Sodium Batteries: Beyond Lithium
Content Description
Quick summary: The following modules are designed to encourage independent learning and hands-on experimentation, which gives students the opportunities to build their knowledge and understanding in their own time, and collaborate with others through group experiments.
Learning goals:
To understand the importance of science in improving life quality.
To comprehend the relationship between human dependence on energy and the limited natural resources.
To appreciate the complexities involved in scientific experimentation.
To compare the correlations of scientific practice and lab work with theoretical concepts.
General outcomes:
Critical and creative thinking.
Basic knowledge of chemical (redox) reactions.
Further applications to advanced electrochemical concepts.
Teamwork and collaborative ability with peers.
Curriculum Relevance
Year 9&10 Chemical Science:
Chemical reactions, including combustion and the reactions of acids, are important in both non-living and living systems and involve energy transfer VCSSU126
Chemical reactions involve rearranging atoms to form new substances; during a chemical reaction mass is not created or destroyed VCSSU124
Year 9&10 Communicating:
Communicate scientific ideas and information for a particular purpose, including constructing evidence-based arguments and using appropriate scientific language, conventions and representations (VCSIS140)
Learning Outcomes:
Sophisticated judgements of trade-off of technical performance vs:
- cost, safety, environmental impact, flammability, sustainability, conductivity
