1. Metals and oxygen

2. What to do Get sample of metal Heat in a blue Bunsen flame
Avoid looking directly at the flame
Observe the reaction and the products

3. Making observations colour change black blue green flame lilac powder
bright
light
hot
energy
released
taken in
oxygen
white
grey
lumps
sparks
glowed
orange
sparkles

4. Interpreting our results
How does each metal react with Oxygen
Put the metals in order of reactivity
Copper
Iron
Magnesium

5. What is happening?
oxygen
metal
metal oxide

6. What is happening? oxygen metal metal oxide metal oxygen metal oxide
Are these solid, liquid or gas?
Add the correct state symbol to each in your book (s) (l) (g)

7. Questions