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Periodic Table

How to Draw Lewis Structures

Lewis Structures1) Find your ______on the periodic table.2) Determine the ______of ______electrons.3) This is how many ______you will ____.

Lewis Structures• Find out which group

(______) your element is in.

• This will tell you the ______ of ______electrons your element ____.

• You will ______ _____the ________electrons.

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Groups - Review

•Each ______is called a “______”•_____element in a group has the _____number of electrons in their _____orbital, also known as “_____”.

Except for He, it has 2 electrons

•The electrons in the outer shell are called “_______electrons”

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Lewis Structures1) ______the element

________.2) Carbon is in the 4th

group, so it has ___valence electrons.

3) Starting at the ______, draw ___electrons, or _____, ___________________around the element symbol.

Lewis Structures1) _____your _____.2) _____your

_______table, check that Carbon is in the ___group.

3) You should have 4 _____electrons, or dots, _____in for Carbon.

Lewis StructuresOn your worksheet, try these elements on your own:

a) Hb) Pc) Cad) Are) Clf) Al

Lewis StructuresOn your worksheet, try these elements on your own:

a) Hb) Pc) Cad) Are) Clf) Al

Lewis StructuresOn your worksheet, try these elements on your own:

a) Hb) Pc) Cad) Are) Clf) Al

Lewis StructuresOn your worksheet, try these elements on your own:

a) Hb) Pc) Cad) Are) Clf) Al

Lewis StructuresOn your worksheet, try these elements on your own:

a) Hb) Pc) Cad) Are) Clf) Al

Lewis StructuresOn your worksheet, try these elements on your own:

a) Hb) Pc) Cad) Are) Clf) Al

Lewis StructuresOn your worksheet, try these elements on your own:

a) Hb) Pc) Cad) Are) Clf) Al

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Complete the Lewis Structure Worksheet

You should know how to draw Lewis Structures

for the first 20 elements.