Curated OER
How to Think Like a Scientist
Fifth graders study the scientific method and understand how to apply it. In this "thinking like a scientist" activity students complete several activities.
Virginia Department of Education
Elements and Electron Configuration
It's electronic! Pupils uncover elements and their electron configurations as they explore mass, groupings, correct charges, and sliding theory. Young scientists learn creative ways to remember various elements and correctly...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Float or Sink?
Experiment with mass and density as scholars figure out what makes things float or sink. First, they watch a podcast introducing these concepts. Be sure to use the comprehension question to test their understanding. Young scientists...
Cornell University
Bacteria Take Over and Down
Bacteria outnumber all other forms of life on Earth. Scholars observe the growth of bacteria in petri dishes to understand their role in maintaining good health. Then, they observe the growth of bacteria after they introduce...
Curated OER
Honors Chemistry-Covalent Bonding Study Guide I
In this covalent bonding worksheet, students answer questions about types of bonds, electronegativity, valence electrons, and Lewis dot structures. They answer specific questions about covalent bonds in molecules and explain the...
Curated OER
Flame Test
Students conduct a flame test on different substances. In this chemistry lesson plan, students predict the element present based on the color emitted during the flame test. They explain how different elements produce different colors.
Curated OER
Timing the Tides
Young scholars collect data and describe how and why the high and low tides change from day to day. In exploring tides lesson students study tides by taking notes, recording data and analyzing their findings.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trends in the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate specific properties that can be predicted by an element's position on the periodic table. Additionally, they will look at the formation of ions,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Periodic Table Trends
Given descriptions, scenarios, or groups/series of elements, students will use the Periodic Table to relate the size of the atomic radii, electronegativity, and ionization energy of elements to their position on the chart. Students will...
Google
Google for Education: Patterns in the Periodic Table
Learners study trends in the periodic table of elements, supplemented by the use of spreadsheet functions. The spreadsheet functions presented can be used on any data set.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Valence Electrons and Trends in the Periodic Table
This instructor led activity will produce a partially filled periodic table that contains electron-dot models for the first twenty elements in the appropriate boxes. It will be used as a visual tool for students to connect concepts such...
Google
Google for Education: Example: Patterns in the Periodic Table
A lesson plan where learners examine the trends in the periodic table.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Electron Configuration and the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students will explore how the form of the periodic table is related to electron configurations, which in turn influences chemical reactivity.
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: The Periodic Table
This is a teacher's companion guide with lesson plans for the periodic table. It includes learning objectives, lecture notes, links to related sites, answers to frequently asked questions, and a glossary of related terms.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Ionization Energy
This WebElements site allows you to create a periodic table that shows the relative ionziation energies of all elements. Great visuals!!
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Trends on the Periodic Table: Metals, Non Metals, and Metalloids
In this lab activity, students will be asked to observe and then test the physical and chemical properties of several different elements.
Other
Dynamic Periodic Table
Using this interactive Periodic Table of Elements, learners can view real-time data, dynamically change layouts, visualize trends, and see a 3-D view of orbitals. The names of elements are available in dozens of different languages....
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Periodic Trend Game: Learning to Predict Elements Using Periodic Trends
An activity to introduce the periodic table and the trends. Students will understand the organization of the periodic table with this game.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Periodic Trends
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorail students will use the Periodic Table to identify and explain periodic trends, including atomic and ionic radii, electronegativity,...
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Electronegativity
Chart of Pauling electronegativity values versus atomic number. Colorful, pictorial explanation of this periodic trend.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Period Trends: Ionic Size: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain how the ionic radius changes over representative elements across rows and up and down columns on the periodic table. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Period Trends: Ionic Size."
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University: Ionization Energy Trends
Site that discusses trends in ionization energy across and down the periodic table. Apparent contradictions are explained using electron configurations.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Electronegativity
Explore the concept of electronegativity and how it trends across the periodic table of elements. The author uses simple, humorous drawings to help with understanding.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Periodic Trends: Atomic Radius: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain how the atomic radius changes over representative elements across rows and up and down columns on the periodic table. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Trends: Atomic Radius."
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