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Understanding the Elements - This lesson plan calls for student teams to break up the Periodic Table based into
sections with each section representing Alkali Metals, Alkaline Metals, Transition Metals, Poor Metals, Noble Gases and
other non-metals. Student teams must conduct research on each major section or grouping of the Periodic Table using
the Internet. Student teams present their findings to the rest of the class.
Understanding the Elements
Periodic Table Unit - The teacher will provide direct teaching about the Periodic Table and the elements. Students
will take notes while the teacher lectures. Students will use computers to conduct a webquest to further learn
about the Periodic Table and elements. Students will then create a PowerPoint presentation about the Periodic Table
and elements and present it to the rest of the class.
Periodic Table Unit
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History of the Periodic Table - Students gather different objects with different shapes around the school and classroom.
Students will get into teams to try and group them into similar categories. When all the objects have been grouped,
they will be questioned why the objects were grouped the way they were. This would lead into the history of how the
elements were grouped in the Periodic Table.
History of the Periodic Table
The Periodic Table - Students will be given several blank index cards. Each student will be assigned several elements
from the Periodic Table. The job of each student is to write all the information about one element on one index cards.
Once all the elements on the Periodic Table had been assigned to students, they start their research. When they are
done, they post their index card on a blank bulletin board that corresponds to the placement of elements on the rows and columns
of the Periodic Table. The end result is a mosaic of index cards with element symbol, atomic number, weight, etc...
on each card.
The Periodic Table
Periodc Table Family Presentation - The Periodic Table is broken up into 11 sections with each section taken by a team
of students in the class. Each team is to perform a commercial, a skit, or anything creative to present that portion of the
Periodic Table to the rest of the class. Teams must gather as much information about those elements that they have been
assigned and include that in their presentation.
Periodic Table Family Presentation
Element Idenification While Watching Fireworks - Students will watch a video of a fireworks show and then guess which
elements in the fireworks make which color. Then students will watch a video about flame tests with each element burned
to see what colors it produces. Students will learn about elements through this process.
Element Idenification While Watching Fireworks
Chemical Element Interview - Students will select an element and interview it by finding out all the information they
can find about it. Then they present that information to the class.
Chemical Element Interview
Edible Atom - Get lots of discrete type candy like M&Ms or Skittles. Students will select their own element
from the Periodic Table and recreate that element atom using the candy. Some candy will be used to create neutrons and
protons while others will be used to create the electrons. This is a fun activity that the entire class would enjoy.
Edible Atom
Science Matters: Atoms and Molecules - Students get a printout of the Periodic Table. Through direct teaching,
students learn about how the Periodic Table is arranged and the basics about atoms and elements.
Science Matters: Atoms and Molecules
Composition of the Atom - Students will use gum drops and toothpicks to create a 3D model of an atom. This lesson
incorporates kinesthetic hands on activities that will engage learners.
Composition of the Atom
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