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Interactive Science | Periodic Pencil Classification-Understanding Chemistry's Cornerstone
| The periodic table is the cornerstone of all chemistry, so it deserves to be taught well. But it can be very intimidating to someone who has never studied it. This activity is designed to help students not just overcome their fear of all the strange letters and numbers on the table, but to appreciate how well the periodic table summarizes and groups elements with similar properties.
In today’s lesson students will progressively organize a group of pens and pencils into a chart using a scheme they devise themselves. The table they end up with will relate in many ways to the periodic table.
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►A strong set of
Teacher Notes (shown left), including:
- 7 pages of details, discussion, and information. Illustrated with images to keep you clear.
- Divided into 3 easy-to-follow sections: Materials, Beforehand, and Procedure.
- 6 teacher/student dialogues, based on actual classroom
discussion, which gives you a truer feel for the lesson.
- 7 Accessories- things you can choose to include to
lengthen and deepen the activity.
►A one page
Quick Notes document that outlines the lesson. Use this to see just what the essential elements are, or if you find the regular Teacher Notes too descriptive.
►An 6 slide
PowerPoint (shown
right) you can use on day 2 to review the classification scheme you used.
►A set of
4 homework questions. They will draw connections between the classification table they made in class and the periodic table of the elements. Having these thoughts planted in their minds early in a unit is valuable!
►8
pictures you can use any way you like to reinforce concepts.
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