SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY YEAR LEVEL: THIRD YEAR

PSSLC COMPETENCY: Demonstrate understanding on the concept of matter (Differentiate Metals

from Nonmetals and Metalloids*)
Specific Learning Objectives
1. Differentiate a metal from a nonmetal (and metalloid)
Knowledge

1. Observe the characteristics of metals, nonmetals,( and metalloids)

Skills

1. Appreciate the uses of metals, nonmetals and metalloids

Attitude

ASSESSMENT:
1. Which of the following can be hammered into thin sheets?
A. Carbon B. Iron C. Phosphorous D. Sulfur

2. Which of the following will make a good insulator?

A. Aluminum foil B. Copper sheet C. Gold wire D. Plastic sheet

3. In which of the following is silicon most useful?

A. Making kitchen utensils B. Manufacturing of electrical wires C. Producing of microchips
D. All of the above

4. What property of metal makes it possible for it to be drawn into wires?

A. ductility B. malleability C. conductivity D. luster

5. Nonmetals are brittle because they ___________________.

A. difficult to mold into different shapes B. can conduct electricity C. easily break D. are shiny

Answers: 1. B, 2. D, 3. C, 4. A, 5. C
STRATEGIES SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS
Routine Activities
Pre-Activity
Review
1. Ask each student to pick a strip of paper on which a name of an Strips of Paper containing
element or a compound is written. names of elements and
2. Post a blank table on the board with headings “Elements” and compounds
“Compounds”
3. Tell the students to post the strip of paper they have picked under A two-column table with
the appropriate column headings: “Elements” and
“Compounds”

Adhesive tape for posting

Motivation
1. Ask the students if they wonder how the electricity from a power
plant reaches their homes

*The students should be able to realize that electricity from a power

plant reaches their homes through current-carrying wires, which are
actually metals, and that these wires are wrapped by insulators,
which are nonmetals, for safety. Invite them to know more of the
properties of metals and nonmetals.
Activity
1. Divide the class into small groups Activity Sheet (Metals vs.
2. Discuss the procedure of the activity Nonmetals), Stainless Paper
3. Distribute the Activity Sheet Clip, Empty Plastic Tube of a
4. Allow the groups to perform the activity Ballpen, Hammer, Simple
5. After the allotted time, instruct the students to post their outputs Electric Circuit
6. Check and discuss the outputs
Assign some of the materials for the students to bring in advance
Analysis Group Outputs on Manila
(Refer to the Analysis Questions in the Activity Sheet) Paper
Abstraction
1. What are the properties of metals?
2. What are the properties of nonmetals?

Provide additional inputs on the properties of metalloids Periodic Table of Elements

Referring to the Periodic Table, point to the students the different
metallic elements as well as the nonmetals and the metalloids
Application
Cite the uses of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids at home,
industries, transportation, medicine, ect.
 ACTIVITY SHEET

Metal vs. Nonmetal

I. Objective:
To differentiate a metal from a nonmetal

II. Materials:
Simple electric circuit, stainless paper clip, empty plastic tube of a ballpen, hammer

III. Procedure:

Note: As you perform the procedure, write down your observations under the section Observation.

1. Prepare the simple electric circuit as shown below. Position the paper clip on the circuit to that it
connects A and B. Observe what happens to the bulb.
2. Remove the paper clip and replace it with the empty plastic tube of a ballpen. Observe what happens.

A B

3. Try to bend the paper clip. See if it breaks.

4. Try to bend the empty plastic tube. See if it breaks.
5. Hammer the paper clip.
6. Hammer the empty plastic tube.

IV. Observations
Sample of Matter When Used in an When Bent When Hammered
Electric Circuit
Stainless Paper Clip

Empty Plastic Tube of a

Ballpen

Guide Questions
1. What does the light of the bulb when the paper clip was used to connect A and B mean? Why didn’t the
bulb light when the paper clip was replaced by the empty plastic tube?
2. What property of metals was exhibited by the paper clip when it did not break as it was bent or
hammered?
3. What property of nonmetals was shown by the empty plastic tube when it broke as it was bent or
hammered?
Further Readings

Metals and Nonmetals

Metals, group of chemical elements that exhibit all or most of the following physical qualities: they are
solid at ordinary temperatures; opaque, except in extremely thin films; good electrical and thermal
conductors (see Conductor, Electrical); lustrous when polished; and have a crystalline structure when in
the solid state. Metals and nonmetals are separated in the periodic table by a diagonal line of elements.
Elements to the left of this diagonal are metals, and elements to the right are nonmetals. Elements that
make up this diagonal—boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, tellurium, polonium, and astatine—
have both metallic and nonmetallic properties (see Periodic Law). The common metallic elements include
the following: aluminum, barium, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, calcium, cerium, chromium, cobalt,
copper, gold, iridium, iron, lead, lithium, magnesium, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, osmium,
palladium, platinum, potassium, radium, rhodium, silver, sodium, tantalum, thallium, thorium, tin,
titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium, and zinc. Metallic elements can combine with one another and
with certain other elements, either as compounds, as solutions, or as intimate mixtures. A substance
composed of two or more metals, or a substance composed of a metal and certain nonmetals such as
carbon are called alloys. Alloys of mercury with other metallic elements are known as amalgams.

Metals are generally very strong and resistant to different types of stresses. Though there is considerable
variation from one metal to the next, in general metals are marked by such properties as hardness, the
resistance to surface deformation or abrasion; tensile strength, the resistance to breakage; elasticity, the
ability to return to the original shape after deformation; malleability, the ability to be shaped by
hammering; fatigue resistance, the ability to resist repeated stresses; and ductility, the ability to undergo
deformation without breaking.

Nonmetal elements, on the other hand, are often gases, and, if solid, nonmetals are generally brittle,
sometimes transparent, and do not conduct electricity.