5E Lesson Plan: Exploring the Periodic Table through Element Cards

Assessment · Grade 8 · Science

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• Name: Engage
• Minutes: 15
• Purpose: Hook students by surfacing prior ideas about how elements are organized, creating curiosity about what determines an element's place on the periodic table before any formal vocabulary is introduced.
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• Q1. Name your assigned element and list 3 of its properties. Then explain: why does your element belong where it does on the periodic table? Use the word 'atomic number' in your answer.

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