Metals and Non-metals, Properties Distance Learning and Homeschool KS3

This is an action-packed distance learning or home school, fully resourced lesson on the properties of metals and non - metals for middle school .

This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The PowerPoint is easy to follow and starts by telling the student the most effective way to use it. Each section of theory is supported by guided notes and the student receives clear instructions as to which questions to answer. Answers are provides before the student does on to the next section of the topic. The PowerPoint ends with a self-test quiz. Additional worksheets, cut-outs, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress.

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.

What You Get

• Animated PowerPoint for learning
• PowerPoint with answers to homework
• Guided notes
• Foldable (students use to make their own notes)
• Cut-and-stick activity (pupil uses to make their own notes)
• Fact sheet
• Homework (x2) plus answers
• Digital quick test
  Pupil progress self-assessment checklist

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