Energy and orbitals with algebra

This article brings symmetry and energy calculations into the everyday realm of simple algebra and serves as a valuable integrative tool for chemistry and physics. It is for teachers willin... See More

This article brings symmetry and energy calculations into the everyday realm of simple algebra and serves as a valuable integrative tool for chemistry and physics. It is for teachers willing to go a step deeper into the arrangement of the periodic table and to acquaint students with the historical development and importance of the Pauli Exclusion Principle and a more comprehensive view of how and why electron orbitals are filled. Introduce students to this article and challenge them to take the analysis further and then present it to the class.