Students explore the periodic table — the master map of all the elements — discovering how it is organized by atomic number into groups and periods, and how an element’s place reveals its properties.
Students will be able to…
Everything in the universe is built from about 100 elements. How did scientists organize them into a table that predicts how they behave?
Project this and tap each element. Have students find its atomic number, its group and period, and whether it’s a metal, nonmetal, metalloid, or noble gas.
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How do you organize the 100+ building blocks of the universe?
Students investigate.
Teacher explains.
Apply.
Three quick checks.
Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core literacy. State-standard crosswalks available on request.
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules.
Gather and analyze information about materials from natural resources.
Analyze data on substance properties.
Integrate visual information with other information in a scientific text.
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Have students research one group of the periodic table (like the noble gases or the alkali metals) and explain what its elements have in common. A printable element-research sheet is in the Science library.
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