A Fresh Look At The Periodic Table

Our fresh new look at the periodic table:

 

 

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         For this project, we had to reorganize the periodic table with our own patterns. The patterns are shown on our periodic table includes The pattern of the alphabetical order. This pattern plays a big role in our periodic table because it is the first pattern that you can identify right on the spot. The pattern of strongest reacting to the least reacting element is also a pattern shown on our periodic table. Looking at the table from the top, it starts with most reacting and then it gradually goes down to least reactant elements at the bottom of the table. This is also based on the atomic number which starts large at each collum of each letter of the alphabet to be the largest atomic number then smallest atomic number when going down that collum. We also separated the metals from the non-metals into two different sections to make it more clear. Because of the alphabetical pattern, it was a challenge to find other patterns to go along with it so we did the best we could. The colour coding for the chemical properties are listed in the legend on the bottom left corner of the table. 

 

Define
(What is the challenge you’ve been given?)

The challenge that I have been given put into my own words is to take apart the Periodic Table Of Elements and to assemble them using my own patterns and to give a visual and explain them in detail.

 

Dream

What information does the periodic table tell you?
The original periodic table includes several patterns. One pattern displayed on the periodic table is as you go down each family/collum of the periodic table the atomic mass gets larger. Each element in the collum has the same amount of electrons in its valence shell as the other elements in the collum. Another pattern on the original periodic table is the least reactant elements being at the top of the table, and the most reactants being at the bottom. There is also a separation between metals and non-metals, and in between them are metalloids. 

• How could you arrange it differently based on its chemical and physical properties?

There are quite of few ways to arrange it differently based on the chemical and physical properties. One way is to arrange them based on ionic compounds so it would be easier to know which ones would become stable when combining them. A physically way of arranging them is based on appearance and what texture, color, or whether it is shiny or dull. 

• What different shapes and colours could be used?

The possibility with shapes are endless. You could use whatever shape you’d like but as long as you portray your thinking with that shape in the right way, it wouldn’t matter what shape you use. You could be extra and make a 3D model with intercut shapes and multiple colours to make it easier to understand, or you could just do a 2D model with fewer colours and shapes, but getting your idea through the project is the main idea. 

 

Deliver:

We had to brainstorm our ideas for our periodic table. Above I have inserted an embedded document of my partner and I’s newly organized and portrayed Periodic Table. Keeping our minds on the 5 D’s, we designed a 2D periodic table inspired by Dimitri Mendeleev’s table of elements. How we are going to deliver it publicly is to post it on edublog.

 

Debrief:

How could you have improved your plan?

There are actually a lot of ways I could’ve improved my plan. I am glad that we finished it, and it looks fine but there could’ve been some more tweaking. I think the biggest problem was that the alphabetical pattern was too big of a pattern that it was basically our whole periodic table. It was very challenging to find other patterns while also obtaining the alphabetical pattern at the same time. If we didn’t choose to go the alphabetical way it would’ve been easier to find more patterns. Another way I would improve our custom Periodic Table is making the colour look a bit different and actually having a clear periodic table to look at. I would’ve written them all out one by one, but that would take too much time that we don’t even have so I had to print it. After I printed it was very blurry and you can barely see the details but you could still see the element name so we chose to keep them. The last thing I would change about our periodic table is portraying the different properties of the elements another way besides outlining them because it would’ve been more clear to see. Other than that this project was an overall challenging but also fun experience. 

 

  

 

One thought on “A Fresh Look At The Periodic Table

  1. Thanks for your explanation of how you used the solution fluency to re-imagine the periodic table. Great work including media showing what your periodic table looks like. I see a good retelling of your use of solution fluency and a great reflection on the process. How do you think your redesigned periodic table can help Science students understand the elements better?

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