I plan to educate those reading this article about what they may not know about a few of our elements. I'll tell you what I learned about the oxygen group on the table of elements. I will talk about oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium and finally polonium. These things have changed our way of life and our history in ways you may not know. We are surrounded by these elements in our daily lives and they make us who we are. I hope to teach you and answer some questions about these items in this tipster. In the periodic table, many groups are classified. The oxygen group is a very important group for the existence of life. The oxygen group is the sixteenth group in the periodic table. There are five elements in the Oxygen group: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium and polonium. They each follow the octet rule (they want eight electrons in their outer shell). They each only have six in their outer shell, so they will want to get two more by gaining two electrons. They can share the purchased electrons through a covalent bond. A covalent body occurs when two or more atoms come together to share electrons. Another name for the Oxygen group is also chalcogens. Electronic configuration Oxygen: 1s2 2s2 2p4 Sulfur: 1s2 2s2p6 3s2p4 Selenium: 1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6d10 4s2p4 Tellurium: 1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6d10 4s2p6d 10 5s2p4 Polonium: 1s2 2s2p6 3s2p6d10 4s2p6d14 5s2p6 d10 6s2p4Oxygen is the first element of the Oxygen group. That's why the name of the group is called the group Oxygène. It has eight electrons in total. It has six in its external electronic cloud. According to the octet rule, oxygen will want to gain two extra electrons to fill its outer shell of eight. Oxygen is also one of...... middle of paper ......y years. Can you imagine there is no oxygen group. Well, actually, you couldn't use sulfur on earth to form much of the earth in the ground. Another important element needed is oxygen. All life needs it to survive. The oxygen group has at least one thing in common. They all have six electrons in their outer shell. They want to collect two extra electrons to stay within the octant rule. They want to have eight electrons in their outer shell. They can be very responsive in collecting the two items they need. Oxygen is necessary for fire. Sulfur and heat can cause toxic smoke. Selenium, tellurium and polonium are all radioactive or toxic when in the air. I hope I have informed you and answered some questions. I have written as much information as possible about these crucial elements of life. These elements are very important and crucial for our life.