From these learning activity, students should be able to:

• Describe the properties of metals
• Describe the reaction of metals with oxygen
• Explain the ideas of different levels of reactivity
• Explain the reactions of metals with water and steam
• Explain the different reactivity of the metals
• Explain the reactions of different metals with dilute acids
• Explain the reactivity series
• Predict the product of reactions of metals with oxygen, water and dilute acid
• Explain displacement reactions
• Describe the uses of displacement reactions, such as the thermite reaction and the extraction of iron from iron ore