Curated OER
Uses for Elements in the Carbon Family
By providing a quick and informative overview of carbon-related products, this presentation would be useful as an introduction to the topic or as a review. In a concise and easy to understand way, this presentation lists facts about...
PBS
Pbs: Transistorized!
This site provides a tour of the discovery and development of the transistor form PBS, including video and lesson plans.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Transistor
This site from the Nobel Foundation provides detailed information on how the transistor works. The site provides illustrations and animations to help clarify the concepts presented.
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
Scienceviews.com: Minerals and Their Uses
Every segment of society uses minerals and mineral resources everyday. The roads we ride or drive on and the buildings we live learn and work in all contain minerals. Below is a selected list of commonly used metallic and nonmetallic...
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Versatile Uses of Metalloids
Learn about the seven metalloid elements of the periodic table, their properties, and their uses.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Metalloids in the Periodic Table
Discusses the history and organization of the periodic table, where the metalloids fit in, and their properties. Includes color-coded periodic table of elements.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements: Germanium
Learn about the element germanium and its chemistry including atomic weight, atom, uses, sources, name, and discovery. Plus properties and characteristics of germanium.
Curated OER
[Bohr Model of Germanium]
This page provides some numerical and qualitative information about germanium, chemical symbol Ge.
Curated OER
[Bohr Model of Germanium]
A page about the element Germanium which is one of the elements in the Carbon Family.