Energy Changes Cooperative Learning Activity

1) Form Groups of 8. Identify Expert 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8 for each group. This is known as
a home group. Collect your respective worksheets for each expert.

2) Go to your Expert Groups. Experts 1 come together as Expert Group 1 etc…….

3) There are 8 learning stations labeled as Expert station 1, Expert station 2…..

4) Go to your respective expert stations and carry out the experiment assigned. Record
your results and conclusion on the worksheet provided. You are an expert in this expt.
You will report back to your home group and share with your members your findings.

5) At the end of the expt, go back to your home group. Share with them your findings.

Expert 1

What to find out: Temperature change when Sodium carbonate dissolves in water
What to do:
 Using a beaker, measure 50 cm 3 of water
 Measure the temp of the water, record your result in the table below
 Add 2 spoonful of sodium carbonate into the beaker of water and stir and note the
temperature change at the same time. Record the temp in the table below. [Note: if the
temp drops, note the lowest temp. If the temp rise, note the highest temp]

What did I find out :

Temperature of water before the reaction

Temperature during the reaction
Temperature change

What’s my conclusion?:

Sodium carbonate dissolving in water is an _______________ reaction. Sodium

carbonate is an alkaline/ basic salt.

In general : Alkali/base + water is a ____________ reaction

Expert 2
What to find out: Temperature change when sodium chloride dissolves in water

What to do:
 Using a beaker, measure 50 cm 3 of water
 Measure the temp of the water, record your result in the table below
 Add 2 spoonful of sodium chloride into the beaker of water and stir and note the
temperature change at the same time. Record the temp in the table below. [Note: if the
temp drops, note the lowest temp. If the temp rise, note the highest temp]

What did I find out :

Temperature of water before the reaction

Temperature during the reaction
Temperature change

What’s my conclusion?:

Sodium chloride dissolving in water is an _______________ reaction.

In general : salt + water is a ____________ reaction

Expert 3

What to find out: Temperature change when hydrochloric acid reacts with sodium hydroxide
What to do:
 Using a beaker, measure 50 cm 3 of hydrochloric acid
 Measure the temp of the hydrochloric acid, record your result in the table below
Add 50 cm of sodium hydroxide solution into the beaker of hydrochloric acid and stir and
note the temperature change at the same time. Record the temp in the table below.
[Note: if the temp drops, record the lowest temp. If the temp rise, record the highest temp]

What did I find out :

Temperature of hydrochloric acid before the

reaction
Temperature during the reaction
Temperature change

What’s my conclusion?:

Reaction of hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide is an _______________ reaction.

In general :acid + alkali reaction (neutralization) is a ________________ reaction.

Expert 4

What to find out: Temperature change when Ammonium Chloride dissolves in water
What to do:
 Using a beaker, measure 50 cm 3 of water
 Measure the temp of the water, record your result in the table below
 Add 2 spoonful of ammonium chloride into the beaker of water and stir and note the
temperature change at the same time. Record the temp in the table below. [Note: if the
temp drops, note the lowest temp. If the temp rise, note the highest temp]

What did I find out :

Temperature of water before the reaction

Temperature during the reaction
Temperature change

What’s my conclusion?:
Ammonium chloride dissolving in water is an _______________ reaction

In general : Salt dissolving in water is a __________________ reaction

Expert 5
What to find out: Temperature change when anhydrous copper(II) sulphate dissolves in
water

What to do:
 Using a beaker, measure 50 cm 3 of water
 Measure the temp of the water, record your result in the table below
 Add 2 spoonful of anhydrous copper(II) sulphate into the beaker of water and stir and
note the temperature change at the same time. Record the temp in the table below.
[Note: if the temp drops, note the lowest temp. If the temp rise, note the highest temp]

What did I find out :

Temperature of water before the reaction

Temperature during the reaction
Temperature change

What’s my conclusion?:

Anhydrous copper (II) sulphate dissolving in water is an _______________ reaction

Expert 6

What to find out: Temperature change when copper(II) sulphate crystals dissolves in water

What to do:
 Using a beaker, measure 50 cm 3 of water
 Measure the temp of the water, record your result in the table below
 Add 2 spoonful of sodium(II) sulphate crystals into the beaker of water and stir and
note the temperature change at the same time. Record the temp in the table below.
[Note: if the temp drops, note the lowest temp. If the temp rise, note the highest temp]

What did I find out :

Temperature of water before the reaction

Temperature during the reaction
Temperature change

What’s my conclusion?:

Copper(II) sulphate crystals dissolving in water is an _______________ reaction

Expert 7
What to find out: Temperature change when potassium nitrate is dissolved in water

What to do:
 Using a beaker, measure 50 cm 3 of water
 Measure the temp of the water, record your result in the table below
 Add 2 spoonful of potassium nitrate into the beaker of water and stir and note the
temperature change at the same time. Record the temp in the table below. [Note: if the
temp drops, note the lowest temp. If the temp rise, note the highest temp]

What did I find out :

Temperature of water before the reaction

Temperature during the reaction
Temperature change

What’s my conclusion?:

Potassium nitrate dissolving in water is an _______________ reaction

Expert 8
What to find out: Temperature change when magnesium reacts with oxygen during
combustion

What to do:
 Grip a strip of magnesium ribbon with the metal tong provided.
 Light the end of the ribbon with a lighter. [ Careful: do not burn yourself!]
 Observe what happen to the magnesium ribbon and record your results in the table
below.
What did I find out :

Colour of magnesium before combustion

Colour of magnesium after combustion
What was observed during combustion?

What can you say about the heat change

during combustion? Is heat gain or lost ?

What’s my conclusion?:

Combustion of Magnesium is an _______________ reaction