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Gloria E. Cotton Page 2

With National Board Certification in secondary science, Gloria E. Cotton spent her career teaching high school chemistry in public school classrooms before retiring from the district. She explains atomic structure and fundamental chemical properties. Cotton now helps run hands-on lab experiments as a volunteer with a local teen science club.

What Properties Do the Halogens Have in Common?
What Did Henry Moseley Contribute to the Atomic Theory?
Why Are Noble Gases So Unreactive?
What Is the Relationship Between Atoms, Elements, and Compounds?
Why Is the Second Ionization Energy Higher?
Why Is Hydrogen Set Apart by Itself on the Periodic Table?
How Much Do Atoms Weigh? Explaining Atomic Mass
What Is a Nuclear Charge and How Does It Affect Atoms?
Why Does Ionization Energy Increase Across a Period?
What Are Synthetic Elements and How Are They Made?
How Many Electrons Can Fit in the 3rd Shell?
Which Elements Have Molecules as Their Basic Units?
Which of the Following Is Not a Transition Metal?
What Does an Element Look Like? From Shiny to Invisible
What Happens When the Sodium Atom Loses an Electron?
What Type of Ion Forms When an Atom Loses Electrons?
How Does Atomic Radius Work?
Which Groups on the Periodic Table Want to Lose Electrons?
What Properties of an Element Are Affected by Electron Distribution?
How to Write the Ground State Electron Configuration
Why Is Sodium So Highly Reactive?
Does Nuclear Charge Increase Down a Group?
What Is the Atomic Structure of an Alkaline Earth Metal?
What Are the Three Rules for Filling Atomic Orbitals?
How Many Electrons Does Fluorine Need to Become Stable?
What Is the Electron Configuration of an Atom?
How Are Atoms Held Together by Chemical Bonds?
Why Do Group 1 Atoms Most Often Exist as Ions With a +1 Charge?
What Is the Electron Configuration of Ge?
How to Build an Atom: From Nucleus to Electron Cloud