Chemistry: Periodicity of Properties Exploration

Objectives

• Students will learn how certain properties of the elements tend toward a periodic similarity when the elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number.
• Students will note the intervals between similarities and the relationship between similar elements.

Vocabulary

• periodic table
• atomic number
• atomic mass
• ionization energy
• Periodic Law
• Z
• Z_eff

About the Lesson

This lesson involves the periodic trends of certain properties of atoms.
As a result, students will:

• Graph pertinent data and observe the trends that occur.
• Answer questions to demonstrate their understanding of the periodic trends.
• Learn the Periodic Law.