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This document contains a series of questions about burning candles and chemical changes. The questions cover topics such as distinguishing between physical and chemical changes when a candle burns, describing the physical changes that occur, where the atoms from the candle go, what would happen to the mass of the candle, what experiments could prove that oxygen is used in burning, why the beaker starts to get "misty", what the misty substance might be, how the misty substance is formed, linking the misty substance to oxygen being required for burning, testing what happens to the carbon in the wax, what turning the limewater milky proves, explaining why the total mass would stay the same if nothing could enter or leave the beaker, drawing a
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This document provides feedback on analyzing John Keats' poem "Lamia" through close reading of its language, structure, and form. It offers examples of student responses and suggests how they could be expanded into more advanced evaluation. For language analysis, students are advised to comment specifically on word meanings and how they characterize figures or settings. For structure, examining how line breaks or rhythmic patterns influence tone and foreshadow events. The goal is for students to analyze textual details and discuss their intended effects on interpreting the overall narrative.Questioning mini bite
- 1. Question On what Open/Closed? strand of Suitable for thinking Blooms would time? you place it? Predict if a candle burning is a physical or chemical change? Justify your answer. Describe what you see when a candle burns. When I blow the candle out I can still light the wick and I don’t have to even touch it. How is this working? Can you summarise the physical changes that are taking place? Where do the atoms from a candle go when it’s burnt? What would you expect to happen to the mass of the candle when it burns? Will the candle burn for longer or shorter in a larger beaker? Why do you think the candle will burn for longer? What further experiments could we do to prove that oxygen is definitely being used up in burning? Describe how you would carry the experiments out. Why do you think the beaker starts to ‘go misty’? Is the ‘misty substance’ wax? If I tell you that the chemical elements in a candle are carbon and hydrogen. What do you think the liquid formed on the sides of the beaker might be? Explain how the misty substance might have been formed? Can you link the misty substance to the fact that oxygen is required for burning? How could we test to see what happens to the carbon in the wax? The limewater has turned milky. What does that prove? If you measured the total mass of the beaker and the candle before and after burning (assuming nothing could leave or enter the beaker) what would happen? Using the symbols C, H and O can you draw a picture to show why the mass of the beaker would stay the same? How can you explain a chemical change, try and use the words ‘atom’ , ‘re-arrangement’, ‘created’ and ‘destroyed’ in your answer. If I burnt a piece of magnesium instead what would happen to its mass? Can you explain why? How have your views about burning changed? What pieces of evidence forced you to change your mind?