetric methods involving the generation of Prussian blue.
• Understand the Health and Safety issues that may arise in relation to learners carrying out projects with varying degrees of supervision and some methods for addressing these.
• Becoming familiar with some reliable sources of experiments that might be potentially useful starting points for Advanced Higher projects.

This course is GTCS accredited, i.e., it is aligned to the GTCS Standards for Full Registration and the National Model for Professional Learning.