Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: History of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the history of the periodic table, and explain how the periodic table was originally organized, compared to the arrangement of the modern periodic...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Electron Configuration and the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students will explore how the form of the periodic table is related to electron configurations, which in turn influences chemical reactivity.
Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Metals in the Periodic Table

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a general overview of the metals in the periodic table. Content explores the different types of metals, and how you can identify a metal.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Periodic Table App

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, explore the periodicity of the periodic table with the Periodic Table App.
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the periodic table and learn the basic information given for elements: the name, symbol, atomic number, and atomic mass for each element.
Handout
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: The Periodic Table Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the answers to several commonly asked questions about the periodic table. Find out why the first elements on the table are unusual and identify who Lothar Meyer is.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
A fun way to learn about the periodic table! This interactive table allows students to investigate the basic information of an element as well as explore group and family characteristics.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Genius of Mendeleevs Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Video explains why the periodic table devised by Dmitri Mendeleev has endured and how it has predicted the existence of elements. [4:25] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Interactive
University of Kentucky

Department of Chemistry: The Comic Book Periodic Table of Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
The interactive learning resource explores the periodic table of elements. Students click on an element to see a list of comic pages involving that element.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Periodic Table App

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This App provides students with a graphical representation of the elements of the Periodic Table. Information includes 15 properties and facts about the 109 known elements. Students get to explore graphs of the periodic nature of the...
Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive site that explores the details of the periodic table. Click on an element to find out all of its important information.
Website
University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham: Periodic Table of Videos

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of videos exploring the elements of the Periodic Table, presented by professors, lecturers, scientists, technicians, and others at the University of Nottingham. Videos contain stories, personal experiences, fun facts,...
Handout
Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry: The Visual Elements Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners explore the visual elements periodic table. The interactive resource allows students to click on an element to find out about its origin, description, when it was discovered, and a visual animation of the element.
Website
NASA

Nasa: Cosmic Chemistry: An Elemental Question

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the periodic table like never before! This downloadable program module for students comes absolutely complete with teacher modules, student assessments, PowerPoints, Excel spreadsheets, historical text readings and more. Students...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Periodic Table: Metals and Nonmetals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart defines metals and nonmetals and explores the periodic table of the elements.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Periodic Table Organization: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explore the layout of the periodic table by defining different groups and categories of elements. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Table Organization."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Periodic Table Organization: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explore the layout of the periodic table by defining different groups and categories of elements. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Table Organization."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Periodic Table Organization: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explore the layout of the periodic table by defining different groups and categories of elements. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Table Organization."
Interactive
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental Element Math Game!

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to read the periodic table of elements as you solve these Math questions about the number of protons, neutrons, electrons or nucleons in an atom of an element. You can choose how many questions to answer, and how complex they...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Chemistry: Atomic Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
In this module students explore how matter is classified, the history of atomic theory, subatomic particles, modern atomic theory, electron configuration, the periodic table and its trends, and spectroscopy.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mixtures and Solutions

For Teachers 5th - 7th
This unit covers introductory concepts of mixtures and solutions. Students think about how mixtures and solutions, and atoms and molecules can influence new technologies developed by engineers. The first lesson explores the fundamentals...
Interactive
Other

Chemical Education Digital Library: Periodic Table Live!

For Students 9th - 10th
By clicking on individuals elements, users can explore a broad range of information about the element, their reactions, their properties, their structures, and their histories.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Origins: Back to the Beginning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the elements found in the Periodic Table of Elements and what role some of them play in the universe. Test your knowledge of the elements and the organization of the table by completing a puzzle.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Periodi Cally Used Elements

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson explores the various uses of elements in the periodic table. Students will be assigned an element to research. They will then present its uses and atomic information to the class.