Lesson: Electronic Configurations Science • First Year of Preparatory School

Students will be able to

• write the electronic configuration for an atom,
• identify the electronic configuration of an atom from diagrams,
• identify the atom from written or pictorial representations of its electronic configuration,
• relate chemical reactivity to an atom’s electronic configuration,
• describe how atoms with 8 electrons in the outer energy level are often inert and do not react chemically.