This is an active lesson and activity that introduces the periodic table of elements and its structure. This lesson assumes a student has been taught the basic atom elements: proton, neutron, electron, nucleus, and electron orbital or shell.
This lesson takes about two hours but has natural breaking points to spread it out over 2-3 days if needed.
This covers:
-what the periodic table is
-the table's basic structure including periods and groups
-atomic number
-symbol and elements
-atomic mass