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Lesson 3 Context
Cardboard box with hole to put Students put hand into box with one object in
hand in. Various objects to go and describe it to the class.
in the box e.g. CD, paintbrush,
tripod, mug, plastic bag,
polystyrene cup.
Many materials to have on the Students group the materials.
front desk, labelled. Including
wood, iron, beaker of air,
beaker of water, copper,
container of bromine, nickel
etc.
Per group For practical.
Cell battery
battery holder
insulated wire
4 pieces of insulated wires with
ends stripped
Starter – Mystery Box
Activity
One person comes up to the front and puts there hand in the
MYSTERY box. They must describe to the class what is in the box.
They cannot say what is it or what it is used for!
All Then
The rest of the class must guess what is in the box! Whoever gets
List 5 of words whichgo!were used to describe the materials or
All itobjects
right gets the next
Did you get these? Add them to your list if you didn’t.
Sharp
Hard Brittle Elastic
Ductile
Soft Malleable Strong
Dull
Weak
High or Low Melting Point
Title: Metals and non metals
Homework: Revise for spelling test.
Level Learning Objectives Key Words SPAG
List the properties of everyday
All materials.
Malleable
Separate materials into either • To use accurate
Most metals or non-metals by
Brittle
terminology
appearance. when explaining
Shiny ideas.
Investigate the properties of Metal
Some materials.
Main Activity – Task
Activity
Look at the objects and materials on the front bench. Think and
All list how you could group them.
Separate the objects into those which are ‘pure’ and only made
+ of one element, and those which are made of many (compounds
and mixtures).
Main Activity – Modelling
The simplest way to divide up and group materials is into:
metals and non-metals
Metals are: Non-metals are:
• Good conductor of • Poor conductor of
heat and electricity heat and
• High Melting and electricity
Boiling Point
• Hard • Low Melting and
Boiling Point
• Shiny
Separate materials into either metals
Most
• Sonorousor non-metals by appearance.
• Brittle
• Malleable
• Dull
• Ductile
• Sometimes magnetic
Main Activity – Modelling
All the elements and materials have different melting points and
boiling points.
Which of these elements will be
Think
a liquid of room temperature
If the(20°C)?
temperature is above the boiling point, the element
will be a gas.
Discuss your ideasInvestigate
and how youtheaproperties of
Pair
Below the melting
Some point, it’ll
can tell with yourmaterials.
partner. be solid.
Between the melting point and boiling point, it’s a liquid.
Share
Share your ideas with the class.
Main Activity – Task
Use this circuit to test the
conductivity on the materials.
Try to warm the material cupped
in your hands to test how well
they conduct heat.
Material Shiny? Hard? Conduct Metal or Tested material
electricity non-
metal?
Some:
Most: Use your results to
All: Test the materials for distinguish
For each material state conductivity of whether the
whether is shiny, hard electricity and heat. material is a metal
or malleable. or non-metal.
Main Activity – AfL
Thumbs Up/ Down
Think about what we have
Think
discussed so far.
Hold your thumb up if you
are confident in your
understanding. Hold your
thumb down if you are not
Share
confident in your
understanding. Hold you
thumb across if you are in
between.
Assessment Phase
All Complete the Assessment Sheet to your target.
Assessment Phase
All
• flexible
• water resistant or waterproof
• unreactive
accept ‘do not rust or corrode’ or ‘last a long time’
• do not weather
accept ‘durable’ or ‘hardwearing’
accept ‘hard’ or ‘strong’
do not accept ‘heavy
Assessment Phase
Most
further apart
No
n-
meta
l
Metal
Oxygen
Co
m
po
un
d
Assessment Phase
Some
Mercury
Iron
Mercury
Aluminium
Plenary
Write 3 questions about the Atoms and Elements topic,
1 easy
1 medium
1 mega hard!
Then swap with your partner and see if you can answer
theirs!
