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Memorable Ways to Cover the Periodic Table

For Teachers 5th - 7th
An exploration of the periodic table can lead to a discussion of the scientific process and the ways that our knowledge of this topic evolves and grows.
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Chalkboard Challenge: The Periodic Table and Periodicity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In a well-prepared Jeopardy-style game, your chemisty class can review the periodic table. Questions cover the element groups, some history, atomic number, atomic and ionic radii, electronegativity, and the shielding effect. What a fun...
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Periodic Table of Elements

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Colored boxes with white font present the basic periodic table of elements to your young chemists. All of the basics are included: chemical name, symbol, atomic number, atomic mass, and the number of electrons in each orbital. A brief...
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Reading Comprehension: History of the Periodic Table

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Although the article that launches this lesson is about the history of the Periodic Table, the objective is reading comprehension. Using the eight-page informational text, learners answer five comprehension questions and craft one essay....
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The Periodic Table

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Compliment your lesson with this periodic table presentation. The slides are clear summarizing the origins and main details of the periodic table very nicely.  The overall appearance, images, and bullet points are logical and some nice...
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Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Explanations of shell structure in an atom and the decisions that affect periodic table organization are discussed here. Students view well organized charts to list and compare elements that are placed in different sections of the...
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Periodic Table of the Elements

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss, at their level, the concept of elements making up all matter. They discover the story of Dimitri Mendeleev and his discovery of the Periodic Table of the Elements. They locate and color some of the most common...
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Periodic Tables

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Chemistry jokes only come up periodically, despite the fact that many different periodic tables have been used throughout history. Find out more about various versions in a presentation that includes information about the Mendeleev's,...
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The Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A huge collection of slides introduces chemistry learners to the periodic table of elements, electron configuration, and electronegativity. It opens with the history of today's periodic table, and then details the arrangement. After...
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The Periodic Table

For Teachers 8th - 9th
These slides introduce the basics of the Periodic Table structure and the history and reasoning behind its organization. A useful chart on the fifth page gives the main properties and differences between metals, non-metals and...
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Modeling the Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Imagine a race to complete a puzzle where each person has the same 50 pieces, knows they are missing other pieces, and must figure out how everything fits together. The winner gets fame, listed in books for years to come, and a financial...
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Periodic Table of Elements

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Beginning chemists examine a collection of elements and compounds as they are introduced to the periodic table. The lesson plan is not cohesive and does not provide detailed instructions on how to teach it. However, it does includes a...
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Magnificent Mendeleev: An Elemental Tale

For Teachers 7th Standards
Discover how the periodic table tells the story of its elements. Learners begin by studying the makeup of several mixtures. Their analysis leads to a discussion of elements and the periodic table. As they dig deeper, they understand the...
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Constructing a Periodic Table of Elements

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners create a periodic table of elements. In this chemistry lesson, students work together to build all of the different elements into a complete mini periodic table. They identify similarity and difference of the elements.
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History of the Periodic Table

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students sort a group of manipulatives and then explain their organizational system to the class. They discuss the work of scientists trying to organize the elements into a system that made sense and the development of the periodic table.
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Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the structure and development of the periodic table. In this periodic table lesson plan, students are given colored strips of paper that represent different atoms. They classify the atoms based on the paper's...
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Mendeleev's Periodic Table

For Students 8th - 12th
In this periodic table worksheet, students learn how Mendeleev organized elements by their atomic weight and grouped elements with the same properties. Students compare Mendeleev's periodic table with the modern periodic table. This...
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How Is the Periodic Table Organized?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders access an Interent site to review the Periodic Table. They identify patterns and draw conclusions about the organization of the periodic table. They complete a teacher created chart using the Periodic Table.
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The Periodic Table Introduction Question Exercise

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students are introduced to the periodic table of elements. They find the answers to 13 questions about the periodic table.
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The Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this periodic table activity, students complete a paragraph containing facts about the periodic table by filling in 18 terms from a word list.
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Are You a Trend Setter?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the periodic table of elements. They devise and perform and experiment in which they determine the density of specific elements. They use their results to predict the density of other elements in the same group.
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Science Hits Activity

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students listen to a song that teaches the elements of the periodic table and write their own song to be used as an aid in remembering scientific information.
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Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this periodic table worksheet, students determine why the periodic table is organized the way it is and compare and contrast the characteristics of the different grouping of elements. This worksheet has 22 short answer and 36 fill in...
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Periodic Table

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this periodic table worksheet, students characterize elements according to their group in the periodic table. This worksheet has 26 matching and 13 multiple choice questions.

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