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🔥 Fire & Fuels / Ahi me Ngā Kora Mātātoka 🔥

Slides / Ngā Kirita🔗

  1. Fire & Fuels Introduction (Slides, PDF)
  2. Why Have a Wick? (Slides, PDF)
  3. Burning (Slides, PDF)
  4. Products of Combustion (Slides, PDF)
  5. Fire Extinguishers (Slides, PDF)
  6. Complete vs Incomplete Combustion (Slides, PDF)
  7. Hydrocarbons (Slides, PDF)
  8. Balancing Equations (Slides, PDF)
  9. Environmental Impact (Slides, PDF)

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Learning Outcomes / Ngā Whāinga Ako

  1. Fire Triangle
    1. Describe the fire triangle
    2. List the three things needed for a fire to occur
    3. Explain that fuels must be in the gas phase to burn
    4. Explain how a fire is extinguished and relate it to the fire triangle
  2. Burning and Combustion
    1. Describe how a wick works and its function
    2. Describe the differences between complete and incomplete combustion
    3. Explain the disadvantages and dangers of incomplete combustion
    4. Write the word equation for complete combustion
    5. Write the balanced symbol equation for complete combustion
    6. Determine the energy produced per gram when burning fuels
    7. Recognise that a hydrocarbon contains only C and H atoms
    8. Name and write the formula for the first six hydrocarbons
  3. Environmental Impacts of Burning Fuels
    1. Explain the greenhouse effect and its advantages and disadvantages
    2. List the greenhouse gasses
    3. Explain how burning fuels is contributing to the greenhouse effect
    4. List air pollutants which are produced from fossil fuels and describe their effects on human health

Unit Plan / Mahere Kōwae

Akoranga 1 ()Akoranga 2 ()Akoranga 3 ()Akoranga 4 ()
T2 W61. Fire Triangle 12. Fire Triangle 23. Wicks 14. Wicks 2
T2 W75. Hydrocarbons 16. Hydrocarbons 27. Complete vs Incomplete 18. Complete vs Incomplete 2
T2 W89. Review/Catch-Up10. Energy from Fuels11. Fire Mysteries12. Fire Extinguishers
T3 W213. Environmental Impacts 114. Environmental Impacts 215. Health Implications 116. Health Implications 2
T3 W317. Revision18. Assessment 119. Assessment 220. Assessment 3

Lesson Plans / Ngā Mahere Akoranga

  1. Fire Triangle 1

    • Burning experiment
    • Mythbusters clip
    • Braniac clip “burning a candle”
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  2. Fire Triangle 2

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  3. Wicks 1

    • How do fuels burn?
    • Kerosene vs others
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  4. Wicks 2

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  5. Hydrocarbons 1

    • Issue research project
    • Cut/paste model, molymods
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  6. Hydrocarbons 2

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  7. Complete & Incomplete Combustion 1

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  8. Complete & Incomplete Combustion 2

    • Boil water on blue/orange flame & make graph
    • Limewater test
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  9. Review/Catch-Up

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  10. Energy from Fuels

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  11. Fire Mysteries

    • Spontaneous human combustion, Penn & Teller, St Elmos, fire in space, Hindenburg
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  12. Fire Extinguishers

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  13. Environmental Impacts 1

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  14. Environmental Impacts 2

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  15. Health Implications 1

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  16. Health Implications 2

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  17. Revision

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  18. Assessment 1

  19. Assessment 2

  20. Assessment 3

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