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Focus Activity 1
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) Powerful Patterns Materials Needed:
Time: 15-20 minutes Students should take turns
timing how long it takes to find a specified (by other student) numbered
card. They should then arrange the cards in numerical order and time
how long it takes to find a card specified by their partner. When the
cards are arranged in a numbered sequence, another pattern should become
evident, as well as a secret message (Mendeleev 1869).
Focus Activity 2
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) Silent Sorting Materials Needed : Only students! Activity Type: Entire class Time: 15-30 minutes Select some attribute of students
that allows you to divide them into 2 groups (color of clothing, watch wearers,
type of shoes, etc.). No talking is allowed during this activity!
The original two groups can be further subdivided. When you have done
this for three levels of categorization, ask the newly grouped students
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Focus Activity 3
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) Sing A Song Of Elements Materials Needed: Internet
connection Follow the link to listen
to Tom Lehrer's Element Song. Be patient, the page can be slow to download.
The sound file is Mac-compatible only. PC users will want to use
the second link provided. The link below should work for PC users.
http://www.roomd116.com/element%20song.htm
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Focus Activity 4
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Discover the Elements Materials Needed:
Time: 55 minutes An excellent introduction
to the Periodic Table, use the attached pdf file as a
viewing guide
for the video. |
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Inquiry Activity 1
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Mendeleev Biography Materials Needed
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The above site contains some
good background information on Mendeleev and the difficulties he had to
overcome to become a successful professor of chemistry. After reading
the selection, students should respond to the questions below.
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Inquiry Activity 2
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Brainpop movie Materials Needed: Computer(s)
with internet connection Click on the link, then click on the "Periodic Table" square to view the movie. This link requires a minute or two to load. Additionally, there is some misinformation in it. After the unit of study is complete, check students for understanding to see if they can catch the error (hint: what is uranium's atomic number?)
http://www.brainpop.com/science/seeall.weml
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Inquiry Activity 3
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Trackstar Periodic Table Materials Needed: Computer(s)
with internet connections The link below has a basic
introduction about how to read the Periodic Table and then has further links
to explore the table through games. |
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Inquiry Activity 4
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Interactive Element Puzzle Materials Needed: Computer(s)
with internet connections Follow the link below for
a crossword puzzle that helps students learn names and symbols of various
elements. The site is maintained by a British organization so some
spellings of elements may differ from US spellings (example, sulphur instead
of sulfur).
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Inquiry Activity 5
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Matching and Concentration Games Materials Needed: Computer(s)
with internet connections Follow the link below for
some fun matching and memory (concentration) games involving element names
and symbols.
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Inquiry Activity 6
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Atoms in Motion Materials Needed: Computer(s)
with internet connections The link below offers a good model of an atom in motion. David's Whizzy Periodic Table shows elements from hydrogen to krypton in motion (both shell and nucleus views), and the PBS link allows students to build their own atom (Shockwave required).
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/a2.html
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Application Activity
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) Periodic Table Database (Access) Materials Needed:
Time Required: Three - five 50 minute class periods Teaching Tip : Put the symbols of the elements you want students to research on index cards. Have them randomly pick an element. Make a list of students and elements assigned to each one. It will make it easier to track missing information later. Students should have a place to store their work, either on a network server or on a removable diskette. To lessen the required time for the project, students may work in cooperative groups and do data entry for 10 elements only and then copy and paste from their group to complete a database for each student. Students should be instructed in the creation and use of the database ( Access Instructions ). Once they have created and saved their database, they should locate the following information, either on-line or by using one of the other resources cited in the Materials section:
Teaching Tip: When working on a network, students will need to open their database by loading Access, then opening their file. If they try to directly open their database outside the program, it won't work. |
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Application Activity
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) What's My Element? PowerPoint Materials needed:
Time Required: Two - three days for the Power Point, then one - two days to view presentations and play game With the Power Point presentation ( instructions ), students will provide clues as to the identity of their element. A sample Power Point is provided on the Assessment page. Teaching Tip : Before students make their presentations to the class, they should have a peer watch the slide show while filtering and sorting their database. This should catch any problems with clues presented in the show. Also, if done with multiple classes and all classes create a database of the same elements, presentations from different periods can be shown so students are unfamiliar with the PowerPoint (students in a computer lab setting tend to check in on one another's work). |
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Broken Arrow Public Schools for The Eighth Floor, March 2002 |
