KS3 ~ Year 8 ~ Metals & Non-Metals

This lesson is designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the C2 1.1 unit on ‘The Periodic Table’

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This lesson begins with an introduction to the Periodic Table, students will be shown a diagram of the Periodic Table and will be asked to identify whether they think certain elements are metals or non-metals, or even semi-metals (metalloids). This task can the be checked and assessed against the answers provided on the PowerPoint.

Next, students will be given part of a table of information on the properties of metals compared to non-metals. They will need to walk around the room and trade information with others in order to successfully complete their own table. Once this task has been completed, students can self-assess their work using the mark scheme provided.

Students are now shown a diagram of an iron roof and a copper roof and how this can change over time, students are asked to think about what is happening in these picture & try to identify the chemical reaction. After a short class discussion, the answers to the questions will then be revealed.

Students will then be told that non-metals react in a similar way with oxygen, they will then be shown 4 incomplete word equations for the reaction of different non-metals with oxygen. Students will need to complete this equation, this task can the self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

The last activity is a true or false activity, students will need to identify whether the statements about metals/non-metals are true or false. This task can the be marked using the mark scheme provided.

The plenary task is an exit card, students will need to write down three key words, one fact and a question to test their peers on what they have learned this lesson.

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