METALS
INDEPENDENT LEARNING
• YOU WILL HAVE 2 FULL LESSONS AND HOMEWORK TIME TO COMPLETE THE TASK
• YOU NEED TO ALL BECOME EXPERTS ON METALS
• THERE ARE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS EACH OF YOU NEED TO ANSWER ON METALS
• YOU CAN USE YOUR TEXT BOOKS, THE INTERNET,
SCIENCE4LEARNERS.WEEBLY.COM, AND CLASSROOM RESOURCES TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
• YOUR RESERACH CAN BE STORED ON A POSTER, IN A DOCUMENT, NOTES OR A PRESENTATION
THE QUESTIONS
• UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF METALS
• UNDERSTAND METALLIC BONDING
• UNDERSTAND TYPICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS
• UNDERSTAND WHY SOME METALS CORRODE AND WHY ALUMINIUM DOESN‘T
• UNDERSTAND HOW METALS CONDUCT HEAT AND ELECTRICITY
• UNDERSTAND HOW METALS ARE FOUND IN THE EARTHS ENVIRONMENT AND THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES OF EXTRACTION;
• MINING,BLAST FURNACES, ELECTROLYSIS
• UNDERSTAND WHAT AN ALLOY IS, WHY THEY ARE USED AND BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE SOME COMMON EXAMPLES
• UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF METALS;
• GROUP 1
• GROUP2
• TRANSITION METALS
• UNDERSTAND THE REACTIVITY SERIES OF METALS
THE FINAL TASK
• 14 QUESTIONS WILL BE HANDED OUT RANDOMLY TO ALL STUDENTS
• YOU WILL HAVE 5 MINUTES TO PREPARE YOUR ANSWER
• EACH STUDENT WILL PRESENT THEIR ANSWER TO THE REST OF THE CLASS.
• THE CLASS WILL GIVE FEEDBACK ON THE ANSWER
• THE ANSWER WILL BE GRADED BY THE TEACHER