04 Periodic Table

Objectives

Sect 1: How Are Elements Organized?

• 1. Describe the historical development of the periodic table.

  2. Describe the organization of the modern periodic table according to the periodic law.

Sect 2: Tour of the Periodic Table

• 1. Locate the different families of main-group elements on the periodic table, describe their reactivity, and relate their reactivity to their electron configurations.

  2. Locate metals on the periodic table, describe their characteristic properties, and relate their properties to their electron configurations.

Sect 3: Trends in the Periodic Table

• 1. Describe atomic radius and relate it's trend throughout the Periodic Table with atomic structure.

  2. Describe ionization energy and relate it's trend throughout the Periodic Table with atomic structure.

  3. Describe electronegativity and relate it's trend throughout the Periodic Table with atomic structure.

  4. Describe electron affinity and relate it's trend throughout the Periodic Table with atomic structure.

  5. Describe how melting and boiling points relate with atomic structure.

Sect 4: Where Did the Elements Come From?

• 1. Describe how the naturally occurring elements form.

  2. Explain how a transmutation changes one element into another.

  3. Describe how particle accelerators are used to create synthetic elements.

Labs

• 1. Using spectroscopes & bunsen burners.

  2. Determining elements by flame analysis.

Math Skills

• 1. Metric Units and Conversions

  2. Scientific Notation

  3. Squares & Square Roots

  4. Negative exponents

  5. Significant Figures and Rounding