Discussing the activity
How could this resource be used to put the 'flipped teaching' model into practice?
It could be used with students in advance of the class practical activity with titrations, for example, as a homework task. Guide your students to the resource and how to use it. Once they've worked through the screen titration they should be more familiar with the overall process that they're undertaking, reasons why certain practical steps are taken, and methods for calculations.
Why do scientists or analytical chemists do titrations?
This activity provides a context to the titration example and a reason for determining the concentration of a chemical species. It can be seen here to be a robust method, generating concordant results. Reliable analytical methods and results are important in a wider context.
This resource gives an overview of a titration experiment and contexts. As it's on screen, can it really help with the practical skills?
While there is no substitute for hands-on practical work and practice with burettes, this activity can help students prepare for practical work by practising many steps that they will need. For example, determining the end point, practising reading the burette, gaining familiarity with doing a rough titraion and recording data. They can also work through the calculations.