Mr. E. Science
The Periodic Table
This science presentation focuses on the elements in the periodic table. It begins with the parts of an atom, explaining atomic mass and atomic number, valence electrons, and isotopes. Then it moves on to discuss various ways of...
Curated OER
Periodic Table
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...
Curated OER
Periodic Table of Elements
In this science worksheet, students examine the graph with elements in order to differentiate atomic mass and categorizing the content.
Curated OER
Summary of Periodic Trends
This concise collection of images speaks volumes about the trends in the periodic table of elements. Different versions of the periodic table are displayed demonstrating different trends. Teachers' notes are included to assist your...
Mochi Development, Inc.
Mild EleMints: Free Periodic Table
A veritable wealth of information about the elements is provided in one of the most comprehensive free periodic table apps available. View the table from a multitude of classifications including temperature properties, structure, six...
Curated OER
Periodic Table of the Elements
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...
Curated OER
The Periodic Table
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...
Science Teachers
Basic Periodic Table of the Elements
This basic, black-and-white printable is a copy of the periodic table of elements. It includes the standard element name, symbol, atomic number, and atomic weight. Across the bottom is an explanation that says for elements without stable...
Curated OER
The Periodic Table
The slides are nicely designed in this presentation about metals, metallic bonding and the difference between the properties of the main groups of elements found on the Periodic Table. This presentation focuses on the metal, and...
American Chemical Society
Periodic Table Trends Activity
The term periodic in periodic table has meaning. Young scientists view a video to learn about the periodic table and then use the provided resources to create their own tables. They focus on patterns of the chemical properties of each...
I Teach Bio
A World-Famous Table
Guide first-time physical science learners through the periodic table of elements by having them record the atomic number, atomic mass, number of electrons, number of protons, number of neutrons, or the name of an element when given it's...
University of Nottingham
The Periodic Table of Videos
Use QR code readers to turn the periodic table into a YouTube channel for learning. Scan an element and then watch a short video from the University of Nottingham examining the properties of the element, where it be found in nature, and...
Curated OER
The Periodic Table of Elements
In this chemistry worksheet, students examine the periodic table of elements and use the data in other laboratory assignments.
University of Texas
Matter and the Periodic Table Chemical Families and Periodic Trends
Is assembling the periodic table as simple as Tetris? Scholars arrange colored cards into a logical order and then make connections to the arrangement of the periodic table. Hands-on activities include adding trend arrows and analyzing...
National Institute of Open Schooling
Periodic Table and Atomic Properties
An in-depth lesson, the fourth activity in a series of 36, begins with teaching how the periodic table's arrangement came to its current design. Using this knowledge, pupils then move on to analyze the arrangement of elements to their...
NASA
Modeling the Periodic Table
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...
Teach Engineering
Engineering and the Periodic Table
Elements, to the rescue! Scholars first review the periodic table, and then learn about the first 20 elements and their properties and uses in the fourth of six lessons in the Mixtures and Solutions unit. Applying their newfound...
Curated OER
Atomic Properties of The Elements
In this chemistry worksheet, learners examine the periodic table and how it is used in the context of interpreting compounds and their structure.
Jefferson Lab
The Periodic Table of Elements
A study of the periodic table of elements doesn't have to be elementary! Deepen understanding of the building blocks of chemistry with an interactive periodic table. At first sight, the table looks like a standard reference page, but a...
Curated OER
Periodic Table Assignment
In this periodic table worksheet, high schoolers complete a crossword puzzle given 22 clues about elements in the periodic table, periodic law, properties of elements and atomic mass and number. Students also fill in a periodic table to...
Statistics Education Web
It’s Elemental! Sampling from the Periodic Table
How random is random? Demonstrate the different random sampling methods using a hands-on activity. Pupils use various sampling techniques to choose a random sample of elements from the periodic table. They use the different samples to...
Curated OER
Trends in the Periodic Table
In this trends in the periodic table worksheet, students plot the ionization energy vs. atomic number and they plot atomic radius vs. atomic number of the first 20 elements. Students analyze their graphs and answer questions about the...
Curated OER
Electron Configurations and the Periodic Table
In this electron configuration and the periodic table learning exercise, students are given a periodic table with each element. Students write the theoretical electron configuration for each element based on the rules for filling...
Pingry School
The Periodic Law
Time to put the knowledge to the test! Young scholars take what they know about the periodic table and build their own from scratch. Using clues from 26 different elements, they place elements in a blank periodic table. The clues include...