Aliens Activity
by John Bergmann and Jeff Christopherson
Aliens Activity
by John Bergmann and Jeff Christopherson
Aliens
Introduction to
Periodicity
Your Mission
• NASA has recently found life on a
nearby planet!
• These aliens have many similarities
and differences and NASA is in need
of a way to organize these life forms.
• Your job is to create a table to
arrange these new life forms.
Getting Started
• NASA’s instructions:
– Organize the aliens in a rectangular block.
– Each group (vertical column) must be the same
in some way and must have some feature that
changes regularly as you move down the group.
– Each period (horizontal row) must also share
one thing in common and also must have one
feature that changes regularly as you go across
the periodic table.
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The Aliens that Escaped
• Two of the aliens found escaped in the
transportation process.
• NASA would like you to make drawings
of what you believe those aliens
looked like.
• They would also like you to describe
the two missing aliens.
The Aliens We Didn’t Find
• Describe what the next alien would
look like in your periodic table.
• Also include a drawing of this alien.
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Period __ & Group __
Period __ & Group __
Printable
copy of
LAB
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copy of
pre-LAB
Teacher Notes
• This lab is used to introduce periodicity
and trends in the periodic table.
• Students work in small groups to organize
aliens into a meaningful pattern.
• Two aliens are missing and the students
task is to draw pictures of the missing
aliens.
• Students learn to organize information and
predict patterns.
Developed by John Bergmann and Jeff Christopherson
Aliens "A"
Developed by John Bergmann and Jeff Christopherson
Aliens "B"
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Answer Key
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INCORRECT Answer Key
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Lab Answer Key
Developed by John Bergmann and Jeff Christopherson
Aliens "A"
Developed by John Bergmann and Jeff Christopherson
Aliens "B"