Metals & Non-Metals
...trons. Shin, solid, ductile (make wires), malleable (rolled into sheets), alloys (more than one metal mixed together). Properties of Non-Metals: characterized by lack of metallic properties. Some are solid, some are liquids (bromine), some are gasses (nitrogen, oxygen). Materials Needed: bowl box of iron fortified cereal motar and pestle nails beaker, 600 ml iron filings magnetic stirrer (hot plate/stirrer) vial, small magnetic stir bar (white, Teflon coated) magnetic stir bar retriever Preperation: Add some nails to the box of cereal Procedure: Q: What is "iron-fortified cereal? Take out a box of cereal. Pour into a bowl. Shake out some of the pre-placed nails. Tell the students that this is ONE way to add iron to cereal. Companies add iron in a similar fashion. Crush the cereal with a mortar and pestle. Put powdered cereal into 600ml beaker with distilled water. Add stir bar and place on plate. St...