This is an engaging and enjoyable memory game on the difference between the properties of metals and non – metals. Pupils work in teams of three or four. Each team lays out their 42 cards face down in a square and take it in turn to turn over two cards. If the cards are a question and its correct answer, the pupil keeps the pair. If they are not a match they are turned face down and the next pupil gets a turn. This process continues until all cards are matched and the winner is the pupil with the most pairs.
If a team member thinks that the selectors pair is not a correct match, they can challenge.
Pupils are encouraged to check their books for the correct answer but the teacher also has a quick-check answer sheet. If the challenge is correct, the challenger keeps the pair.
Included in this Pack
- 42 question and answer cards
- Teacher’s answer sheet.
- Instruction sheet
Preparation
- Use double-sided printing to copy 1 set per group of 4 pupils.
- Sheets could be laminated to enable year-on-year use.
- Cut sheets into cards.
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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