What is the boiling point of water? - EAL Nexus

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What is the boiling point of water?
Subject:
Science
Age group:
12–14
Topic:
Chemistry practical
Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. ©British Council 2015
Source | This resource was originally developed by Ruth Wilson and Remy Mal for Wolverhampton Local Authority and Heath Park Business and
Enterprise College and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
We wanted to find out what …
… the boiling point of water is.
We poured 100ml water into a
beaker.
We placed the beaker on a
tripod and gauze.
We turned on the gas.
We lit the Bunsen burner
using a wooden spill.
We heated the water using a
blue flame on the Bunsen
burner.
We observed the water until it
boiled.
We measured the temperature
with a thermometer.
We found out that the boiling
point of water was _________.
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