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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and label each of the elements in the periodic table with their names, atomic number and atomic masses, by playing a game of Jeopardy. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students work in small groups to investigate physical and chemical properties within families of the periodic table. They create a play based on the periodic table for younger students. The dialogue and costumes accurately represent the properties. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students use the periodic table to play a game of Bingo. They identify metals, nonmetals, metalloids and noble gases and also determine the number of electrons, protons and neutrons for an atom. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students study the use of the periodic table to develop a better understanding of the chemical elements. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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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. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students explore the periodic table and how the elements are organized. They create a pamphlet to present to 8th grade students that gives a brief history of the periodic table, names and uses of 30 common elements and infomation on different groups. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students create a classroom periodic table. Based on criteria developed by the teacher, student groups use the table function of a word processing program to create a regrouping of the periodic table. Full Review »
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- 10th
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In this lesson, students research the elements within a particular period of the periodic table of elements. Students gather data from PDA for each element and join other individuals to decpher the patterns in the peridoc table. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students identify the location of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids on the periodic table. They compare and contrast the properties of metals and nonmetals. In addition, they sketch and label the areas of the periodic tbale and list sprperties for each. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore trends of chemical properties that occur in groups and families of elements. They create a spelling of their name using symbols from the periodic table then use these elements to determine and graph their chemical properties. they compare the elements in their own name with other students to identify trends. Full Review »

