Atoms, Elements & The Periodic Table

Lab: Mystery Tubes

Homework:

• Video: How can you see the atom?

In Class:

Slideshow for Class Notes on the History of the Atomic Model

• Article from Wired: Development of the Atom Model
• TED-Ed Original: The 2400 Year Search for the Atom
• Video Links: Tyler DeWitt Structure of the Atom: History and Experiments

The History of the Atomic Model and the Advancement of Science Timeline

Resources

• SPA Middle School Library Resources (Off Campus Passwords HERE)
• Always the Exception: Women and Women of Color in Historical Perspective
• The Particle Adventure
• Woman Scientists of the Manhattan Project
• The Official Website of The Nobel Prize
• Six Women Scientists Who Were Snubbed Due to Sexism
• 25 Minute Rosalind Franklin Biography DNA: Secret of Photo 51
• Female Scientists of the 21st Century

Other Resources of Interest:

• Article: Why do protons and neutrons stick together?
• Atomic Archive
• CERN Website: Large Hadron Collider

Periodic Table

Homework:

• TED-Ed Video: Solving the Puzzle of the Periodic Table
• TED-Ed Video: The Genius of Mendeleev's Periodic Table
• Extension: article on Electronegativity
• Extension: Video on Lewis Dot Structures and Covalent Bonds
• Resource: Interactive Periodic Table

Common Elements and Symbols: The List of Common Elements

Related Resources:

• Elements 1-12 Quizlet (courtesy of Isabel S-W)
• Elements 13-24 Quizlet (courtesy of Kelby and Annie B.)
• Elements 25-36 (courtesy of Isabel S-W)
• Elements 37-48 Quizlet (courtesy of Michaela)

Atoms and Elements in the News, etc.

• The Weird Ways Extraordinary Scientists Made Synthetic Elements
• 4 New Superheavy Elements Verified
• Rules for Naming a New Element
• Article: Four New Elements Added to the Periodic Table
• Molecule of the Month
• Bucky Balls

Lab: Periodic Table of and Properties Elements

Related Resources:

• The Periodic Table Song
• TED-Ed Video: Solving the Puzzle of the Periodic Table
• TED-Ed Video: The Genius of Mendeleev's Periodic Table
• TED-Ed Periodic Table Videos
• Royal Society of Chemistry: Periodic Table (info on each element)

Lab: Periodic Table Basics

• Mendeleev's Periodic Table of 1871

PhET

• PhET Build an Atom
• PhET Isotopes and Atomic Mass

Solutions, Solvents and Solutes

Lab: What affects the boiling point of water?

How salt affects the boiling and freezing points of water

Lab: Effectiveness of Solvents

• Video: Polar and Nonpolar Molecules

Related resources:

• Water is the Universal Solvent
• Solutions, Solvents and Solutes Video Notes (document includes the following 3 videos):
  1. Introduction to Solutions, Solute, Solvent
  2. Solutes + Solvents = Solutions
  3. ChemAcademy: What are Solutions?
• Adhesion and Cohesion
• Reading Extension: Solubility

Lab: Paper Chromatography and Black Ink Distillation

Related resources:

• BBC Bitesize: Chromatography
• Solutions, colloids, and suspensions - Definitions of each start around the 3:11 min mark.

Lab: Separating Solids

Related resources:

• Reading: Solutions and Solubility
• PhET Simulation: Salts and Solubility
• Separating Insoluble and Soluble Solids
• Separation Techniques for Liquids and Solids

Lab: Separating a Mixture of Liquids

Related resources:

• Solutions, Colloids and Suspensions
• Adhesive and Cohesive Forces
• Separating Liquids Using Distillation
• Separation Techniques for Liquids and Solids

Oil Spill Simulation

Lab: Oil Spill Containment & Clean-up

Homework:

• Article: Operation Save a Duck
• Oil Spill Engineering Background Information

Related Resources:

• Smithsonian: Gulf Oil Spill
• Ohio State scientists develop mesh that captures oil
• Oil Spills and Human Health
• News Flash: Gas pipeline spill in Eagan
• Largest oil spills affecting US waters since 1969