Metals Independent and Group work activities

Objective: To understand that metals need to be extracted from ores
To understand the properties and uses of metals and alloys
Suitable for higher KS3 students or KS4.

This is resource consists of 2 activities. The first is a Jeopardy worksheet where students are given the answer and they come up with the question, the second is a learning grid that asks students to find relationships between words.
Instructions for link word
Students placed in groups of two and given a relevant piece of text. Working as a team, using glossaries, text book, internet etc. students then force a relationship between as many of the words as they can by making coherent sentences with their chosen words..
They can either:-
1. Write an sentence using the two words that clearly explains how they are linked
2. __________________ is linked to _______________________ because _____________________________.
3. ________________ is linked to ________________ an example is ___________________________________.
4. _______________ is similar to _____________ because __________________________________________.
5. ____________________ is different to _________________ because ___________________________________.
6. We can use ________________ to ____________________________ because _____________________________.

To differentiate the task the words carry a number score. A high ability student would have a far higher score than a lower ability student. This forces the higher level student to choose words that have a higher value ie more difficult to make connections to.
Encourage students to use as many words as they can in their EXPLANATION as they will be added to their scores.