Designing a car involves choosing the best materials. It will need to be strong and lightweight, so what would be the best type of material to use?

Objectives:

1. You will learn about the properties of metals and non-metals.

2. You will make observations on experiments using metals.

PART A

Read this paragraph carefully.

Look around you at the materials that make up the room. You can probably see metals and non-metals but how can you tell which materials are metals and which are not? we classify materials as metals and non-metals depending on their properties.

PART B

Use a dictionary (this could be an online dictionary) to find the meanings of the words malleable, ductile and density. Write them on a piece of paper.

PART C

Watch this video about metals:

PART E

Check your answers:

PART F

Watch this video which shows how magnesium reacts when it burns in air.

PART G

Try this quiz to finish.

Well done if you got 5/5 on the quiz, if you didn't go back through the lesson again.

End of lesson