Year 8 Science C1
The Periodic Table HL
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Deadline
During this unit a minimum of three home works
will be set (to be decided by the teacher) from
the list below
Teachers will give deadlines, but you are
welcome to start early to get ahead
There is a choice of regular or challenge work
for each task.
Regular
Challenge
Research the history of the
Find out about some other
periodic table. Explain how it is
suggestions for laying out the
arranged using the terms groups, periodic table. Evaluate how they
periods, atomic number and
were better and worse than the
atomic mass.
version we use.
Make a poster to summarise the Extend your poster by including
reactions and properties of
caesium and francium. Explain
Group 1 elements lithium,
why they properties of the
sodium, potassium and rubidium
elements change in the group
Evaluate the uses for Helium.
Why is using it for balloons
potentially a problem for
scientists?
Pick an element from group 0.
Explain what it is used for,
where we get it from and any
problems with it.
Summary Questions: Regular
Summary Questions: Challenge
Summary Questions: Regular:
1. Where are the non-metals on the periodic table? – draw a diagram
2. What are the groups and periods in the periodic table?
3. Describe the reactions of group 1 with water?
4. What are the properties of group 7 elements?
5. What is unusual about group 0 elements?
Summary Questions: Challenge:
1. What differences are there between metals and non-metals
2. Why is the pattern of the periodic table useful?
3. What are the trends in group 1?
4. What trends are there in group 7?
5. What are group 0 elements used for and why?
Completed?
Year 8 Science C1
The Periodic Table HL



Deadline
During this unit a minimum of three home works
will be set (to be decided by the teacher) from
the list below
Teachers will give deadlines, but you are
welcome to start early to get ahead
There is a choice of regular or challenge work for each task.
Regular
Challenge
Research the history of the
Find out about some other
periodic table. Explain how it is
suggestions for laying out the
arranged using the terms groups, periodic table. Evaluate how they
periods, atomic number and
were better and worse than the
atomic mass.
version we use.
Make a poster to summarise the Extend your poster by including
reactions and properties of
caesium and francium. Explain
Group 1 elements lithium,
why they properties of the
sodium, potassium and rubidium
elements change in the group
Evaluate the uses for Helium.
Why is using it for balloons
potentially a problem for
scientists?
Pick an element from group 0.
Explain what it is used for,
where we get it from and any
problems with it.
Summary Questions: Regular
Summary Questions: Challenge
Summary Questions: Regular:
1. Where are the non-metals on the periodic table? – draw a diagram
2. What are the groups and periods in the periodic table?
3. Describe the reactions of group 1 with water?
4. What are the properties of group 7 elements?
5. What is unusual about group 0 elements?
Summary Questions: Challenge:
1. What differences are there between metals and non-metals
2. Why is the pattern of the periodic table useful?
3. What are the trends in group 1?
4. What trends are there in group 7?
5. What are group 0 elements used for and why?
Completed?