webquest on metals 3rd ESO

Web Quest

"Super Star Metals"

INTRODUCTION
Many of the elements that make up the world you live in are called "metals". They have certain properties that distinguish them from non-metals. Your world would be very different if there were no metals. What makes some metals a "Super Star"? Are all metals "Super Stars"?

YOUR TASK
You have been given the job of making a brochure for the Journal of Certified Metallurgists Society (JCMS) to show that your metal is indeed a Super Star. You must include the following:
* The properties of your metal
* Where your metal is found or mined in the world
* What the metal is used for
* Why your metal is important to the world (why is it a super star?)

RESOURCES
1.  You may find helpful information about the properties of your metal by looking at Chemical Elements.  Click on your metal and watch what happens.  Keep your pencil and paper handy so you can take notes.
2.  You can have lots of fun looking at this Periodic Table, also.   Be sure to click on Interactive Periodic Table at the top left.
3.  Good "stuff" to help with your research can be found in  metals

THE PROCESS
1.  Dig deeply into a chemical company's catalogs (HINT: the Internet) to get the basic information about your metal.  Take good notes as you go along.  Be sure to the include physical and chemical properties.   
2.  On the world map you have been given, locate the places in the world where your metal is found.
3.  Look for how the metal is used and take notes.  Be sure to list many uses, especially to show how important to the world your metal is.  
4.  Try to find a picture of the metal and some of its uses. Drawings will help your brochure so make a sketch of your metal and its uses. 

6.  Read to find how important your metal is.  List some things we would have to do without if your metal disappeared off the face of the earth.



CONCLUSION 
Your brochure must answer the following questions:

1.  What were some of the uses of your metal?
    What were some of the unusual uses?
2. Why is your metal important to the world?
3.  Why can you now say that your metal is a "Super Star"?