Teaching notes:

• The slide only gives a rough outline of the lesson. No effort has been made to discuss concrete questions and exercises, types of instruction or multi-media.
• This "Discover Silicones Documentation" contains factual information, experiments, worksheet, Videos and animations for this module.
• This module can follow on from nucleophilic substitution at the C atom in the syllabus section called Types of Reactions in Organic Chemistry for sixth form. See also p. 240-241 in the school textbook [4] from the references.
• After block "4. Explanation of experimental results", there are various ways in which the subject matter can be extended, dealt with in more detail, and applied. For example, a) Properties and applications of silicones (fluids, resins, rubbers), b) Industrial synthesis of silicones (raw materials, material loops) or c) Silicon and silicon compounds vs. Carbon and carbon compounds. These may be covered during lessons, given as homework or set up as part of a project.
• This module may be used as a constructivist learning cycle based on the concept of didactic integration of subject systematics and realistic contexts. Details on didactic integration are to be found under http://www.chemiedidaktik.uni-wuppertal.de/ and in Ref. [8].