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Revision as of 14:36, 13 October 2026

HS-PS1-3 →

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.

Clarification statement: Examples of properties that could be predicted from patterns could include reactivity of metals, types of bonds formed, numbers of bonds formed, and reactions with oxygen.

Assessment boundary: Assessment is limited to main group elements. Assessment does not include quantitative understanding of ionization energy beyond relative trends.

Regents Exam Questions

Released New York State Regents exam questions that assess HS-PS1-1 are listed here by exam and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.

Exam Cluster Question
August 2026 Chemistry Regents Semiconductors Question 14
Semiconductors Question 15
Parade of Balloons Question 39
June 2026 Chemistry Regents How Glow Became Gloom Question 2
Chip Bag: PFAS vs PLA Plastics Question 35
Chemistry sample clusters (Spring 2025) Smartphone Chemistry Question 1
Evaluating Gas Stoves Question 2

Vocabulary

Terms from the Chemistry Glossary that come from this standard or from the released exam questions that assess it.

From this standard
  • atom
  • atomic scale
  • atomic structure
  • attraction
  • bond
  • chemical property
  • component (of a system)
  • contact force
  • electric charge
  • electron
  • electron state
  • element
  • energy level
  • evidence
  • group (of the periodic table)
  • ionization
  • ionization energy
  • main-group element
  • matter
  • metal
  • neutron
  • nucleus
  • outermost energy level
  • period (of the periodic table)
  • periodic table
  • phenomenon
  • properties
  • proton
  • quantitative
  • reaction with oxygen
  • reactivity
  • relative property
  • repulsion
  • system
  • transformation
  • trend
From released exam questions
Implied by this standard
  • atomic number – implied by "orders elements horizontally by the number of protons in the atom's nucleus"
  • electron configuration – implied by "patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms"
  • ionic bond – implied by "types of bonds formed"

Performance Level Descriptions

Every Regents exam question on HS-PS1-1 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.

Level 1: Use the periodic table as a model to identify the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms or the relative properties of elements within a group or period.
Level 2: Use the periodic table as a model to identify the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms and the relative properties of elements within a group or period.
Level 3: Use the periodic table as a model to describe the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms.
Level 4: 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.
Level 5: Use the periodic table as a model to construct a representation of chemical behavior using relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms.

Resources

Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of HS-PS1-1.

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NGSS Dimensions

Performance expectation HS-PS1-1 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices
  • Developing and Using Models
    • Use a model to predict the relationships between systems or between components of a system.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
  • PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
    • Each atom has a charged substructure consisting of a nucleus, which is made of protons and neutrons, surrounded by electrons.
    • The periodic table orders elements horizontally by the number of protons in the atom’s nucleus and places those with similar chemical properties in columns. The repeating patterns of this table reflect patterns of outer electron states.
  • PS2.B: Types of Interactions
    • Attraction and repulsion between electric charges at the atomic scale explain the structure, properties, and transformations of matter, as well as the contact forces between material objects. (secondary to HS-PS1-1)
Crosscutting Concepts
  • Patterns
    • Different patterns may be observed at each of the scales at which a system is studied and can provide evidence for causality in explanations of phenomena.


Page contributors: Caroline Leonard, Conrad Richman
Chemistry | HS. Structure and Properties of Matter
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