Aluminum, or aluminium, proves to be 100 percent recyclable and maintains the same physical properties, no matter how many times it is reused. A video in a series on chemical elements discusses aluminum. It describes the properties, uses, and abundance and also highlights the debate over the proper spelling and pronunciation.

Concepts

aluminum, the periodic table, chemical elements

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Discuss which countries drop the i in the spelling and pronunciation of the word and which use it
• Perform simple experiments on aluminum in the classroom

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of the properties of metals

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Connects academic material to something most pupils have in their homes
• Includes subtitles in English and Portuguese for ease of note taking

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4