Group 2 elements: making mind maps | 16-18 years

A photograph of a person's hand holding some burning magnesium wire in a pair of pliers

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Construct mind maps with your students to describe and compare the properties of group 2 elements and their compounds in this lesson plan for 16–18 year olds.

In this activity, students make a mind map to review the properties of the elements magnesium, calcium, strontium and barium and their compounds. They then use peer assessment to check and comment on each other’s work, before comparing their own work with a pre-prepared example.

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