Fuels From Oils - Alkanes and Alkenes

GCSE lesson or revision lesson on Fuels from Oils, including recap of alkanes and alkenes

LOs:
To compare alkanes and alkenes.
To explain how fractional distillation works.
To analyse the differences between cracking and polymerisation

1. Do Now: Compare and contrast alkanes and alkenes
2. Student Activity: Labelling and explaining distillation apparatus
3. Student Activity: Describing trends in properties of different fractions from the fractional distillation process
4. Mini-plenary: MCQ on hydrocarbons
5. Student Activity: Explaining cracking of alkanes and polymerisation of alkenes
6. Independent Task: Exam style6 mark question on fractional distillation
7. Peer Assessment: Marking peers' work and giving feedback
8. Plenary: Re-do of exam style question, taking of peer feedback

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