In this MEL Academy lesson your child will:
- learn the physical and chemical properties of metals
- obtain pure copper from raw copper oxide
- grow your own tin hedgehog
Lesson time
8:00am | PST | (San Francisco, Seattle, ...) |
9:00am | MST | (Phoenix, Denver, ...) |
10:00am | CST | (Chicago, Houston, ...) |
11:00am | EST | (New York, Toronto, ...) |
4:00pm | GMT | (London, ...) |
Lesson duration: 45-55 minutes.
Prepare in advance
On this lesson we will conduct "Clean Pennies with Acid" DIY experiment. Prepare the following household materials:
MEL Experiment
If you are a subscriber of MEL Chemistry then you can conduct Tin hedgehog from the Tin chemistry set:
Tutor
This lesson is presented by Matthew Shaw:
Matthew is a full time professional science and maths tutor. He has been teaching online now for 6 years. Matthew studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He looks forward to working through some fun demonstrations with everyone, and getting to answer all your burning questions!