Music to Memorize the Periodic Table of Elements

• NGSS MS-PS1-3 Matter and its Interactions – Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
• NGSS HS-PS1-1 Matter and its Interactions – Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms.

• describe the atomic structure of an element, identify common physical properties and uses of elements within a family and demonstrate their understanding of a chemical element and its properties, discovery, and everyday use by creating a song.

1. Assigns each pair of students a chemical element (or whatever objective you’d like memorized).
2. Students research and learn about their chemical element: its properties, the element group, facts, its discovery, and how it is used in everyday life.
3. The students write a jingle or rap based on their chemical element.
4. Using Soundtrap, the students capture their song by recording, adding loops, sound effects, etc. 
5. Students can load some or all of the jingles/raps onto their phones as ringtones or share out via social media. 

*Since there are many elements, the teacher may want to give students four or five elements and ask them to address each element in their song.

1. Cross-curricular Connection: The teacher can team up with the school’s music teacher to help students put together more complex raps and jingles that fulfill music requirements.