Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 13 · Atoms, Elements, and Molecules
The Periodic Table as a Map
Using the periodic table to predict properties and mapping personal patterns that predict good and hard days.
- Students will
- Students use the periodic table to predict why sodium and potassium react so strongly and to explain trends in reactivity.
- SEL skill
- Find patterns in your own good and hard days the way the table shows patterns
- What it looks like
- Students recognize emotions by finding patterns in their own good and hard days, the way the table shows patterns.
- Content focus
- The Periodic Table as a Map
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is knowing what you feel, think, value, and do well, and seeing how those things shape your actions. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-PS1-1: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP2 Developing and using models
- Crosscutting concept: CCC1 Patterns
- Literacy in science: RST.9-10.7 Translate between quantitative or technical information in words, tables, graphs, and equations.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 1: Atomic Structure
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 2: The Periodic Table
- Experience Chemistry, Investigation 4: Physical Properties of Materials
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 4: Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 5: The Periodic Law
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 3: Patterns in the Properties of Matter
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More self-awareness activities for Chemistry in the Earth System
- My Chemistry Story Self-awarenessStudents list the chemistry they already see in kitchens, fields, and cars and name the strengths they bring as scientists.
- Energy in Bonds Self-awarenessModeling the energy released and absorbed when bonds form and break, and noticing what drains or fuels students' own energy.
- Inside Earth's Engine Self-awarenessModeling convection in Earth's mantle and noticing what drives students' own inner motion.
- Semester Reflection: Elements of Me Self-awarenessStudents build a personal element card showing their growth, bonds, and goals for the spring semester.
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