- After graphing these elements properties I see that the there are a lot of similarities between the graphs and the table provided to us on the handouts. On the tables we wrote out how the atomic radius, first ionization, and electronegativity were changing. For ionization, me and my partner noticed that going across the period, it was increasing and it was also increasing going up our graph. When we looked at electronegativity down a group we noticed that the number was decreasing and on our graph, the line was producing a similar trend. These similarities went on for all six graphs and categories we created. So, in conclusion, I think that the graphs and tables were both very similar even though they were tow complete different ways of showing the Ionization, Atomic Radius, Electronegativity, and Atomic Number.
- I believe the purpose of this activity was mainly to learn about what electronegativity, ionization, and atomic radius were, what they did for the elements, and why they are important to the periodic table. In addition to that, we were also learning- or for most people- remembering how to accurately graph data that is provided for us in a way besides coordinates. In this activity we had to take the two numbers given to us, label one as an x axis and the other as the y axis. It was then up to us to correctly plot those two points and in the end, most likely draw a line through them to show how the trend is changing. Our goal was to simply create six different graphs using all the information we were given and put it in them.
- Doing this activity I learned that there's a lot of things to consider when you're graphing anything. There's key parts of a graph that a lot of people accidentally do forget to include. These thing are as simple as the title of the graph, which is important because without it no one would know what exactly you're graphing. You also need to label your x and y axis because people who look at your graph need to know what the points are representing. Apart from graphing, I also learned that what Electronegativity meant which is something I didn't know before. Electronegativity means a measure of the relative tendency of an atom to attract electrons to itself when chemically combined with another atom. Overall I do think that this activity helped me to understand more about the periodic table and hopefully I can do more activities like this in the future.