Atoms Unit Part 6: The Periodic Table

This bundle includes 10 lessons of about 50 minutes and 19 page work bundle that has students fill-in critical notes, conduct activities, gather data, answer questions, includes exciting games, built-in assessments, fun play / skit about the noble gases, research project on an element, and so much more. The work bundle chronologically follows the detailed slideshow for an amazing learning experience. A 20 question quiz game concludes the learning for a great review and assessment. A writable .pdf of the work bundle and answer keys are provided. Everything you need to run a meaningful unit is included.

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Atoms and Periodic Table of the Elements

The PowerPoint begins introducing Dimitri Mendeleev is and Henry Moseley, followed by a neat activity that involves playing cards. Instructions to the activity are built into the PowerPoint. Teacher passes out several playing cards from the deck to the students. Teacher then places the rest face down in the front somewhere. Students are then asked to organize the cards in a logical fashion and to determine the values of the mystery cards. Students work together and eventually line up the cards by suit, and from 2 to Ace in increasing order of value. They predict the missing cards. This is a neat activity that gets the students understanding the basic set-up of the Periodic Table by family groups, increasing atomic mass / number, and how Dimitri Mendeleev was able to predict some of the general properties of unknown elements. Some questions and answers are built into the slideshow to wrap up this activity. A description of the Periodic table is then described with step by step notes. Students create a mini Periodic table to record information on, alternative Periodic Tables are shown, Horizontal rows (Periods) and vertical columns, (Group/Family are addressed) Increasing amu, and electron negativity are covered as students add arrows to their mini periodic table in their journal / notebook. Transition Metals are covered - Malleable, Ductile, Luster, Good Conductors, High Density, Conductors of Heat, Chemically Reactive, Metallically Bonded, Most are Solid. A quick trip to the class thermostat to see liquid Mercury and its unique properties is framed as the worlds shortest field trip. A Thermite reaction demonstration is provided and link to a video. The demonstration requires some old iron shot puts and aluminum foil. The Alkali Metals are addressed, followed by the Alkaline Earth Metals. Students color code their mini Periodic Table when each Family/Group is introduced. Metalloids are addressed in a series of step by step notes (Luster, Brittle, Semi-conductors). Non-Metals are covered in a series of step by step notes (Brittle, Poor Conductors, Dull, May be Translucent, Exist as (s) (l) (g), Covalently Bonded, Low Density) A neat little activity with paper clips and toothpicks helps students get the idea between malleable and brittle. A link with instructions for a neat lab about metals, non-metals, and metalloids is provided. Questions to the lab and answers are provided. The Noble Gases are then covered one a time, mini-periodic table is sketched in and color coded, and a really neat dramatic skit activity occurs. Four students volunteers become characters (two Nobles, and two Surfs) Each character has speaking lines and this is a really fun but educational dramatic skit. The idea behind the skit is that the Nobles don't react with anybody (Snooty Nobles) This is always a student favorite. A cool end of the unit project is framed where students research elements from the Periodic Table and create an element page with facts and information about the Elements. These are all hung on the wall to complete the Periodic Table (I usually have each student complete two which never quite completes the whole table but gets close) This is a fantastic PowerPoint that will get your students excited about the Periodic Table. See my whole unit option on TpT before you buy this PowerPoint.

This PowerPoint includes critical notes (Red Slides), exciting visuals, challenge questions, activities with directions and more. Text is usually placed at the top of the slide so it can be read from all angles of a classroom. Color coded slides, as well as a shade technique is used to increase student focus and allows the teacher to control the pace of the lesson. These PowerPoints are meant to be interactive as possible and ask many questions, provides built in review opportunities, explains directions to activities, and much more.