This sounds really nerdy but I absolutely love the Periodic Table. I think it’s one of the most fascinating tools in science and I love bringing it to life for my students. I have created a lot of resources around the Periodic Table because as a young student I never really appreciated its usefulness. Through college and grad school, I really did. This ‘Periodic People’ activity has become a favorite lesson and definitely my favorite way to introduce the concept of the Periodic Table as a table of patterns! This activity was adapted from the Oakland Schools Chemistry Resource Unit. The original activity includes a perfectly useful but more simplistic version of the ‘Periodic People’ cards. Somewhere along the way, I found the cutest set of these that had been re-drawn by an artist named Renee Kimpel. She had them on her blog for free download. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find Renee and her blog again to give her proper credit (if you do know about this blog or where the re-drawn Periodic People can be found, please leave this in the comment section below!). I am providing a FREE DOWNLOAD of this resource, so be sure to scroll […]