To prevent smelly feet, silver nano-particles find their antibacterial properties used in socks. Learn about the history and properties of silver in only a few minutes. Viewers of an installment in a chemistry series observe chemical reactions using silver to learn about the interesting element.

Concepts

silver, chemical elements, the periodic table

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Survey how many people have silver jewelry on them
• Map the areas you can find silver in nature

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes prior understanding of the reactivity series of metals

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Demonstrates two experiments not allowed in most science laboratories
• Includes subtitles in Dutch, 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