PERIODIC TABLE TEST
We will spend Monday (February 8) of the coming week reviewing Unit 4: The Periodic Table. Chapter 5 of our book includes the history of the Periodic Table (Section 5.1), the modern Periodic Table (Section 5.2), and Representative Groups (Section 5.3).
Students should be very familiar with each representative group's characteristic properties, their valence electrons, and their uses and applications in everyday life. In addition, students should be able to recognize trends in reactivity, conductivity, malleability, and more. We have practiced labeling blank periodic tables (a great study strategy!) with names of element families, numbers of valence electrons, groups and periods, metals/nonmetals/metalloids, and trends for size, density, reactivity, and "metallic nature."
Helpful resources for studying include our textbook's Section Assessments and Chapter 5 Review, the Unit 4 CUA Review Packet students received in class Thursday, and the Unit 4 folder on Schoology which contains screencasts of all lessons, plus answer keys and links to Periodic Table games and Digital Presentations about each representative group. We used flashcards in class Thursday, and I will have those available to students who found the "Heads Up" game helpful for preparing for our last test on Atomic Theory and Atomic Structure.
DIGITAL PRESENTATIONS
All groups did a phenomenal job collaborating with each other and with me to put together fully digital presentations about their element families. These include important properties and trends within groups, and each student provided the link to his or her Smore showcasing each element that was adopted throughout our Periodic Table project.
I am really proud of their work, and I loved hearing them compliment each other by saying things like "This is a really nice website!" or "That was a good idea for a Prezi!" as they reviewed the digital presentations this past week.
Here are the links to their presentations so you can see what we've been working on in recent weeks - and maybe even learn a thing or two about the elements and their families!
Periodic Table PowToon
Alkali Metals Prezi
Alkaline Earth Metals Weebly
Transition Metals (Jewelry & Coins) Prezi
Transition Metals (Building Materials) Prezi
Transition Metals (Tech, Med, Unknown Uses) Prezi
Boron Family Prezi
Carbon Family Prezi
Nitrogen Family Prezi
Oxygen Family Prezi
The Halogens Prezi
The Noble Gases Prezi
The Lanthanide Series Weebly
The Actinide Series PowerPoint (unable to link)
We will spend Monday (February 8) of the coming week reviewing Unit 4: The Periodic Table. Chapter 5 of our book includes the history of the Periodic Table (Section 5.1), the modern Periodic Table (Section 5.2), and Representative Groups (Section 5.3).
Students should be very familiar with each representative group's characteristic properties, their valence electrons, and their uses and applications in everyday life. In addition, students should be able to recognize trends in reactivity, conductivity, malleability, and more. We have practiced labeling blank periodic tables (a great study strategy!) with names of element families, numbers of valence electrons, groups and periods, metals/nonmetals/metalloids, and trends for size, density, reactivity, and "metallic nature."
Helpful resources for studying include our textbook's Section Assessments and Chapter 5 Review, the Unit 4 CUA Review Packet students received in class Thursday, and the Unit 4 folder on Schoology which contains screencasts of all lessons, plus answer keys and links to Periodic Table games and Digital Presentations about each representative group. We used flashcards in class Thursday, and I will have those available to students who found the "Heads Up" game helpful for preparing for our last test on Atomic Theory and Atomic Structure.
DIGITAL PRESENTATIONS
All groups did a phenomenal job collaborating with each other and with me to put together fully digital presentations about their element families. These include important properties and trends within groups, and each student provided the link to his or her Smore showcasing each element that was adopted throughout our Periodic Table project.
I am really proud of their work, and I loved hearing them compliment each other by saying things like "This is a really nice website!" or "That was a good idea for a Prezi!" as they reviewed the digital presentations this past week.
Here are the links to their presentations so you can see what we've been working on in recent weeks - and maybe even learn a thing or two about the elements and their families!
Periodic Table PowToon
Alkali Metals Prezi
Alkaline Earth Metals Weebly
Transition Metals (Jewelry & Coins) Prezi
Transition Metals (Building Materials) Prezi
Transition Metals (Tech, Med, Unknown Uses) Prezi
Boron Family Prezi
Carbon Family Prezi
Nitrogen Family Prezi
Oxygen Family Prezi
The Halogens Prezi
The Noble Gases Prezi
The Lanthanide Series Weebly
The Actinide Series PowerPoint (unable to link)