Curated OER
Acid/Base Equilibrium Problems
In this acid and base equilibrium worksheet, students calculate the pH of various types of acids and bases. They are given directions and review information as to how to complete these problems.
Curated OER
How to Balance Equations for Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
In this balancing oxidation-reduction reactions, students learn how to assign oxidation numbers to atoms in compounds, they learn how to write half reactions in order to balance oxidation-reduction reactions in acidic or neutral...
Curated OER
Reading the Periodic Table
Students explore the structure and function of the periodic table of elements. Though memorization drills and games, students working in pairs, identify the elements of the periodic table, their grouping, their properties and their...
Curated OER
Boosting Your Memory
In this memory instructional activity, students learn about three different ways to memorize given information. They make up phrases to help remember lists and they create mental maps to remember terms. They put what they learned to the...
Curated OER
An Alien Periodic Table
High schoolers construct a periodic table based on the physical and chemical properties of elements. In this chemistry lesson, students share their work with the class and explain why they classified the elements that way.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Alkaline Earth Metals
Wikipedia offers a brief but accurate definition of alkaline earth metals. Includes a list of elements in the chemical series.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Alkaline Earth Metals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers alkaline earth elements, electron configuration and reactions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Alkaline Earth Metals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Group 2 elements and their properties.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements: Alkaline Earth Metals
Find out about the properties of the elements found in the alkaline earth metals on this site.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Elements Crossword Puzzle the Alkaline Earth Metals [Pdf]
Find out what you know about elements by completing this crossword puzzle! This puzzle focuses on alkaline earth metals.
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.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Heading to Group Two
The second family in the periodic table is the alkaline earth metals found in the second column from the left. Meet the family and get to familiar with why this is the second most reactive group of elements.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: History of the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to explain the use of chemical and physical properties in the historical development of the Periodic Table. They will be...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Electron Configuration and the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will sse the Periodic Table to identify and explain the properties of chemical families, including alkali metals, alkaline...
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Metals in the Periodic Table
This site provides a general overview of the metals in the periodic table. Content explores the different types of metals, and how you can identify a metal.
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry Faq
Check out these common questions that students of inorganic chemistry raise. Discover alkaline earth metals, metalloids, and nontransition metals while perusing through this FAQ.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Lithium
Information about the metallic element, Lithium, atomic number 3. Covers its discovery, its physical and atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, sources, uses, potential substitutes, and permissible exposure limits.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Sodium
Information about the element, Sodium, atomic number 11. Covers physical and atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, and human health considerations.
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Strontium
As the name of this site implies, this is a huge source of elemental information. You are likely to find whatever you need to know about elements here.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Barium
Basic information and data on the element barium. Useful for students at a variety of levels. Includes examples of chemical reactions, as well as information on the properties of this element. Very helpful site.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Humphry Davy
Humphry Davy was a pioneer in the field of electrochemistry who used electrolysis to isolate many elements from the compounds in which they occur naturally. Electrolysis is the process by which an electrolyte is altered or decomposed via...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Labeled Periodic Table of Elements With Names
Describes the organization of the periodic table of elements and the different groups in it.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Periodic Table Organization: Lesson 2
This lesson will explore the layout of the periodic table by defining different groups and categories of elements. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Table Organization."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Periodic Table Organization: Lesson 3
This lesson will explore the layout of the periodic table by defining different groups and categories of elements. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Table Organization."