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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: The Newest Elements Finally Have Names

For Students 9th - 10th
Nihonium? Tennessine? These aren't body parts or medicines. They're among the names just given to the four newest superheavy elements.
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Handout
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on the parts of this Periodic Table to learn about the physical and chemical properties of each individual element.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: How to Read the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated how-to for understanding how to read and extract information from the periodic table.
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Interactive
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental: Element Math Game

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Elements Matching Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Match the following chemical symbols to their corresponding elements.
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Other

The Third Millenium Online: The Carbon Family

For Students 9th - 10th
The five elements of the Carbon family are briefly discussed here, with links to further information about each.
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Other

Laws of Physics: Atoms and the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

A Brief History of the Development of Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
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?,...
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Other

Visual Literacy: A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Website
Other

The Wooden Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Website
Other

Oak Ridge National Labs: Erbium

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the abundances of the isotopes of erbium. A great resource for chemistry students!
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Website
Other

American Elements: Periodic Table of Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive periodic table of elements allows users to click on elements and discover the details of each one.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Periodic Table

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short quiz on the periodic table of elements and how it is organized.
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Interactive
Other

Chemical Education Digital Library: Periodic Table Live!

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Elements & Compounds

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Atoms: Protons, Neutrons, Electrons

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on the parts of an atom, the periodic table, and molecules.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Modern Periodic Law: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will define the Modern Period Law. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Modern Periodic Law."
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: General Chemistry

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will be introduced to some of the basic concepts of chemistry.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Periodic Table: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
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."
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Interactive
Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry Chicago: Elements: Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive periodic table of elements where learners can experiment with combining many elements to see what they can create.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: The Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a quick overview of the Periodic Table of Elements basics.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Dmitri Mendeleev

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Glenn Seaborg

For Students 9th - 10th
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.