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How will you sort the following items?

PERIODICITY AND
THE PERIODIC TABLE
OF ELEMENTS
MA RK XA VIE R E . BA IL O N
S PE CIA L S CIE N CE T E A CHE R - 1
PHIL IPPIN E S CIE N CE HIG H S CHO O L CE N T RA L L U Z O N CA M PU S

How about this?

ACTIVITY 1: Telluric Screw

ACTIVITY 1: Telluric Screw

In a graphing paper, label the

side with shorter length, starting
from the edge, 0 to 16.

The limit of one side is

only up to 16 to
represent that the
model is based on
the atomic weight of
oxygen.

On the side with longer length,

label from 0 to 100.
Using the atomic mass in the
modern periodic table of
element, mark the points
corresponding to each element.

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Example: Mark point

(1,1) as H and point
(16,16) as O.

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TELLURIC SCREW

developed by Alexandre-Emile
Bguyer de Chancourtois

ACTIVITY: DESIGNING THE PERIODIC

TABLE OF ELEMENT
There will be a set of 20
cards.
Each card will correspond
to a theoretical element.
The properties of that
element are written also in
the card.

ACTIVITY: DESIGNING THE PERIODIC

TABLE OF ELEMENT
Task:

Average atomic mass:

4.00 g/mol

Melting Point:

0.95 K

Boiling point:

4.222 K

Density at 293 K:

0.1786 Kg/m^3

Electronegativity:

no data

1st Ionization Energies:

2372.3 kJ/mol
colorless, odorless gas, inert

Try to organize the elements in a

logical pattern (tabular form)
leaving space for 3 elements.

Properties:

Mendeleevs Periodic Table (1969)

What properties are common to elements on

the left side of your periodic table? The right
side?

Which properties are periodic?

Which of the properties on the element
cards is most appropriate for sequencing
the elements?

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MENDELEEVS LAW OF PERIODICITY

The properties of the elements are a periodic
function of their atomic weights.

Important People in the Development of

the Periodic Table
Alexandre-Emile Bguyer de Chancourtois
Devised the Telluric Screw in 1862
The elements were arranged according to
atomic weight along a spiral inscribed on the
surface of a cylinder. And inclined at 45
degrees from the base
Failed because the chemical similarities of
elements were not displayed convincingly

Important People in the Development of

the Periodic Table

Important People in the Development of

the Periodic Table

John Newland

Lothar Meyer

Law of Octaves
When the elements are arranged in order of
atomic weight, any one of the elements will
show the same properties as the elements
eight places ahead and eight places behind
in the list.
Problem with accommodating any new
elements that might be discovered

Developed a periodic table similar to that of

Mendeleev in 1868 however due to a
publishers delay, the print version were only
made available in 1870.
Focused more on the physical properties of
an element

Important People in the Development of

the Periodic Table

Important People in the Development of

the Periodic Table

Dmitri Mendeleev

Henry Moseley

Developed his periodic table, around the

same time, as Lothar Meyer.

Focused on chemical properties of the

elements
Tried to predict atomic weights of previously
unknown elements accurately
Developed table has spaces for previously
unknown elements.

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there is in the atom a fundamental quantity,

which increases by regular steps as we pass
from one element to the next.

This fundamental quantity, was referred to by

Ernest Rutherford in 1920 as the atomic number,
and is now identified as the number of protons in
the nucleus

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The modern periodic table that we have

today is a product of the contributions of a
lot of scientists in the past.

ACTIVITY 3: The Unknown Element

EXTEND

Using the periodic table of elements

developed in the previous activity, show where
you can put the unknown elements.

Define and discuss the other different periodic

properties of an element.

Rationalize your answers.

CIRCULAR PERIODIC
TABLE OF ELEMENTS

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Afterwards, you may ask the students to do

again Activity 2. Look at differences in the
table that they will come up. Process. Periodic
trends may be discussed.

HELICAL PERIODIC TABLE OF

ELEMENTS

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Thank You.

References:
Hands-On Chemistry Activities
with Real Life Applications by
Norman Herr and James
Cunningham
A puzzle with many pieces:
Development of the Periodic
Table. Retrieved from
www.storybehindthescience.org
Evolution of the periodic system
by Eric Scerri from the Scientific
American September 1998.

Mendeleevs Periodic Table (1871)

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