The days of periodic tabling have arrived in the Coryell Castle. It's a challenge to teach because it wasn't always my strong point, but Max has been pushing to learn it despite state standards that don't map it to our academic year. So here's how we're doing it:
My favorite introductory video on the periodic table is this one.
11 mnutes of engaging combination of history and theory which provides much of the information needed to group the elements by class on the worksheets below.
Peridioc Table of the Elements (PDF)
Colorful and color-coded.
Periodic Table of the Elements in Pictures (PDF)
Print as 2-sided document. An excellent resource.
Periodic Table with Symbols (PDF)
Simple chart to help kids memorize the symbols and names of each element.
Color-Coded Periodic Table Worksheet (PDF)
Kids can color-code the element classes. It has an area for a color key for alkali metals, alkaline earth metal, transition metals, metalloids, nonmetals, halogens and noble gases.
Name Game- Finding Elements (PDF)
A fun activity to be completed alongside a periodic table.
Periodic Elements Cards (PDF)
32 pages listing all the periodic elements and their properties to print front and back. There's a card for every element, with a picture on the front and words on the back. Also included are twelve two-sided chemical group cards and five two-sided key cards (symbol key and color key).
Atomic Orbitals Handout (PDF)
This chart shows all the fundamental atomic electron orbitals as electron probability density distributions (fuzzy clouds), which is close as you can get to visualizing what an atom really looks like. The orbitals are labeled. It describes other ways to visualize atoms, namely, electron orbits (like planets) and surfaces of constant probability (bulgy blobs). It has a small periodic table showing in which order the electron shells are filled.
Periodic Table of Videos
Links to a periodic table of videos in which each element leads to a video about it. Great for visual learners.
The atom Handout (PDF)
A great review and introduction to the atom itself.