Issue with sodium element series#

Students will usually immediately respond that sodium is found in salt and seawater. Typically this is presented to the students not on the first day of school but it is done within the first two weeks. The sodium program is necessarily brief but must be interesting so that it does not appear dull when compared to the chemical magic that was just presented. Second, the sodium demonstrations are usually conducted as a follow up to a “first day of school” chemical magic 1 show designed to stimulate curiosity and interest. The sodium discussion and demonstrations are used as a vehicle to introduce the program to the students. First, the students have not had an opportunity to engage in the Element of the Month program yet or to prepare a poster. Sodium is a special case of the Element of the Month program for two reasons.

We start the Element of the Month program at the start of the school year in September with a discussion of sodium. Read The Element of the Month - An Introduction for an overview of the project and links to the other articles in the series.' - Editor

Folger (MRF), chemistry teacher (now retired) at Lyme – Old Lyme High School in Connecticut. Wright (SWW), Associate Research Fellow at Pfizer Inc., and Marsha R.

Issue with sodium element series#

'In honor of the International Year of the Periodic Table this series of articles details the Element of the Month project developed by Stephen W.