With 42 question cards on the properties of metals and non - metals, this is an enjoyable and challenging board game for up to six middle school players per set. It is suitable for all abilities.
Included in this Pack
- Game board
- 42 Question cards with questions of varying difficulty
- Teacher answer sheet
- Instruction sheet.
Preparation
- Photocopy Board onto A3 paper or card (Colour and greyscale versions included).
- Photocopy question sheets onto paper or card (Colour and greyscale versions included) and cut into question cards.
How to Play
- Highest score of dice starts
- Pupils take turns and work their way around the board following the instructions in the squares.
- Certain squares indicate that the pupil takes a question card from the face down pile. If correct they move on 2 spaces.
- If a player thinks an answer given by an opponent is incorrect they can challenge. If the challenge is correct the challenger moves forward 2 spaces. If the challenge is wrong the challenger moves back two spaces.
- In the event of a challenge, pupils are encouraged to consult their books but the teacher has a quick-check answer sheet.
Prior Knowledge Required
- Metals are conductors of electricity and heat while non - metals are insulators.
- Metals are strong (have high tensile strength) but non - metals are not.
- Metals are shiny when freshly cut or polished but non -metals are dull.
- Metals are sonorous (make a ringing noise when struck while non – metals do not.
- Metals are malleable (can be beaten into shape) and ductile (can be drawn into wires) but non – metals are neither and are brittle (shatter when struck.
- Iron, nickel and cobalt are magnetic but all non – metals are not magnetic.
- Metals are heavy which means they have a high have a high density because they contain a lot of particles. Non – metals are not heavy.
- Metals are all solids at room temperature, except for mercury which is a liquid, as they have high boiling and melting points. Of seventeen non - metals, all are gases except for five which are solids and one which is a liquid.
- Both metals are non – metals burn in oxygen to form the oxide.
Metal oxides are alkaline and non -metal oxides are acidic.
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