PERIODIC TABLES OF ALMOST EVERYTHING BUT ELEMENTS

Well, it has been an entire week of blogging for me in the month of BLOG-VEMBER, and I wanted to end the first week with a BANG! After exploring the TEDEd Periodic Table of Videos earlier this week, I began wondering, "What other types of periodic tables exist?" As we all know, the answer to most questions is only a Google search away. So, I very innocently and unexpectedly typed into the search box PERIODIC TABLE OF and then conducted and Image search. Let's just say that it was a bit of a rabbit hole. On and off for the past couple of days, I have collected now periodic tables that may be worth exploring and sharing with your students. I present five of my current favorites below and then a link to a Google Spreadsheet where I have listed 60 at this point. I will continue to add to the list as I learn of new ones. If you know of ones that you think should be on the list, please comment below. Also, I have tried to keep the list "kid friendly" as there were many tables that may not necessarily be suitable for educational purposes. 

While it could be quite interesting to simply consume the tables, I think it would be far more interesting to have students produce their own. Consider some of the following ideas to get you started. 

1. How are Periodic Tables organized? What is the structure that the tables have in common? What makes them different? 

2. What makes a "GOOD" Periodic Table? Are tables in the list that could be significantly improved? 

3. What Periodic Table is MISSING? Are there things that could be classified that no one has yet created a table? 

If you use this activity with your students, please share the results with me. I would love to hear how it went! 

GOOGLE DOC WITH 60 ALTERNATE PERIODIC TABLES