Periodic table exploration prompts

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30 Prompts for Periodic Table Discovery 🔍

1. What trends in reactivity did you observe across the alkali metals?
2. How does the atomic size change as you move across a period?
3. Why does reactivity increase or decrease in a group?
4. What pattern can you observe in the electronegativity of elements as you move across a period?
5. How does the ionization energy change as you go down a group?
6. What is the relationship between atomic number and electron configuration?
7. Why do noble gases have the highest ionization energies?
8. What do the trends in atomic radius tell you about electron shielding?
9. How does the reactivity of halogens change as you move down the group?
10. Why does the boiling point of noble gases increase with atomic number?
11. What is the pattern in the reactivity of transition metals?
12. How do metals and nonmetals differ in terms of their physical properties?
13. Why do alkali metals react more vigorously as you go down the group?
14. What pattern do you notice in the electron affinity across a period?
15. Why do elements in the same group often have similar chemical properties?
16. How does the concept of electron shielding explain periodic trends?
17. Why do elements in the same period show similar energy levels for their electrons?
18. What role does the number of valence electrons play in determining an element's reactivity?
19. What are the trends in the melting points of the elements as you move across a period?
20. How do elements in the same group bond similarly with other elements?
21. Why are the alkali metals so highly reactive with water?
22. What is the significance of the noble gases' lack of reactivity?
23. How do lanthanides and actinides differ from other elements in terms of their properties?
24. Why do the elements in Group 17 (halogens) tend to form salts with metals?
25. What changes do you see in the density of elements as you move from left to right across the periodic table?
26. How does the size of an atom relate to its ability to form bonds with other atoms?
27. What trends in electronegativity did you observe across the periodic table?
28. How does the reactivity of metals change as you move down a group?
29. What is the connection between atomic number and the position of an element in the periodic table?
30. Why do certain elements form more stable isotopes than others?