What’s the Trend??? Periodic Table Organization

ThePeriodicTableisarrangedbasedonPeriodicLaw.

• WhatisthePeriodicLaw??

Instructions

1) ThePeriodicTableisanorganizedlistofallknown___________________________.Eachboxrepresentsadifferentelement.

2) Thenameofeachelementisalreadywritteninforyou.Chemistsusechemicalsymbols,orletters,torepresenteachelement.Thelettercangointhemiddleofthebox.Usingtheattachedsheettohelpyou,writeinthesymbolsforeachelement.

3) Atomicnumberisthenumberof_____________________ineachatom.Theatomicnumbergoesintheupperlefthandcornerofeachbox.Ineachboxonyourblanktablethatdoesn’thaveanumber,fillitin.

4) ThePeriodicTableisarrangedinto_________________and__________________.

a. Agroupis:______________________________________________________________

b. Aperiodis:_____________________________________________________________

LabelthegroupsandperiodsinyourPeriodicTable,startingwith1intheupper,left-handcorner.

5) ThePeriodicTableisalsoarrangedinto____________________,whichare:_____________________________________________________________________________________________ThefollowingarethefamiliesinthePeriodicTable.Usecoloredpencils(notmarkers)tocoloreachfamilyinthecolorlisted:

a) AlkaliMetals(blue):VeryreactivemetalsinGroup______.

b) AlkalineEarthMetals(red):SomewhatreactivemetalsinGroup_______.

c) TransitionElements(organge):MetalsinGroups______through_______.

d) Non-Metals(purple):GasesandsolidsinGroups______through_______.

e) Halogens(green):NonmetalsinGroup______.

f) NobleGases(yellow):UnreactivegasesinGroup______.

6) OnceyoufinishcreatingyourPeriodicTable,chooseyourfavoriteelement.OnthebackofthePeriodicTablesheet,dothefollowing:

a. DrawaboxthatrepresentsthewayyourelementlooksonthePeriodicTable.Includethenameofyourelement,thesymbol,andtheatomicnumber.

b. Underneaththebox,writeashortparagraphexplainingwhatthePeriodicTableshows,whatitisusedfor,andwhereyourelementfitsontheTable.ExplainwhatGroup,Period,andFamilyyourelementisinandhowyouknow.

Common Elements and Their Symbols

(in alphabetical order)

aluminum Al

argon Ar

arsenic As

barium Ba

beryllium Be

boron B

bromine Br

calcium Ca

carbon C

cesium Cs

chlorine Cl

chromium Cr

cobalt Co

copper Cu

fluorine F

gallium Ga

germanium Ge

gold Au

helium He

hydrogen H

iodine I

iron Fe

krypton Kr

lead Pb

lithium Li

magnesium Mg

manganese Mn

mercury Hg

molybdenum Mo

neon Ne

nickel Ni

nitrogen N

oxygen O

phosphorus P

platinum Pt

plutonium Pu

potassium K

radium Ra

radon Rn

rubidium Rb

selenium Se

silicon Si

silver Ag

sodium Na

strontium Sr

sulfur S

tin Sn

titanium Ti

uranium U

xenon Xe

zinc Zn

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