Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: The Alkali and Alkali Earth Metals
Through an online slide-show format, learn about the history and chemistry behind the alkali and earth metals.
American Chemical Society
It's Elemental:
This periodic table offers a brief description and an example when you pause the mouse pointer over the element icon. Click the linked periodic abbreviation for detailed information.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: General Chemistry
A collection of video lectures from a general chemistry course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course teaches periodic table, chemical bonds, molecular shape, phase changes, chemical reactions, stoichiometry,...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Origins: Back to the Beginning
Explore the elements found in the Periodic Table of Elements and what role some of them play in the universe. Test your knowledge of the elements and the organization of the table by completing a puzzle.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Elements
Fun and interesting information about elements. Learn about the periodic table, how they are distinguished, and the different families of elements.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Glenn T. Seaborg
An Wikipedia article on Glenn Seaborg discusses his accomplishments in the world of chemistry. It discusses his creation of the element Plutonium and his work with the Manhattan Project. Also provides some information on personal life...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Henry Moseley
This site from the Wikipedia Encyclopedia provides an overview of the life of scientist Henry Moseley. This open-source encyclopedia site discusses his contribution to science and how he found a systematic relation between wavelength and...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Chalcogen
An informative article from the Wikipedia encyclopedia about Group 16 from the Periodic Table (also known as the Chalcogens). It gives information about their compounds and on the oxidation numbers of the elements.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Chemical Society: Zirconium
This site, which is provided for by the Chemical Society, gives a short descriptive entry on zirconium.
Curated OER
[Periodic Table of the Elements]
The periodic table arranges elements according to their properties. This page allows you to click on the element as it appears on the table and obtain information on its structure, behavior, and discovery.
Curated OER
Periodic Table Element Families
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses the properties of the atoms individually in relation to the main group elements of the Periodic Table.