Tags: combustion
Categories: Alternative conceptions
Example of a text (an activity recommended for science teaching) that can encourage an alternative conception:
"Burn a piece of dry phosphorus in a confined volume of air, i.e., in a stout Florence flask closed by a cautchouc stopper. Afterwards withdraw the stopper under water, again insert it when water ceases to enter and measure the amount of water sucked in."
Armstrong, H. E. (1884) in H. E. Armstrong and the teaching of science 1880-1930 (Ed.: W H Brock, 1973), Cambridge University Press
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