Periodic Table

   

Text: pages 255-265. 3 day unit.

Objectives

After completing this section, students will:

1.    be able to quickly locate an element on the periodic chart,

2.    be able to distinguish between a group and a period,

3.    be able to use the periodic table to classify an element as metal, nonmetal or metalloid,

4.    be able to determine the number of electrons in the highest energy level using the periodic table,

5.    be able to compute the mass of a mole of an element in grams.

Activities

1.    Web research.

2.    A worksheet on the mole.

3.    Creating an entry for a web-based periodic table.  Here is a sample.

Web Research Links 

To optimize machine performance, close each hyperlink window when finished with the site.

1.    Look up some words    http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/chemistry/dictionary/index.html

2.    Annotate your table    

3.    Info on the mole        

Relationship to Electron levels   

Web-based Periodic Tables

Web Elements              http://www.webelements.com/

A periodic table           http://www.chemicalelements.com/

Univ. of Akron              http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/periodic_table/index.html

This one sorts elements  http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/

Quiz                             http://quizhub.com/quiz/periodictable.cfm

Some review tools        http://www.quia.com/jg/3.html

Element flash cards       http://education.jlab.org/elementflashcards/index.html

Comic Book Table        http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/

Trends Lesson              http://www.lynchburg.net/hhs/chemistry/trends/

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