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Metals—Gifted and Talented Chemistry Unit PlanMetals—Gifted and Talented Chemistry Unit Plan
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Unit Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
3 hrs
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Collaborative Learning
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Scientific Equipment
Year
2011
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Metals—Gifted and Talented Chemistry

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Malleable, magnetic, mesmerizing metals! Pupils love learning about metallic elements, especially through the hands-on activities in an engaging lesson plan. The resource provides thorough instruction on the properties of metals, the activity series, and redox reactions.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

metals, corrosion, reactivity, properties of metals, redox reactions, chemical reactions, chemical equations, making observations, making predictions, the bohr model, valence electrons

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Pass around samples of as many metals as possible and ask the class to record and compare their observations

Classroom Considerations

  • Plan a little extra time for the assessment, as it is quite lengthy
  • Consider providing additional front-end instruction covering the transition metals and how their chemistry compares to that of aluminum or sodium

Pros

  • The activities are interesting and impactful
  • All printable materials are available in the teacher's guide

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.6-8.3 RST.9-10.3 RST.11-12.3

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