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Periodic Table Notes: Determining # of Shells and Valence Electrons

For Students 7th - 12th
Although the directions say to view a PowerPoint, it is not necessary in order to complete this assignment. Six fill in the blank questions survey the periodic table of elements. A chart follows in which, given the element symbol, young...
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PPT
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Atoms and Elements - Electron Arrangement and Periodic Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Delve into the world of quantum mechanics by viewing this PowerPoint. Chemistry novices learn about electron energy and shells, and they practice listing electron configuration for different atoms. Because this presentation provides...
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Electronic Configuration

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The creator of this collection of chemistry slides is clever! Electron configuration is explained as, click-by-click, orbitals are displayed and then each is subsequently filled with the proper amount of electrons. After the progression,...
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Unit 2 ~ Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 12th
As an atomic structure reference and review tool, this handout fits the bill. The first page provides definitions and tables of orbitals, electrons, and energy levels. The second page is an opportunity to practice determining numbers of...
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Why and How Atoms Combine

For Students 9th - 12th
Here is a top-notch handout to supply your chemistry class with. It covers valence electrons, Lewis diagrams, the octet rule, and more! Technically it is less of a activity than a detailed explanation of these chemical bonding concepts....
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PPT
Science Geek

Electrons in Atoms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Electrons could never be Bohring! The presentation covers where you find electrons in an atom. It begins with the Bohr Model, then moves on to the Heisenberg Principle and orbital shapes. It concludes with the concept of electron spin...
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The Atom Board - Making Atoms

For Students 5th - 12th
In this atom worksheet, chemists learn how to determine the number of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom using the atomic mass and atomic number. They complete a chart of the subatomic particles and use marbles to represent...
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Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Sub-shells

For Students 6th - 12th
Is your class in a quandary over quantum numbers? Change things up by adding games to the mix! Science scholars discover the shape, number of electrons, and number of orbitals in the s, p, and d sub-shells using an interactive.
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Electron Dot Structures, etc.

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electron dot structures handout, new chemists read about electron arrangement and how to draw electron dot diagrams. They complete a chart with the mass number, atomic number, isotope notation, number of neutrons, and Bohr...
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Organizer
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Covalent and Ionic Bonding:Electron Dot Structures with Ionic Notation

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
After drawing the valence electron distribution of 13 basic elements, there are spaces to draw 18 more complicated molecules.  For each molecule, there is space for a Dot structure and Lewis structure that best describes the distribution...
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Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

Periodic Shuffle: Introduction to Periodicity and Electron Configuration

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
No matter how you shuffle the elements, their electron configurations keep them in the same order. How can that be? Introduce the concept of periodicity through a lesson plan that combines inquiry, discussion, and comparison. Partners...
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Atomic Structure

For Teachers 8th - 12th
A flashy PowerPoint includes clear summaries of atomic structure and electronic configuration. Dot and cross diagrams will help viewers learn how to draw an atom. As a result, learners should be more clear how electronic configuration...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Covalent Bonding - Electron Dot Structures

For Students 10th
A short paragraph helps explain how covalent bonds are formed, and then your class will complete the Electron/Dot and Structural diagrams for the molecules given.  The valence diagrams will reinforce understanding. This activity would be...
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Atomic Mobile

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Structure an activity around atoms. Learners use their knowledge of the parts of atoms—the protons, neutrons, and electrons—to build a model of a carbon atom. Scholars create a nucleus by using clay balls to represent the protons and...
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PPT
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The Groups and Electron Dot Diagrams

For Teachers 7th - 12th
It's all in the family with this presentation! The halogen, alkali metal, and noble gas families are introduced to young chemists along with characteristic properties and colorful diagrams of electron shells. Viewers are then taught how...
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Atomic Structure and Ionic Bonding (A Visual Approach)

For Teachers 8th
Using toothpicks, marshmallows, and round colored sticky dots, physical science enthusiasts build models of an atomic nucleus. For this eighth grade chemistry lesson plan, they play an atom-naming game with the models that they have...
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PPT
Science Geek

Valence Electrons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
There is a lot of negativity when studying electrons, but this presentation makes the experience more positive by beginning with the definition of a valence electron and breaking down the number of valence electrons by groups on the...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Elements and Electron Configuration

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
It's electronic! Pupils uncover elements and their electron configurations as they explore mass, groupings, correct charges, and sliding theory. Young scientists learn creative ways to remember various elements and correctly classify...
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PPT
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Size of Atoms - Trends

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This compendious collection of slides leaves no questions when it comes to the concept of atomic size. Thorough and easy-to-read graphs, tables, and graphics explain atomic radii, the shielding effect, the octet rule, isoelectric...
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Lesson Plan
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Drawing Lewis Structures

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this drawing Lewis structures worksheet, students read about the 5 steps taken to draw Lewis structures for atoms and molecules. These include identifying the valence electrons, placing pairs of electrons between atoms to be bonded,...
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Losing and Gaining Electrons

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electron worksheet, students read about how atoms lose and gain electrons and how they become ions. They are given a table with nine elements and they give the electron configuration, the number of electrons, the number of...
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Curated OER

Atomic Electron Configuration and Chemical Periodicity

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this electron configuration and periodicity worksheet, students answer fifteen questions about periodic trends and they analyze orbital diagrams indicating location of electrons.
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Curated OER

Location of Electrons

For Students 9th - 12th
In this location of electrons worksheet, students read about the quantum mechanical model of the atom and the location of electrons. They complete a table given eleven elements with the sublevel notation, the Bohr notation and the...
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Curated OER

Quantum Numbers and Electron Configuration Worksheet

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electron activity students find values for the given letters including their subshells and in which orbital it occurs. 

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