The Periodic Table and Its Trends – Complete Unit for Edexcel GCSE Chemistry

A fully resourced, plug-and-play Periodic Table unit designed for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chemistry (1CH0) specification.

This complete unit contains everything needed to teach, practise, revise and assess periodic trends and the properties of key groups, with five fully editable lessons plus differentiated revision, assessment and feedback resources.

What’s Included?
• 5 fully resourced lesson PowerPoints with embedded answers
• AfL checkpoints, differentiated activities and exam-style practice
• Print-ready worksheets, including a halogen displacement practical worksheet
• Detailed Scheme of Work with Edexcel specification mapping
• Student revision checklist and visual learning map
• Support, Core and Stretch revision worksheets with mark scheme
• 30-mark end-of-unit assessment and mark scheme
• Post-test feedback sheet with targeted follow-up practice

Topics Covered
• Development of the periodic table
• Mendeleev’s arrangement of elements and predictions
• Arrangement of elements in the modern periodic table
• Electronic structure and position in the periodic table
• Group 1 alkali metals: properties and reactions
• Trends in reactivity down Group 1
• Group 7 halogens: properties and reactions
• Trends in physical properties and reactivity down Group 7
• Halogen displacement reactions
• Group 0 noble gases: electronic structures and unreactivity
• Trends in physical properties down Group 0
• Uses of noble gases
• Transition metals: high melting points and densities
• Coloured transition-metal compounds
• Catalytic activity of transition metals and their compounds

Key Features
Edexcel aligned: Designed for Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chemistry (1CH0), covering the development and organisation of the periodic table, electronic structure and periodic position, Groups 1, 7 and 0, and the characteristic properties of transition metals.
Differentiated: Support, Core and Stretch activities provide scaffolding and challenge for a range of learners, with opportunities to interpret patterns, explain periodic trends using electronic structure and apply understanding to unfamiliar elements and reactions.
Conceptually sequenced: Students move from the development and structure of the periodic table through Groups 1, 7 and 0 to transition metals, repeatedly linking electronic structure and periodic position to chemical and physical properties.
Practical opportunities: Includes a worksheet for the halogen displacement investigation suggested in the Edexcel specification, allowing students to observe displacement reactions and use experimental evidence to compare Group 7 reactivity. This is an additional practical opportunity rather than one of the mandatory Edexcel core practicals.
Ready to teach: A coherent five-lesson unit covering teaching, practice, revision, assessment and post-test feedback — saving hours of planning and preparation.