Learn these three metal names! Semi metals; true metals; transition metals.
The semi-metals (or metalloids) include silicon, Si, one of the most common elements on earth. It's extremelly versatile, as it can act like a metal to carry electricity, yet also act like a non-metal and not carry electricity.
What's SiO2? You can melt SiO2 to create fulgurites; you merely need a bolt of lightening. (Can you find out more with an Internet search?)
If you mixed other elements with SiO2, you could create jasper, agate, amethyst.
The true metals include aluminium (Al), tin (Sn), lead (Pb), gallium (Ga), indium (In), thallium (Tl), bismuth (Bi) and polonium (Po). Find out about one or more from our favourite chemists at Nottingham.
The transition metals are, in Ellen's story, the bridge that spans the left to the right side of Periodic Table Town. They include gold, mercury, iron, copper, and zinc.
Transition metals conduct electricity. Read Ellen's story of how transition metals conduct electricity by 'sharing their electrons'. In her words, if the electrons are like kids, we could say, 'You can play anywhere in the neighborhood, just don't leave the neighborhood.'
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