Define
In our groups we have been tasked with reorganizing the periodic table of elements. Some questions I have about the periodic table are is it possible to make a better periodic table of elements? What is the deadliest element on the periodic table? How many elements are there on the table?
Dream
The periodic table tells us about all the elements in the world that can not be created, they are only found. The periodic table also tells you a lot about each element, including its protons, electron, density and mass. Another way to reorganize the periodic table is by solids, liquids and gasses. You can use any shapes it just has to fit all the elements in it. You can use any color as long as you have a legend to define what the color means. Other ideas on using color is to group them into solids, liquids and gases. We could also use color to categorize into metal and non-metal.
Believe
My plan to re create the periodic table is to put the elements in order from when they were discovered. Please see below how I categorized the elements:
- Before 1700- brown
- 1700-1800- Blue
- 1800-1900- Red
- 1900-2000- Green
- 2000- current- Pink
One thing I found interesting is that during 1800-1900 they discovered over half of the elements on the periodic table even through we did not have great technology. As our technology improved they discovered more complex elements. The most popular and well known elements were the first to be discovered, for example, gold, silver, copper, mercury, lead and tin.
Debrief
Organizing the periodic table by date of discovery did not help me understand the periodic table any better. Maybe I could have have organized the elements by liquid, gas or solid, that may have helped me.