Handling liquids

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– explain the purpose of a graduated cylinder, pipette and burette and describe how they are used
– describe how to transfer a liquid from a bottle to a beaker
– carry out a temperature measurement and determination of the pH and odour of a liquid
– determine the age of rock layers on the basis of the fossils found in them
– heat a liquid in a test-tube in a safe way.