Properties of metals and non-metals

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Challenge the misconception that metals and non-metals are completely opposite in their properties with this activity

Non-metals may make up the minority of elements in the periodic table but they’re some of the most interesting. There are relatively few misconceptions associated with this topic. However, it is common for students to take the dividing line in the periodic table as absolute and consider metals and non-metals as completely opposite in their properties. Challenge this misconception with this activity analysing the metal-like properties of non-metal elements.

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