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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Alien Periodic Table Questions

Answer all questions and be VERY specific about your characteristics for the alien.  Don't tell me the same fingers, tell me exactly how many fingers that they have in common for example.



Alien Periodic Table



Procedure:

**Create a periodic table of elements that has 8 groups and 5 periods.  The group aliens must be exactly the same in ONE way (the Key Similarity) and must also share one feature that changes in a periodic pattern as you move down the group (the Varying Trait).  Within each period, the aliens must be exactly  the same in ONE way (the Key Similarity) and must also share one feature that changes in a periodic pattern as you move across the period (the Varying Trait).

**Two aliens are missing from your set, leave empty spaces to draw them in later.



Questions:

1. How many groups of aliens do you have? ________

    How many periods of aliens do you have? ________

2. Draw in the missing aliens and describe.

    Description of missing alien #1                                     Drawing of missing alien #1

    (Give 5 characteristics of the alien)

    1.__________________________

    2. __________________________

    3. __________________________

    4. __________________________

    5. __________________________



    Description of missing alien #2                                     Drawing of missing alien #2

    (Give 5 characteristics of the alien)

    1.__________________________

    2. __________________________

    3. __________________________

    4. __________________________

    5. __________________________



3.  Give detailed information about your chart of aliens. Then list the Key Similarity and Varying Trait for the aliens in that group.  Be very specific about what is staying the same and changing.



                                    Key Similarity (stays same)                      Varying Trait (changes)

Group 1                    _____________________                    ____________________

Group 2                    _____________________                    ____________________

Group 3                    _____________________                    ____________________

Group 4                    _____________________                    ____________________

Group 5                    _____________________                    ____________________

Group 6                    _____________________                    ____________________

Group 7                    _____________________                    ____________________

Group 8                    _____________________                    ____________________

Period 1                    _____________________                    ____________________

Period 2                    _____________________                    ____________________

Period 3                    _____________________                    ____________________

Period 4                    _____________________                    ____________________

Period 5                    _____________________                    ____________________



4. The ‘Next’ Alien? For one group and one period…

Group number:  _____

Period number: _____

A) Describe what the ‘next’ alien might look like

B) Draw neatly what it might look like



The ‘next’ alien almost certainly has…                                     Drawing of ‘next’ alien

__________________________________



Thing about the ‘next’ alien we really don’t know is

________________________________________





Analyzing and Comparing Questions:

5. Draw a model of a hydrogen-1 including protons and electrons.



6. What do the groups of aliens have in common (how are they similar) to the groups/families of atoms on periodic table? Think about how the groups on the periodic table are similar and compare to your aliens.



7. How are the periods of the aliens have in common to the periods on the periodic table?


8. Compare the alien in group 1, period 1 to the atom in group 1, period 1 (hydrogen) on the periodic table. How are they similar; compare their characteristics. Think about what are the characteristics of the hydrogen atom

2 comments:

  1. Ms i forgot how the aliens looked like i dont know what to put for 4

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  2. Come visit before or after school or lunch and you can look at your poster.

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