Periodic Table Webquest Name: Student Handout Task One – Elements Use the link below to watch the Periodic Table video by StudyJams. Answer the questions below as you watch. Tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/lrzxr7w Full URL: http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/matter/periodic-table.htm 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Substances that cannot be broken down into simpler substances are What type of substances make up almost 75% of all the elements? What is the symbol for the element gold? What do atomic numbers tell you about an atom of an element? How many protons does an atom of gold contain? List three ways that all metals are alike. a. b. c. 7. What is a compound made up of? 8. What elements is a molecule of water made up of? 9. How are elements on the periodic table grouped? Task 2 – Metals, Non-Metals, and Metalloids Use the link below to complete Metals-Nonmetals-Metalloids Activity from Texas Gateway. Answer the following questions as you move through the activity. TinyURL: https://tinyurl.com/hdrshxh Full URL: https://www.texasgateway.org/resource/matter-and-energy-metals-nonmetals-and-metalloids 10. What are the three main types of elements? 11. Indicate the symbols of these three types of elements on your periodic table located on the last page of this handout. Draw a red line around each of the non-metals and a blue line around each of the metalloids. 12. What is a physical property? 13. What is a chemical property? Fill out the table below as you complete the Physical and Chemical Properties Interactive Exercise. Term Definition Physical or Chemical Property? 14. Malleability 15. Reactivity 16. Conductivity 17. Density 18. Luster 19. pH 20. Ability to Rust 21. Ductility © Science Is Real Scroll Down to Metals vs. Non-Metals 22. List three physical properties of metals: a. b. c. 23. List three physical properties of non-metals: a. b. c. 24. Scroll down to Metalloids. What is the most common metalloid? 25. What is the most useful property of a metalloid? 26. Watch the Video Segment. Why is boron used in fireworks and flares? 27. What is Germanium used for? 28. What is arsenic used for? 29. What is the symbol for antimony? 30. Which metal is used to make nuclear batteries? Task 3 – Periodic Table Interactive Use the link below to complete the Interactive Periodic Table Activity by Annenberg Learning. Tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/suv9ukq Full URL: https://www.learner.org/series/interactive-the-periodic-table/ Read the introduction and then Click The Basics 31. Who first named the tiny “uncuttable” particles atoms? 32. What did Aristotle think the Earth was composed of? Click Modern Concept of the Atom 33. What is an element? 34. Are atoms from one element different than atoms from other elements? 35. What are all atoms composed of? 36. Are the subatomic particles of one element different than the particles of another element? Click Let’s Find Out Fill out the table below as you read this page. Name of Particle 37. Proton 38. Neutron 39. Electron Particle Charge Atomic Mass Unit None Click The Answer Starts with Something Called Periodicity 40. How did Mendeleev arrange the elements? 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. What did this show him? How did Moseley rearrange the elements on the periodic table? What is an ion? What does an anion contain? What does a cation contain? What is an isotope? What does the number of protons determine? © Science Is Real Click The Periodic Table 48. What does the atomic number tell you about protons in an atom? Click Play Now 49. Write two things you learned while playing the game in the spaces below. a. b. Task 4 – Introduction to the Periodic Table Use the link below to watch the Tour of the Periodic Table video by Duell Chemistry. Tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/wbd7now Full URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NwRNMfXC5c 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. On the periodic table of elements, what are elements numbered by? What are the rows called on the table? How many are there What are columns on the table called? How many are there What are groups sometimes called? What type of elements are located between the metals and non-metals? What kind of characteristics do metalloids have? On your periodic table, label the names of the following Periodic Groups above their location on the table and shade them in the colors indicated with colored pencils. a. Alkali Metals - Red b. Alkali Earth Metals - Green c. Transition Metals - Yellow d. Metalloids - Purple e. Halogens - Pink f. Noble Gases - Orange g. Lanthanide and Actinide Series - Blue Task 5 – Periodic Families Use the link below to complete the Interactive Periodic Table Activity by Annenberg Learning. Tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/suv9ukq Full URL: https://www.learner.org/series/interactive-the-periodic-table/ Click Groups on the top right of the interactive screen. Then, Find the dropdown menu called Chapter Pages in the upper right of the interactive screen. Click through the chapters in this menu to find information to complete the table below. Group Name 3 Elements in Group Chemical Properties How It’s Used in the Real World 57. Alkali Metals 58. Alkali Earth Metals 59. Transition Metals 60. Halogens 61. Noble Gases © Science Is Real Task 6 – Favorite Elements Interactive Use the link below to access the Periodic Table in Words and Pictures from the Elements website. Tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/yyhvbgwl Full URL: https://elements.wlonk.com/ElementsTable.htm Click on 3 elements of your choice and fill in the table below. Element Full Name Element Symbol Atomic Number Metal, Non-Metal, or Metalloid? Physical/Chemical Properties Example of How It Is Used 60. 61. 62. Task 7 - Name That Element Game Use the link below to play the Periodic Table Game on the Fun Brain website. Tiny URL: https://tinyurl.com/ybvb2nz7 Full URL: https://www.funbrain.com/games/periodic-table-game List three things you learned from playing this game. 63. 64. 65. © Science Is Real
