How to read the periodic table
Make sure your students know how to find elements, groups and periods
Everything you need to help your 11–14 students read the periodic table. Use the poster and fact sheet to ensure they can find elements, groups, periods; recognise metals and transition elements. Download the accompanying activity to walk in the footsteps of the chemists who constructed the modern periodic table by sorting unknown elements into groups using their properties and descriptions.
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