Activity 1.

25 Technician Sheet
Core Practical

Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology Resources

IS HIGH C ALL IT CLAIMS TO BE?

Purpose

To investigate the vitamin C content of fruit juice.

To develop practical skills.

The requirements will depend on the hypothesis being tested and whether the students first plan the
investigation themselves. The requirements below are for an experiment to compare the vitamin C
content of a range of fruit juices.
Requirements per
student or group of
students

Notes

For each solution students test

they will need:
3

1 cm 0.1% DCPIP solution

0.1% in aqueous solution freshly made up.

Fruit juice to test or standard

1% vitamin C solution

The volume of fruit juice required will depend on the concentration of vitamin
C it contains; see the sample results on the teacher sheet.
3
The 1% vitamin C solution contains 10 mg per cm .

Test tube
3

Pipette

To accurately measure 1 cm of DCPIP solution.

Pipette, syringe or burette

To add the test solution drop-wise to the DCPIP solution.

Notes

All users will need to review the risk assessment information and may need to adapt it to local circumstances.
University of York, developed by University of York Science Education Group.
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Note on practicals

Statement on the practical materials in SNAB Online

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Services and we will resolve the issue speedily.

All users will need to review the risk assessment information and may need to adapt it to local circumstances.
University of York, developed by University of York Science Education Group.
Page 1 of 1
This sheet may have been altered from the original.