Lesson 2

Resources Context
Assessment Sheet (2 per Complete in lesson.
sheet)
Starter – Title: Periodic Table

Activity

Divide these supermarket

goods into 4 groups to go on
All 4 different shelves. Each
shelf has to have at least
one item.

+ Justify how you’ve chosen

your 4 groups.
 Title: Periodic Table

Homework: n/a
Level Learning Objectives Key Words SPAG

Identify where metals and non-

All metals are in the Periodic Table.
Periodic Table • To be able use
correct
Most Describe the transition metals. punctuation: full
Compound stops, commas
and apostrophes.
Mixture
Explain what the alkali metals
Some and noble gases are.
Main Activity – Modelling
By the 1800s scientists had started sorting out the
elements into groups but could not agree on a way to
organise them. Many elements had not yet been
discovered. In 1869, a Russian scientist called Dmitri
Mendeleev put elements in order by how heavy they
were.

He made a chart and called it the Periodic

Table. He called the columns Groups.
Elements that are in the same groups do the
same sort of things (for example all the
elements in group 1 are very reactive).
Main Activity – Modelling
Label your own Periodic Table.
Main Activity – Modelling
Label your own Periodic Table.
Group 8: The Noble Gases
Group 1: The Alkali Metals
Group 2: Alkali Earth Metals Group 7: The Halogens

Transition Metals

Identify where metals and

All non-metals are in the Periodic Table.
Main Activity – Task
Activity – Answer in your book.

1) Which group contains:

a) Li, Cs and Rb 1
b) N, P and Bi 5
c) Tl, In and Ga 3

2) Which is the odd one out? Justify your answer.

a) Fr, Cs, W, Rb W – others are in Group 1.
b) K, P, N, Xe K – others are non-metals.
c) Na, O, Y, Cu
O – others are metals.
Main Activity – AfL

Scales 1-10
Think about what we have
Think

discussed so far/the
question.

Hold up the number of

fingers that relates to how
confident you are in your
Share

understanding. I being
unconfident and 10 being
totally confident.
Assessment Phase
Level Expectations

Label where metals and non-

All metals are from memory!

Add in the first 20 elements

Most from memory!

Label the different names of

Some the groups from memory!
Plenary

Watch Daniel Radcliffe impress everyone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSAaiYKF0cs

Then see how many elements you can list.