Periodic Table

Review you Major Projects. You are to conduct an experiment in the Next 10 weeks and make a scientific conclusion. You need to make a hypothesis and scientifically test it with controls.

Problem topics at this stage are:
"Are we alone in the Universe?" and
"Territorial marking by Dogs"


In your books
Go to http://www.periodictable.com/ and for Groups 1,2,17 and 18

1. list the elements and note colour, metal etc
2. draw the 1913 style shell structure
3. note the valency of the group

Google"Methane Jmol" this will give a 3D picture methane.

In your books draw this molecule, write its formula.

Google "Jmol Periodic Table" In your book as many things as you can about the relative sizes of elements.

This is an online Acid Base Lab http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=pH_Scale

Write as many observations as you can about acid, bases and different liquids.

To learn more about chemical reations use this simulation.

http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Reactions_and_Rates