Instructional Video

Lithium

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A knife cuts lithium easily, even though it is a metal. The applications, properties, and history of lithium appear in a video about chemical elements. It highlights a simple flame and large bombs as well as everyday batteries and medication.

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CCSS: Adaptable
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Instructional Ideas
  • Discuss the importance of lithium in medications
Classroom Considerations
  • Relies on prior knowledge of protons, electrons, and neutrons
  • Attempt to share the video without sharing the comment section
  • This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
  • Includes closed captioning for the hearing impaired
  • Demonstrates experiments that are unsafe to perform in the classroom
Cons
  • None