2. The Periodic Table (revision)
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The Periodic Table (revision)

3. Use this link to explore the elements and find out interesting facts about them.

4. Symbols
Name the elements with the following symbols: O Al Ti K Au

5. Names Write the symbols for the following elements: Carbon Calcium
Tungsten
Iron
Silver

6. Can you write your name using the symbols of elements?
How many different words can you write in five minutes using the symbols of elements?
Which is the only letter not to appear in the Periodic Table?

7. Which element is the first alphabetically?
Which element is the last alphabetically?
What do you think are the top 10 most common elements in the Earth’s crust?

8. This Periodic Table (larger version available in the Chemistry department) shows elements (and therefore metals) which are found only as compounds, as both compounds and as the element, and as just the element.

9. Make a copy of this list and highlight the metals.
Make clear to students that these elements all occur as compounds.
Make a copy of this list and highlight the metals.
Make a pie chart to illustrate the abundance of the first five elements in this list, grouping the rest as “others”.

10. Top 10 elements in the Earth’s crust
Oxygen
Silicon
Aluminium
Iron
Calcium
Sodium
Magnesium
Potassium
Titanium
Hydrogen

11. On your Periodic Table, mark clearly:
a group
a period
the metal/non-metal divide

12. Elements in the Human Body
Yellow Box = Top 5 Elements present in the human body Green Box = Second 5 Top Elements present in the human body Blue Box   = Trace elements that are required by the human body Violet Box = Elements that are deleterious to the human body.

15. Deliberate Mistakes: Elements
Elements are substances made up of only one atom. There are about 100 elements in the world such as gold, bronze and carbon dioxide. Each element can be represented by a name and symbol. Hydrogen has the symbol H, sodium the symbol S and magnesium the symbol MG. K is the symbol for potassium.
All the elements are arranged in a chart called the Periodic Table.

16. Deliberate Mistakes: Elements
Elements are substances made up of only one atom. There are about 100 elements in the world such as gold, bronze and carbon dioxide. Each element can be represented by a name and symbol. Hydrogen has the symbol H, sodium the symbol S and magnesium the symbol MG. K is the symbol for potassium.
All the elements are arranged in a chart called the Periodic Table.