The periodic table can be used as a template for constructing the s, p, d electron configuration of any atom because the shape of the periodic table can be connected with both with the shell and subshell occupied by the electron.
The focus of this activity is blocks of elements in the periodic table. Each block has more than one group. The blocks are referred to by the letters s, p, d and f. On completion of the activity you should be able to
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1H |  | 2He | |||||||||||||||
| 3Li | 4Be | 5B | 6C | 7N | 8O | 9F | 10Ne | ||||||||||
| 11Na | 12Mg | 13Al | 14Si | 15P | 16S | 17Cl | 18Ar | ||||||||||
| 19K | 20Ca | 21Sc | 22Ti | 23V | 24Cr | 25Mn | 26Fe | 27Co | 28Ni | 29Cu | 30Zn | 31Ga | 32Ge | 33As | 34Se | 35Br | 36Kr |
| 37Rb | 38Sr | 39Y | 40Zr | 41Nb | 42Mo | 43Tc | 44Ru | 45Rh | 46Pd | 47Ag | 48Cd | 49In | 50Sn | 51Sb | 52Te | 53I | 54Xe |
| 55Cs | 56Ba | 71Lu | 72Hf | 73Ta | 74W | 75Re | 76Os | 77Ir | 78Pt | 79Au | 80Hg | 81Tl | 82Pb | 83Bi | 84Po | 85At | |
The focus of this activity is blocks of elements in the periodic table. Each block has more than one group. The blocks are referred to by the letters s, p, d and f. On completion of the activity you should be able to
- describe the block in which a given element is found
- identify an element in a particular block from a list of elements