Lesson Plan: The Periodic Table Science
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to describe and identify the rows, periods, and blocks of the periodic table and the position of different types of element.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- describe how the modern periodic table is arranged,
- give uses of some of the elements such as silicon, nitrogen, and cobalt,
- read the periodic table,
- name the different groups, periods, and blocks of elements in the periodic table,
- determine an element’s position in the periodic table from its electronic configuration,
- determine the number of electrons in the outer shell of an element based on its position in the periodic table,
- name the four different types elements can be divided into (metals, nonmetals, metalloids, and inert gases) and classify elements into each of these groups,
- locate the positions of metals, nonmetals, metalloids, and inert gases in the periodic table,
- describe trends in elemental type when moving across a period and down a group,
- describe and explain the trends in atomic radii across periods and down groups.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- elements,
- energy levels.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- the reactivity of different groups of the periodic table,
- the history of the periodic table,
- properties of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids.
