Curated OER
Quartz
In this quartz learning exercise, students read about the chemical structure and properties of quartz and its commercial applications. Then, students complete 7 short answer questions.
World Food Programme
Free Rice: Chemical Symbols (Full List)
Play this game and help to end world hunger! For every correct answer, ten grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Programme. Try this question set covering all the chemical elements of the Periodic Table. The level of the...
World Food Programme
Free Rice: Chemical Symbols (Basic)
Play this game and help to end world hunger! For every correct answer, ten grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Programme. Try this question set covering the basic chemical elements of the Periodic Table. The level of the...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Periodic Table
This interactive periodic table of elements allows students to click on each element, and read essential information about that element. Chemical elements are also listed alphabetically for quick reference.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Chemistry: Atomic Theory
In this module students explore how matter is classified, the history of atomic theory, subatomic particles, modern atomic theory, electron configuration, the periodic table and its trends, and spectroscopy.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: The Periodic Table of Data
An interactive Periodic Table of Elements which also serves as a visual database of each element's physical and thermochemical properties. Online activities include virtual graphing, tables of data, energy level diagrams, games, and more.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Mercury
This site provides a user navigated slide show with animations providing basic information about the element Mercury.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Periodic Table Game
Do you know your elements and symbols? Test your knowledge of Earth's elements with this interactive Periodic Table of Elements game.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Rutherfordium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about rutherfordium. [5:17]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Lawrencium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Lawrencium was one of the topics discussed on the professor's London road trip. [5:15]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Rhenium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This video will be about rhenium, an extremely expensive metal, often used in aircraft engines. [7:37]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Tungsten: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Today we will learn about tungsten, an element most famous for its association with lightbulbs. [2:18]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Tantalum: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This video is about tantalum, an element not commonly heard of, but is in everyone's cell phone. [0:58]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Thulium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Thulium, element number 69, is a hard one to isolate and thus, very expensive. However, there is promise for an increased use of this...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Erbium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. In this one, the professor explains why erbium is perhaps the most important element for websites like YouTube. [5:35]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Nobelium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about nobelium. We don't know much about this element because it does not occur naturally. However, we know plenty about the...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Mendelevium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Mendelevium is named after one of the most important characters in the story of chemistry. [1:54]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Fermium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Fermium is named after a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and nuclear power. [1:48]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Vanadium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about vanadium- element number 23 on the periodic table.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Iodine: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about iodine, the pretty purple element, which is part of one of the professor's favorite chemical equations.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Tellurium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about tellurium, an element used more often in laser optics than any other in the chemical industry.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Tin: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about tin, a metal used to coat the cans that hold our food, and to make the blades of swords!
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Terbium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. In this video, discover terbium from the Ytterby quarry in Sweden.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Antimony: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about antimony, an element commonly used in the electronics industry.