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Learning Intentions

Content Standards being covered:

Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms. (HS PS1-1)

Student understands how the periodic table is organized, how that organization can be used to determine an elements properties and trends of properties on the periodic table.
81. The periodic table is arranged by increasing atomic number.
83. The period, or row, signifies the number of energy levels that an atom contains
85. The vertical columns, called groups or families, consist of atoms with the same number of electrons in the outer energy level and therefore the same chemical properties.
86. Group 1A (Column 1) are called Alkali Metals, Group 2A (Column 2) are called Alkaline Earth Metals, Group 6A (Column 16) are called Chalcogens, Group 7A (Column 17) are called Halogens, Group 8A (Column 18) are called the Noble Gases or Inert Gases, Groups 1B-8B (Columns 3-12) are called the Transition Metals, Elements #57-71 are called the Lanthanide Series and Elements #89-103 are called the Actinide Series
92. Metals are on the left side of the periodic table and non-metals are on the right. A zigzag line separates the two, and atoms along this line have properties of both metals and non-metals. They are called metalloids.
100. Seven elements exist as diatomic molecules in pure form- they are Hydrogen (H2), Oxygen (O2), Nitrogen (N2), Fluorine (F2), Chlorine (Cl2), Bromine (Br2), and Iodine (I2)

Habits of Mind/Life skills being covered:

Creating, Imagining, Innovating

Journal Entry:

How is the modern periodic table organized?  What other patterns or trends are found with this organization?