AQA 9-1 Topic 2 Chemistry - metallic bonding and alloys (Bonding and structure topic)

A lesson describing the structure of metals, explaining the properties of metals in relation to the structure, explaining what an alloy is and examples of alloys and how their composition relates to their use.

The lesson features:

• A starter consisting of 10 recall questions from previous learning with animated answers (graphene, ionic formula and ionic bonding diagrams, properties of ionic and covalent substances, structure of diamond, properties of graphite and uses of fullerenes)
• A slide introducing metallic bonding with a comparison to ionic and covalent bonding
• A series of slides explaining the structure and properties of metals, with prompts to help students explain the properties independently before viewing model answers that are animated on the powerpoint
• An explanation for what an alloy is and why alloys are harder than pure metals
• A table of specific alloys and their uses (linking to Topic 10 - using resources) that could be cut out for students to look at using a carousel activity
• A host of short review questions on metals and alloys
• A formative assessment task with success criteria included requiring pupils to link a series of statements written on visual hexagons to explain the properties of metals and compare this to ionic and covalent bonding