Metals and Non-metals, Properties Compendium of 5 Games KS3

A compendium of five, enjoyable and challenging games on the properties of metals and non – metals for middle school. Each game is fully resourced, suitable for all abilities, comes with full instructions and is easy to run.

Games Included

• Find the Pair
• Dominoes
• Board Game
• Save the School Squirrel Escape Room
• Wildcard & Snap

What’s Covered

• Metals are conductors of electricity and heat while non - metals are insulators.
• Metals are strong (have high tensile strength) but non - metals are not.
• Metals are shiny when freshly cut or polished but non -metals are dull.
• Metals are sonorous (make a ringing noise when struck while non – metals do not.
• Metals are malleable (can be beaten into shape) and ductile (can be drawn into wires) but non – metals are neither and are brittle (shatter when struck.
• Iron, nickel and cobalt are magnetic but all non – metals are not magnetic.
• Metals are heavy which means they have a high have a high density because they contain a lot of particles. Non – metals are not heavy.
• Metals are all solids at room temperature, except for mercury which is a liquid, as they have high boiling and melting points. Of seventeen non - metals, all are gases except for five which are solids and one which is a liquid.
• Both metals are non – metals burn in oxygen to form the oxide.
• Metal oxides are alkaline and non -metal oxides are acidic.

This versatile pack can be used to reinforce each section of the current electricity module as it is taught or for revision. Many of the games could be used for cover lessons, even when taken by a non-specialist as they come with a hard-copy or PowerPoint of the answers. It is also the ideal end of term/year pack.

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