STAGE 4
SKWIRK Brainiacs!
Unit
Topic
Chapter
Science
1. History of Science
2. Important Discoveries of Human Civilisation
4. Chemistry
EARLY CHEMISTS –Alchemists
Alchemists were some of the earliest chemists and their work is what enabled modern
science to expand in to the wonderful field of chemistry. Below is more information on the
amazing beginnings of chemistry.
Instruction: Complete the cloze passage and unscramble the words below. Have a Go!
metals tonics impossible equipment alchemists chemistry immortality pharmacists
During Medieval time ____________were a groups of scientists who were attempting to turn
base ________such as silver, iron or lead in to gold and to create the philosophers stone and
the elixir of life (___________). Alchemists believed that if they were able to change how an
object is made up they would be able to change it to an object they wanted i.e. gold, elixir
or stone.
Although today we understand that this is
_________________to create any of these objects,
these men also had some use in their
community.
They
created
various
_____________and chemicals for medicine at the
time
they
were
kind
of
like
early________________.
Alchemy was practiced up to and during the
17th century where such famous scientists
such as Isaac Newton (inventor and scientist)
continued to search for the mythical objects.
Still it was these early pioneers (not matter
how misguided) who helped ________________ to what it is today. In their searching they
developed all the ______________ and measuring systems that are still used today such as
beakers, measuring cylinders, bunsen burners, conical flasks etc.
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