periodic table

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Reviewing the Periodic Table Using Mystery Puzzles
// Sunday, October 14, 2018 • Gloria Gajewicz
Last year, I wanted to create a fun way to review Periodic Table concepts with my students instead of using the same review worksheet I had students complete in the past. I personally enjoy Escape the Classroom activities, but I could not find one that fit with my Chemistry class content.
lego element symbols
March Madness with the Periodic Table
// Thursday, April 5, 2018 • Tom Kuntzleman
This past March, I ran a multi-day poll on Twitter that was designed to be a fun way to determine the “best” element on the periodic table. I’m sharing about the poll here on ChemEdX in case others might want to try something similar in their classrooms.
Periodic Table of Tech
Periodic Table Websites and Apps - An Update
// Wednesday, August 23, 2017 • Doug Ragan
With the start of the school year quickly approaching or having already started for others I wanted to take this chance to update a few resources regarding some periodic table websites and apps for you and your students. 
Hydrogen haiku
Elemental Haiku
// Tuesday, August 8, 2017 • Dan Meyers
In the August 4th issue of Science Magazine, author Mary Soon Lee shared a review of a periodic table that contains haiku for each element. There is an interactive periodic table you can click on; it was easily viewable in the mobile version of the article.
Mg reacting with water
Trendsetter: A Target Inquiry Activity
// Thursday, October 20, 2016 • Dan Meyers
Target Inquiry “is an exciting, 2½-year, rigorous, and transformational professional development program designed to improve the frequency and quality of inquiry instruction in middle and high school science” (GVSU Target Inquiry).
Isotopes Matter Interactive Periodic Table
Extension Activity with Isotopes Matter
// Sunday, October 9, 2016 • Michelle Okroy
After receiving positive feedback from Peter Mahaffy, the IUPAC project co-chair of Isotopes Matter, I decided to add an additional component to the original isotope assignment I posted.
periodic table apps
Not All Periodic Tables are the Same?
// Tuesday, March 22, 2016 • Doug Ragan
Upon sharing my array of apps with some future chemistry teachers, they asked why so many Periodic Tables?  My response was “Well not all periodic tables are the same”, upon which was followed by several blank stares… Let me explain:  I currently have the following periodic table apps loaded on my iPad: