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QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 9F: Patterns of reactivity
Section 10: Reviewing work

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • key ideas about the relative reactivity of different metals
  • how to apply the ideas
  • how to recognise what information questions are seeking and to evaluate answers

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Prepare a short test on the content of the unit, eg using comprehension and data-handling questions about different metals, together with additional questions to provide practice materials. Discuss the additional questions with pupils, eg by asking them to read questions out loud, discuss what the questions mean and what sort of answers are required before they take the test. When pupils have taken the test and it has been marked, discuss their answers to the test questions in a similar way. Provide real (or made-up) answers to some questions and ask pupils to identify good and bad points in each.
  • recall key ideas about the relative reactivity of different metals
  • use and apply these ideas in different contexts
  • identify how sample answers provide, or do not provide, the information required

Sections in this unit

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1. Why do metals tarnish?
2. How do metals react with water?
3. Is the order of reactivity of metals with water the same as that with acids?
4. Can we make predictions about the reactions of metals with oxygen?
5. a. Can metals displace each other?
6. b. Can metals displace each other?
7. Checking progress
8. How does the activity series relate to uses and sources of metals?
9. How can we find out more about the reaction of metals with acids?
10. Reviewing work