Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry #4

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

In this video, Hank gives us a tour of the most important table ever, including the life story of the obsessive man who championed it, Dmitri Mendeleev. The periodic table of elements is a concise, information-dense catalog of all of the different sorts of atoms in the universe, and it has a wealth of information to tell us if we can learn to read it.

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    Science (2015) Grade(s): 09-12 - Chemistry

    SC15.CHM.1

    Obtain and communicate information from historical experiments (e.g., work by Mendeleev and Moseley, Rutherford’s gold foil experiment, Thomson’s cathode ray experiment, Millikan’s oil drop experiment, Bohr’s interpretation of bright line spectra) to determine the structure and function of an atom and to analyze the patterns represented in the periodic table.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:SC15.CHM.1

    Vocabulary

    • Atomic theory
    • Periodic table history
    • Macroscopic level
    • Atomic/ molecular/ particulate level

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Examples of scientists and scientific discoveries that changed our knowledge of atomic structure.
    • How these scientific discoveries relate to the information found on the periodic table.
    • Each atom has a charged substructure that consists of a nucleus, which is made of protons and neutrons, surrounded by electrons.
    • The periodic table orders elements horizontally by the number of protons in the atom's nucleus and places those with similar properties in columns.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Obtain information from multiple, grade-level appropriate materials (text, media, visual displays, data).
    • Communicate information from a variety of reliable sources in multiple formats (oral, graphical, textual, and/or mathematical).

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • It is important to gather, read, and synthesize information from multiple appropriate sources and assess the credibility, accuracy, and possible bias of each publication and methods used.
    • Our knowledge of the structure and function of the atom changed over time due to scientific discoveries, and the history of the periodic table traces our understanding of the atom.
    • Macroscopic patterns are related to the nature of atomic/ molecular/ particulate level structure.

    Scientific and Engineering Practices

    Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

    Crosscutting Concepts

    Structure and Function
    Link to Resource

    CR Resource Type

    Audio/Video

    Resource Provider

    PBS
    Accessibility

    Accessibility

    Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
    License

    License Type

    CUSTOM
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