Metals and Non-metals (Periodic Table)

Comprehension and additional task exercises pages 92 and 93 from Next Page Science KS3 Complete. Accompanying PowerPoint and word searches available for free from the website.
This exercise covers:
• The position of metals and non-metals on the periodic table
• The properties of metals to include: conductors, strong, shiny, sonorous, dense, high melting points, magnetic metals (Fe, Ni, Co), ductile, malleable and ability to make alloys
• The properties of non-metals to include: insulators, not strong, often gases at room temp (minus boiling points), not dense, not magnetic, dull
• Two exercises on the properties of metals
• An exercise recognising where metals and non-metals are on the periodic table
• An exercise where students can write about the uses of metal they know about
• Amazing WHAT? facts