WorkProgress

Work in Progress
Expansion of liquids and gases Expansion of gases with balloon and flask in hot water Manufacture of liquid thermometers Manufacture of uniform bore tubes [|KS3 Science Programme of Study] || **History:** Discovery of expansion of liquids [|British Glass History of glass making] [|Book on discovery of liquids by Gay-Lussac] [|Wikipedia 4th century glass blowing] Regularity (regular expansion of gases, and irregular expansion of liquids) Idealisation of expansion of gases Practical temperature measurement Ideal gas measurement Problem of distinguishing heat and temperature || **Avoidance of whiggishness:** Historical problem of manufacture of uniform bore glass tubing Historical problem of distinguishing heat and temperature Biography Gay-Lussac Biography Fahrenheit Biography Celcius [|Science on line expansion of liquids] [|Wikipedia Fahrenheit] [| (and Anders Celsius here, including problems in type of water to be used)] [|History of temperature measurement] [|Wikipedia Kelvin scale] Historical problem of distinguishing between heat and temperature Uneven glass expansion giving rise to problems of temperature measurement [|(here - Wikipedia)] Book - Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science) Ideal temperature measurement and invention of Kelvin scale || Measurement of high and low values Melting and boiling points as characteristic (and so to challenges of fixed values) || **History: [|Wikipedia History Melting Point Depression] [|NationMaster M.Pt.] Philosophy:** || **Avoidance of whiggishness:** Reasons for clarity of m.pt and b.pt. relating to identity of material and significance of changes of state. Phase changes and explanations Calibration of thermometers Elevation of B.Pt, by solutes (impurities) Depression of F.Pt. by solutes (impurities) Calibration of thermometers Reasons for clarity of m.pt and b.pt. relating to identity of material and significance of changes of state. || [|British Glass History of glass making] [|Wikipedia 4th century glass blowing] [|Wikipedia - titration history] [|History] Weight titrations Nature of science includes quantitative work || **Avoidance of whiggishness:** Focus on analysis, largely in terms of marketing e.g. sale of spa waters but also in checking purity of purchased raw materials and sale of manufactured materials Biography of Francois Antoine Henri Descroizilles [|Explanation of titration for teens] Use of conductance to indicate titration progress Use of temperature to indicate titration progress Use of effervescence to indicate titration progress Use of indicators to indicate titration progress Use of spectroscopy or colorimetry to indicate titration progress Use of electrode potential to indicate titration progress ||
 * ** Topic ** || ** HPS ** || ** Comments ** ||
 * Thermometry
 * Philosophy:**
 * Learner material (in appropriate language):**
 * Teacher material (in addition to pupil material):**
 * Issues with melting and boiling points
 * Learner material (in appropriate language):**
 * Teacher material (in addition to pupil material):**
 * Titrations - using glass tubing || **History:**
 * Philosophy:**
 * Learner material (in appropriate language):**
 * Teacher material (in addition to pupil material):**