Color coding your periodic table how to#

This year, after seeing another teacher comment that she uses clear plastic components in her interactive notebook, a lightbulb went off for me and I created frames that have clear plastic inserts so students can create trend overlays of the periodic table. I used to do this as a very straight forward paste in that I had students label with different colors to illustrate the trends that show themselves on the periodic table. Rightside - Patterns on the Periodic Table You could also be more open ended and have students do an electronic structure brain dump, have them create a game, a crossword, or a comic using electron configuration. I have included a copy of my error analysis if that is the way you would like to go with the output on this page. You could certainly choose any number of electron configuration activities here, including (if you wish) the viral Electron Configuration Battleship and have pairs of students rest their INBs cover-to-cover to play a few rounds. Because of this, I have decided that this year my output for electron configuration will be error analysis. We do a wide variety of electron configuration practice in class. Leftside – Electron configuration practice This exercise really helps students see that there is no memorizing required when producing an electron configuration. I tell them to pay attention to the pattern and that they should NOT label every box provided. Students label the boxes with the electron configuration for the last electron that corresponds to that element. I use this area to show students how the periodic table can be used to derive the electron configuration for any element. Underneath the three models is a blank periodic table. I also talk about the limitations of each model and places in which the relationships between them are stronger or weaker - students make notes on these limitations in the space around the models. I use the same color scheme and circle different parts of each model to show how the models represent the electrons in different ways but are inherently related.

Below that side-by-side models representing oxygen: a Bohr diagram, an Aufbau diagram and an electron configuration.

Color coding your periodic table how to#

Next to this I have a note about how to fill orbitals (Aufbau principle, Pauli Exclusions Principle and Hund’s Rule). I pick a color scheme that I maintain for the rest of the page. The colors are consistent and shade the regions of the periodic table that correspond to the s, p, d and f orbitals. We start with a small periodic table at the top left that I have them color code. This page is where I introduce electron configuration. I do an output activity that requires them to do that (described below) so I don’t label family names on this side because it feels redundant. Depending on the output you choose for the leftside, you could also have them label the family names. They also draw the stair step and then shade the metals, metalloids and nonmetals. I have them draw arrows to show which direction periods and families/groups run. If you don’t want to cover ions at this point, remember that not all parts of the foldable have to be filled out at the same time! I like having all information in one place for students to make the comparisons, but you could certainly have students come back to circle the type of ions formed after working with them in class, or delete that part altogether if you wish.Īt the bottom of the page I have students paste a small periodic table that they label with the vocabulary of the table. In considering the idea that I want the interactive notebook to be the World’s Best Study Guide, I have included information about the ions that each can form. Inside each of the three flaps are side-by-side characteristics so that comparisons between the types of elements are obvious. The outside flaps are unlabeled so students can write in the categories themselves. The top of this page is a hamburger foldable comparing metals, nonmetals and metalloids.