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Overview

This activity supports the following areas of the National Curriculum:

Key Stage 3:

This activity encourages practical enquiry skills in the area of ‘Chemical and material behaviour’, specifically:

  • Patterns and behaviour
  • Reactions with oxygen

Key Stage 4:

  • Properties of materials
  • Structure and bonding of materials