Reactions of Alkali Metals with Oxygen

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Your learners will enjoy watching the experiments in this lesson. We show how alkali metals react in air and how they burn in pure oxygen. The product formed in each reaction is a metal oxide. We suggest that your learners draw up a blank table before watching the lesson. After they have seen each experiment, you could pause the video to give them a chance to record their observations.