Introduction
 

• Suppose it were your job to create a chart for all of the chemical elements.  How would you do this ?  You might arrange them alphabetical from A to Z.  You also might arrange them by there year of discovery.  But there  must be a better way to organize your chart.  It should show at a glance, relationships among elements. You are lucky, a chart called the Periodic Table exist. 

    During this WebQuest, you will be able to:

• Print an updated Periodic Chart.

• Identify the different sections of the Periodic Chart, label the different parts to your chart and print a copy. 

1.  Report to the computer lab and you will be working in groups of two.
2.   Open the file called "periodic chart" (see below).  Make sure to minimize the chart and place on the Task Bar.

Periodic Chart

        Print a Periodic Chart.

4.  The next web site will enable you to identify different elements on the chart. Complete this activity by dragging an element to the blank periodic chart. Add these elements to your chart.

            Identify the elements on the Periodic Chart

   VERTICAL TILING TO FILES

• Click on Excel from the task bar
• Right click on the task bar to open a window.
• Select "Tiling Vertically"

Identify the Tricky Elements.

     Identify the Families and Groups.

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
OUTCOME: You should be able to print a periodic table.	Not Handed-in	Visited site but no Periodic Chart.	Visited site, but can't print or poor quality Periodic Chart..	Visited site and printed a clean Periodic Chart..
OUTCOME: You should be able to identify and label certain elements on the Periodic Chart and Tricky Elements.	Periodic Chart and Tricky Chart not completed.	Periodic Chart is complete with simple elements..	Periodic Chart is complete and Tricky Chart, but tricky elements not on the Period Chart. .	Periodic Chart and Tricky chart is complete along with tricky elements on the Periodic Chart.
OUTCOME: You should be able to the different families, groups and special elements on the Periodic Chart.	The Periodic Chart is not turned-in..	The families and groups are completed..	The families,  groups,and special elements are labeled on the chart.	The families,  groups,and special elements are labeled on the chart along with a completed ledger.

The students will be able to identify common families, periods and certain groups on the periodic chart.

 If you finish early. You can play Periodic Table of elements Hangman Game.

 Periodic Chart Hangman Game