Practical Chemistry for Class 10 ICSE is often neglected as it is assumed the students will be able to somehow make some sense out of the experiments and perform them successfully during their final practical exams. But most fail to recognise the fact that most of these experiments are performed just once by the students during their academic year and they are supposed to attend to the most minute details and record absolutely accurate observations and recall the necessary conclusions, thereby, from memory. Many students are unfortunate enough to be absent from their classes when these experiments in class, adding to the great difficulty of performing the experiments with finesse. Most of the students struggle with noting the observations accurately while performing the experiment thus, predisposing them to inevitable errors. At times the students studying Practical Chemistry for Class 10 ICSE are unable to identify the certain odours the mixture (per se) emits or the accurate colour of the solvent (say, a student mistakes pink for magenta) which ends up the students unknowingly losing their marks. The students are often not thoroughly aware of the safety precautions they must be considerate of while performing the experiment or while being simply present inside the lab. Many students are, in fact, afraid of handling the chemicals in fear of them dropping the chemicals all over themselves. The students also at times do not know how to properly wash and use the tools like the spatula, beakers, thermometers, etc. or how to exactly record accurate readings from them. Many may simply find the prospect of being able to handle these foreign chemicals amusing and may indulge in some foolish mischief which can deem to be detrimental to their health.
Practical Chemistry for Class 10 ICSE thus calls for the immediate need of a standardised code of conduct which the students are required to abide by along with detailed explanations and understanding of the lab and the chemicals. The Extramarks app provides the students with the Lab Manual PDF which includes detailed and well-labelled diagrams, detailed explanations of each of the experiments, their observations, conclusions and inferences, introduction to and explanation for the relevant concepts giving rise to the experiment, practice VIVA-VOCE questions, etc. to help the students learn and carry out the experiments with great confidence and steady hands!