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Journal Article | August 2021
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Density and the Periodic Table
Book Chapter | November 2014
The purpose of this lab is for students to apply what they know about physical properties and periodic trends to predict ”What Are the Densities of Germanium and Flerovium?” The Teacher Notes provide the connections to…
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Sphero Robots and the Periodic Table
Journal Article | October 2019
Students review the periodic table by coding robots.
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Patterns, Puzzles, and the Periodic Table
Journal Article | September 2019
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Science Sampler: Periodic Table
Journal Article | December 2003
Teaching the periodic table can be a mundane task filled with repetition and rote memorization. The techniques for engaging activities outlined in this article will help students become familiar with the periodic table…
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Idea Bank: Building a Periodic Table
Journal Article | August 2001
The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, an introductory unit on the periodic table of elements is adapted for a blind physical science student,…
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Idea Bank: Presidential “Periodic Table”
Journal Article | August 2008
The Presidential “Periodic Table” is an engaging activity that encourages high school chemistry students to match the names of the elements with their chemical symbols in order to spell out the names of the 43 U.S.…
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Tried and True: The living periodic table
Journal Article | September 2005
To help make the abstract world of chemistry more concrete to your middle-school students, have them create a living periodic table that can be displayed in the classroom or hallway. This display includes information…
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Idea Bank: Periodic Table of Cereal Boxes
Journal Article | June 2006
Do you find that helping students to understand the concept of periodicity to be a difficult task? If so, try implementing this introductory activity that was developed to increase students' understanding of periodicity…
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Tried and True: Our class periodic table
Journal Article | September 2007
To facilitate discussions centered on the topic of chemistry, students can create a classroom periodic table. In order to accomplish this task, they research elements in the periodic table using various media (textbooks…
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Understanding the Elements: The physics and symmetry of the periodic table of the elements
Journal Article | January 2001
The Periodic Table of the Elements, or the Mendeleev Chart, is the starting point for chemistry and critical for learning physics as well. This article is an effort to explain, from fundamentals, how the periodic table…
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Building Picnic Tables ... and Community
Journal Article | February 2021
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Collection | February 2015
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Collection | February 2015
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Collection | January 2015