AP Chemistry Ordering Periodic Trends Card Sort Printable Partner Activity

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Try this partner card sort for practicing periodic trends with your AP Chemistry students! In this activity, students practice ordering elements based on a provided trend, as well as add explanation cards using effective nuclear charge and shielding on either end of their order. The following trends and/or topics are included in this card sort:

  • ionization energy

  • atomic radius

  • electron affinity

  • electronegativity

  • effective nuclear charge

  • shielding

Students work in pairs to order four scenarios. Each instruction card contains the instructions, such as "increasing ionization energy." The instruction card will have a symbol. The students will find all the elements that also contain that symbol, and proceed to place those elements in the order indicated on the instruction card. Lastly, the students add a card with an ENC explanation and one with a shielding explanation on each end of their order.

This resource comes with four instruction cards, which each contain four element cards and two explanation cards. This is a total of 28 cards for this card sort. The resource comes in a colored version, as well as an ink-saving version that you could print in color or black and white.

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Try this partner card sort for practicing periodic trends with your AP Chemistry students! In this activity, students practice ordering elements based on a provided trend, as well as add explanation cards using effective nuclear charge and shielding on either end of their order. The following trends and/or topics are included in this card sort:

  • ionization energy

  • atomic radius

  • electron affinity

  • electronegativity

  • effective nuclear charge

  • shielding

Students work in pairs to order four scenarios. Each instruction card contains the instructions, such as "increasing ionization energy." The instruction card will have a symbol. The students will find all the elements that also contain that symbol, and proceed to place those elements in the order indicated on the instruction card. Lastly, the students add a card with an ENC explanation and one with a shielding explanation on each end of their order.

This resource comes with four instruction cards, which each contain four element cards and two explanation cards. This is a total of 28 cards for this card sort. The resource comes in a colored version, as well as an ink-saving version that you could print in color or black and white.

Terms of Use

This resource is for individual classroom use only.  This product is to be used by the original purchaser of the resource.  It is prohibited to copy the resource for another teacher, classroom, or school without the purchase of additional license purchases.  

Files may be partially or fully non-editable to protect images and other components that are copyrighted. Thanks for understanding!

Like this product?  Please help my store grow by leaving a review, and earn credit towards future TpT purchases.  If you have any questions or feedback, please send me an email at rebecca.unbrokenbond@gmail.com or ask a question here on TpT.  

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Try this partner card sort for practicing periodic trends with your AP Chemistry students! In this activity, students practice ordering elements based on a provided trend, as well as add explanation cards using effective nuclear charge and shielding on either end of their order. The following trends and/or topics are included in this card sort:

  • ionization energy

  • atomic radius

  • electron affinity

  • electronegativity

  • effective nuclear charge

  • shielding

Students work in pairs to order four scenarios. Each instruction card contains the instructions, such as "increasing ionization energy." The instruction card will have a symbol. The students will find all the elements that also contain that symbol, and proceed to place those elements in the order indicated on the instruction card. Lastly, the students add a card with an ENC explanation and one with a shielding explanation on each end of their order.

This resource comes with four instruction cards, which each contain four element cards and two explanation cards. This is a total of 28 cards for this card sort. The resource comes in a colored version, as well as an ink-saving version that you could print in color or black and white.

Terms of Use

This resource is for individual classroom use only.  This product is to be used by the original purchaser of the resource.  It is prohibited to copy the resource for another teacher, classroom, or school without the purchase of additional license purchases.  

Files may be partially or fully non-editable to protect images and other components that are copyrighted. Thanks for understanding!

Like this product?  Please help my store grow by leaving a review, and earn credit towards future TpT purchases.  If you have any questions or feedback, please send me an email at rebecca.unbrokenbond@gmail.com or ask a question here on TpT.  

Join my email list and receive four self-checking ideas, along with four FREE self-checking products and/or templates.

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