Metals and Non Metals Worksheets for 6th to 8th Grade

What your child practices

Curious about Metals and Non Metals? These 6 worksheets give 6th to 8th grade students (Grades 6 to 8 in Canada) 54 questions to think through. Middle school science builds models and explanations from evidence, and Metals and Non Metals connects to ideas your child will meet again in high school. It opens with a guided Learn and Practice page, moves on to a practice sheet and a review test, then finishes with two quick quizzes and a mixed review. The skill matches NGSS MS-PS1-2, the standard for matter and how it changes. In Canada it matches the BC curriculum for Grade 7. Answer keys sit on page 2 of each PDF, so checking takes seconds. After printing, the online version gives instant feedback and reads each question aloud.

Tips for parents

• Have your child connect the topic to a current news story or real invention.
• Let your child predict an answer before reading, then check if the prediction held up.
• Connect Metals and Non Metals to something at home: the kitchen, the yard or the sky tonight.