CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 2.1 Elements and Compounds
Learn how basic elements form molecules to support life.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Periodic Table of the Elements [Pdf]
A basic periodic table any scientist or non-scientist can use to find information about the elements.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Ionization Energies
A concise description of ionization energy, and a line graph that plots the ionization energies of the first 88 elements vs. the atomic numbers.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Chemistry 1 A: General Chemistry
A collection of video lectures from a general chemistry course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course covers topics like stoichiometry, acid-base and solubility equilibrium, oxidation-reduction reactions, chemical...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Junior Chemistry With Chemguy
A collection of video lectures to teach junior high students topics in chemistry. Lectures cover topics in understanding the periodic table, compounds, chemical bonding, Avogadro's number, balancing chemical equations, stoichiometry,...
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky: Chemcomics Boron
A comic strip about the "boron bomb." Not real accurate but clever and fun.
University of Kentucky
Chem Comics: Californium
A comic page from 1964 that features californium as one of several elements for which no practical uses were then known.
University of Kentucky
Periodic Table of Comics: Lithium
Comics featuring lithium. Good graphics for a presentation.
University of Kentucky
The Comic Book Periodic Table of Elements: Silver
This site may focus on fun, rather than facts, but it will become a favorite of any Chemistry student. Here you will find scanned images of panels and/or pages of comic books, with references to the element you seek.
University of Kentucky
Chem Comics: Dysprosium
A 1997 comic strip featuring dysporsium. Given the small amount of interesting information there is on this element, this is a nice touch for a report or a presentation.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Julius Lothar Meyer (1830 1895)
Very short description of Meyer's accomplishment of co-discovering the periodic table.
University of Kentucky
Uk: Rhodium Comics
Comic featuring rhodium Possible visual for a presentations
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Periodic Table: Valences and the Periodic Table
The periodic table was laid out using valences or the electrons in the outermost shell.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Chemical Society: Chromium
A short summary of some of the more basic information one might need to know about this element.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: Lead
Short descrptive summary of lead and some of its uses.
Environmental Chemistry
Chemistry and Environmental Dictionary: Nonmetal
Environmental Chemistry offers a very concise definition of a non-metal.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Dmitri Mendeleev
This overview of the life and accomplishments of chemist Dmitri Mendeleev discusses his upbringing and education. It also provides details on his creating the Periodic Table and his presentation to the Russian Chemical Society.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Niobium
A thorough summary of the properties and uses of this metal.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Nobelium
Information on the discovery and properties of nobelium, including facts about its isotopes.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Dmitri Mendeleev
This biography on scientist Dmitri Mendeleev details his childhood, gives information on his scientific studies, and discusses his formal presentation made to the Russian Chemical Society in which he detailed his findings on elements.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Proton Don (Periodic Table Game)
Play by matching an element's name to its symbol or supply the missing name for an element when presented with its symbol. Includes a tutorial so that you can review the symbols for elements before you play.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Atomic Number
Wikipedia provides the definition of the term, "Atomic number," a term used in chemistry and physics to represent the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Chemical Society: Palladium
A concise description is provided for palladium (Pd), provides origon as well as a short description of it's uses.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: Manganese
A concise page with some basic information on manganese and its applications.