Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: The Newest Elements Finally Have Names
Nihonium? Tennessine? These aren't body parts or medicines. They're among the names just given to the four newest superheavy elements.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental
Click on the parts of this Periodic Table to learn about the physical and chemical properties of each individual element.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: How to Read the Periodic Table
An illustrated how-to for understanding how to read and extract information from the periodic table.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental: Element Math Game
The interactive activity examines the Periodic Table of Elements. Learners answer questions about the number of protons, electrons, neutrons, or nucleons that an atom of an element contains.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Elements Matching Game
Match the following chemical symbols to their corresponding elements.
Other
The Third Millenium Online: The Carbon Family
The five elements of the Carbon family are briefly discussed here, with links to further information about each.
Other
Laws of Physics: Atoms and the Periodic Table
An overview of the differences between the metal and non metal groups. Includes a lot of information on the periodic table and has a plethora of graphs.
University of Victoria (Canada)
A Brief History of the Development of Periodic Table
Provides information on the development of the periodic table under the following sections: In the Beginning, Law of Triads, First Attempts At Designing a Periodic Table, Law of Octaves, Who Is the Father of the Periodic Table?,...
Other
Visual Literacy: A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
This site was created through a partnering of several European universities and focuses on the concept of visual literacy, the comprehension of ideas and their meaning via images. This section of the site is a detailed image of the...
Other
The Wooden Periodic Table
A giant sized table made of wood houses a large collection of minerals from the periodic table. Click on any wooden tile to discover what the element looks like and details about its atomic structure and uses. The author even tells you...
Other
Oak Ridge National Labs: Erbium
A summary of the abundances of the isotopes of erbium. A great resource for chemistry students!
Other
American Elements: Periodic Table of Elements
An interactive periodic table of elements allows users to click on elements and discover the details of each one.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Periodic Table
A video and a short quiz on the periodic table of elements and how it is organized.
Other
Chemical Education Digital Library: Periodic Table Live!
By clicking on individuals elements, users can explore a broad range of information about the element, their reactions, their properties, their structures, and their histories.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Elements & Compounds
A video and a short quiz on elements, how they combine through chemical reactions to make compounds, and how to write the chemical formulas for water and salt.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Atoms: Protons, Neutrons, Electrons
A video and a short quiz on the parts of an atom, the periodic table, and molecules.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Atomic Structure
Slideshow looking at the history of models of the atom, including those proposed by John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, and James Chadwick. Discusses subatomic particles, including the numbers of protons, neutrons,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Modern Periodic Law: Lesson 2
This lesson will define the Modern Period Law. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Modern Periodic Law."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: General Chemistry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will be introduced to some of the basic concepts of chemistry.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Periodic Table: Lesson 4
Explain how elements on the periodic table are arranged, and explain the relationships within each row and column. This lesson is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Periodic Table."
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry Chicago: Elements: Reactions
An interactive periodic table of elements where learners can experiment with combining many elements to see what they can create.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: The Periodic Table
Get a quick overview of the Periodic Table of Elements basics.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Dmitri Mendeleev
Find out about the life and work of Dmitri Mendeleev, and learn how he discovered what is now known as the Periodic Table of Elements.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Glenn Seaborg
Learn about Glenn Seaborg, the man who took part in the discovery of ten of the periodic table's chemical elements, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951.