Periodic Table Lesson Plans

Students research the elements used to create fireworks. In this periodic table lesson, students discuss common metals, their characteristics, and their places on the periodic table. They work in small groups to research the elements used in fireworks and create a mural relating the elements and the fireworks.

In this lesson learners investigate the periodic table, the structure of the atom and the subatomic particles. In this periodic table lesson plan, learners complete 5 activities in order to better understand atoms and the periodic table. They use models to represent atomic structure, they compare the mass of pennies minted before and after 1982 to represent atoms with different number of neutrons, they investigate atomic mass and they make an atom model.

Students arrange the elements in the periodic table according to their properties. In this chemistry lesson, students participate in a live broadcast using justin.tv. They post their questions to the chemist via live chat room.

Learners engage in a lesson that is about the concept of counting the electrons that correspond to the elements found in the periodic table of elements. They create their own table and correlate the group names with the right elements.

In this lesson students conduct an exothermic reaction to investigate the properties of a transition metal. In this periodic table lesson, students identify the transition elements and discuss their properties after watching a video. They conduct an experiment to investigate the reactivity of iron with oxygen in air and water.

Learners examine the different elements on the periodic table.  In this elements lesson learners complete experiments and write a report.

In this lesson students examine common atoms, the periodic table, and atomic structure. They identify the structural features of an atom, read the periodic table of elements, and calculate the atomic weight of an atom, given its atomic number.

Learners use the electron configurations of elements to determine their positions in the Periodic Table. In this periodic table lesson, learners use the handouts provided to determine electron configurations for various elements. They use the electron configurations to organize and find elements in the Periodic Table of the Elements.

In this lesson learners create a periodic table of elements. In this chemistry lesson, learners work together to build all of the different elements into a complete mini periodic table. They identify similarity and difference of the elements.

Learners 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.