While many people have studied and worked with the periodic table in the past, their familiari-ty is often surface level. With a deeper dive, the table becomes a more sophisticated and, ulti-mately, a more useful tool. In Understanding the Periodic Table, delve into the famous col-umns and rows that have come to define the field of chemistry with Ron B. Davis Jr. of Georgetown University as your expert guide. A science lecturer with over 10 years of teaching experience, Ron is able to distill difficult material into digestible, comprehensive lessons that even novice students can understand. In 24 detailed lessons that mix lecture-style learning with hands-on experiments and lab demonstrations, refine your portrait of the periodic table.
Begin the course with an overview. What did the earliest version of the periodic table look like, and how has it changed over time? In what ways does it organize and group elements? What role do subatomic particles play? And what do the table's groups, blocks, columns, and rows actually reveal? Then, zero in on the elements themselves. How were they discovered, and what might the discovery process reveal about the reactivity, stability, abundance, and distribu-tion of a particular element? What does an element look like at the subatomic level, and how does this influence its behavior? And how can we use elements and the materials they combine to form to our advantage? Answer these questions and more in Understanding the Periodic Table.
