I know this can be especially boring and I think I would implement some of the visual aspect in my teachings. Agree or disagree.

Absolutely agree, I think it would engage folks more. People on average retain only 20% of what they hear and 30% of what they see when in a demonstration. When you not only hear something but also see it and do it you tend to retain around 90% of the information. I could be wrong but these are just the studies I looked at. Carnage always said we learn by doing.

Alloy of metals is the answer