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Teachers notes included in the Notes Page. Useful websites for further information.

For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation.

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Teachers note: There are a wide variety of metals that the students could cite
as examples. They should be able to list the metals that were shown as
examples in the previous activity. A sample list of some metals they may know
Icons
are: steel, key: Flash
aluminium, brass, activity.
copper, These steel,
iron, stainless activities are not editable.
bronze. Accompanying worksheet.

Teachers notes included in the Notes Page. Useful websites for further information.
You may also wish to discuss ferrous and non-ferrous metals at this stage in
more depth. Some points that you may wishFor more detailed
to mention include: instructions, see the Getting Started presentation.
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Teachers notes included in the Notes Page. Useful websites for further information.

For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation.

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Teachers note: The more Flash
carbonactivity.
that is added to steel, the harder
Icons key: These activities are the
notalloyed
editable. Accompanying worksheet.
steel. Unfortunately, when we add carbon to steel, this reduces the ductility
and malleability of the
Teachers material.
notes There will
included always
in the Notesbe aPage.
trade-off betweenUseful websites for further information.
hardness and brittleness when combining carbon with steel. However, there
are several processes such as case-hardening,
Forhardening, tempering,instructions, see the Getting Started presentation.
more detailed
normalizing and annealing which can be employed to counteract some of these
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Teachers notes included in the Notes Page. Useful websites for further information.

For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation.

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Teachers note: This is a good opportunity to explore how other metals are
extracted from the Earth. Students could be asked to conduct online research
to try and find out how different metals are extracted from the Earth and also
what some of the problems are with these methods of extraction.

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As key:
we moved towards the Flash activity.
Iron Age, the easeThese activities
and strength with are not
which editable.
metals Accompanying worksheet.
could be shaped made them invaluable. Initially small pieces of gold and
Teachers notes Page. but theseUseful websites for further information.
couldincluded in the much
Notesprocessing
copper were found and be used without were
used mainly for decorative purposes. To gather any significant amounts of
For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation.
metals, mining was needed.
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Teachers note: There are various other properties of metals that you may
wish to let your students know about. Some of these are included here:

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Hardness Flash
ability to withstand activity.
indents, These
abrasive activities
wear are not editable.
and deformation Accompanying worksheet.
Durability ability to withstand wear and tear
Teachers notes included in the Notes Page. Useful websites for further information.
Strength ability to withstand force without breaking or permanently bending
For more
(tensile, compressive, bending, shear and torsional detailed instructions, see the Getting Started presentation.
strength)
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