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Periodic Table Film Festival
Friday, January 17
Studio Park Theatre
Physical properties are external appearances and measurements of a substance. Read more.
Chemical properties are how a substance changes with other substances in a reaction. Read more.
- You'll also need to know just a little bit about metals, nonmetals, and metalloids.
But you already knew that...
Atoms are made of protons, neutrons, & electrons.
Read about it here.
pTable.com. We use this to find the stats for each element and to see their family organization.
Build an Atom Game - Get 4 stars on each game.
Watch out! It doesn't save your progress.
Watch out! pTable.com and the game don't display information in the same way. Use the cheat sheet below.
Chemical Symbol: One or two letters that represent an element.
H (Hydrogen).
Chemical Formula: Combination of atoms in a substance.
H2O (2 hydrogen atoms, 1 oxygen atom...water!)
Chemical Equation: Written model to represent a chemical reaction.
CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2 + 2 H2O
Lewis Dot Structure: Drawing that shows valence electrons of atoms and how they bond to form molecules.
Symbols, formulas, equations, and Lewis Structures are all models that represent what is happening at the atomic level of substances.
The Periodic Table shows patterns and trends based on valence electrons.
The Periodic Table is organized horizontally by atomic number.
The Periodic Table is organized veritically by family (valence electron #).
Try to figure out what causes each family to behave the way it does. Read up.