GCSE Chemistry coursework titles with sample answers

Aqueous Chemistry

• Making a Halogenoalkane
• Experiment to Investigate the Action of Bile Salts on Fat in Milk
• The aim of this investigation is to discover if different variables affect the rate of diffusion. My aim is to discover if the concentration of the acid affects the rate of diffusion.
• The aim of this experiment is to deduce the oxidation state of manganese in several reactions according to the color change of the solution.
• Observation Exercise Based On Organic Chemistry

Changing Materials - The Earth and its Atmosphere

• Investigating the factors that affect the amount of copper deposited during the electrolysis of copper (II) sulphate solution.
• Do we get the highest voltage by combining the highest and lowest reactive metals?
• Extraction of Metals.
• An Investigation to determine how much copper can be electroplated under a given condition.
• Nuclear Power

Classifying Materials

• Development of the periodic table.
• To conjecture the structure and bonding of eight unknown solids by analysis of experimentally determined properties.
• Experiment: To Determine the Empirical Formula of Magnesium Oxide.
• How Ethanol is Produced
• Magnesium Oxide Investigation

Organic Chemistry

• To determine which alcohol, out of ethanol and propanol, is the better fuel. By calculating the enthalpy change of combustion for ethanol and propanol I will find how much energy is released per mole of each alcohol.
• To investigate the amount of heat released in the burning of fuels: ethanol (C2H5OH), propanol (C3H7OH) and butanol (C4H9OH).
• What is crude oil?
• Enthalpy Changes in Combusting of Different Alcohols.
• What are Polymers? How are they different from Monomers?

Patterns of Behaviour

• An Investigation into the factors affecting the rate of reaction between magnesium and hydrochloric acid
• To see how the temperature will effect how well amylase digests starch
• To see the effects of a change in temperature and concentration on the rate of a reaction
• The Effects of Temperature on the Function of Catecholase
• Investigating how Surface Area affects the Rate of Reaction Between Calcium Carbonate and Hydrochloric Acid