Gold, recycling and lab safety
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
List three metal things at home and say if each is bright or dull.
Answers differ; for example a spoon bright, an old gate dull.
2
Write one sentence: why does iron rust but gold does not?
Iron reacts with damp air; gold does not easily react.
3
Draw a recycling arrow chain with four boxes.
Old metal, collected, melted, new metal things.
4
Write four lab safety rules.
Goggles, no tasting, waft smells, tell the teacher about spills.
5
Ask a grown-up what happens to old metal in your street.
Answers differ.