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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 2.1 Elements and Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how basic elements form molecules to support life.
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eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Periodic Table of the Elements [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A basic periodic table any scientist or non-scientist can use to find information about the elements.
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Website
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Ionization Energies

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise description of ionization energy, and a line graph that plots the ionization energies of the first 88 elements vs. the atomic numbers.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Chemistry 1 A: General Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Junior Chemistry With Chemguy

For Students 6th - 8th
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,...
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Interactive
University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: Chemcomics Boron

For Students 9th - 10th
A comic strip about the "boron bomb." Not real accurate but clever and fun.
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Interactive
University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Californium

For Students 9th - 10th
A comic page from 1964 that features californium as one of several elements for which no practical uses were then known.
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Interactive
University of Kentucky

Periodic Table of Comics: Lithium

For Students 9th - 10th
Comics featuring lithium. Good graphics for a presentation.
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Interactive
University of Kentucky

The Comic Book Periodic Table of Elements: Silver

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Interactive
University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Dysprosium

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Julius Lothar Meyer (1830 1895)

For Students 9th - 10th
Very short description of Meyer's accomplishment of co-discovering the periodic table.
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Interactive
University of Kentucky

Uk: Rhodium Comics

For Students 9th - 10th
Comic featuring rhodium Possible visual for a presentations
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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Periodic Table: Valences and the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
The periodic table was laid out using valences or the electrons in the outermost shell.
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Website
Royal Society of Chemistry

Chemical Society: Chromium

For Students 9th - 10th
A short summary of some of the more basic information one might need to know about this element.
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Website
Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry: Lead

For Students 9th - 10th
Short descrptive summary of lead and some of its uses.
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Handout
Environmental Chemistry

Chemistry and Environmental Dictionary: Nonmetal

For Students 9th - 10th
Environmental Chemistry offers a very concise definition of a non-metal.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Dmitri Mendeleev

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Niobium

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough summary of the properties and uses of this metal.
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Handout
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Nobelium

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the discovery and properties of nobelium, including facts about its isotopes.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Dmitri Mendeleev

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Proton Don (Periodic Table Game)

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Atomic Number

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
Royal Society of Chemistry

Chemical Society: Palladium

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise description is provided for palladium (Pd), provides origon as well as a short description of it's uses.
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Handout
Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry: Manganese

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise page with some basic information on manganese and its applications.