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.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
This is a picture of the periodic table of chemical elements, an important set of information for anyone learning about chemistry. Elements such as hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, sodium, iron and gold are listed using their chemical symbols...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Symbols and Elements
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a one page flipchart reviewing chemical symbols and elements.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Elements of Literacy
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will use the symbols of the chemical elements to form words. The students will improve their functional literacy and critical thinking skills. Students will also increase...
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Silver
This site provides elemental information which may not be found in many other sites. Here you can find historical information, common uses and even the approximate going price for a gram of the element.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Berkelium
Basic information on berkelium, including radioisotopes and electron configurations. Includes audio content.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Cobalt
An excellent summary of the basic data about cobalt, along its properties and how it is isolated chemically.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Magnesium
An extremely thorough summary of the properties and uses of magnesium. Very easy to follow.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Europium
Lots of information on europium, along with electron information and some reactions involving it.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Neodymium
WebElements provides information on the basics of neodymium, including its properties and a few of its reactions.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Niobium
WebElements provides valuable information on niobium, including Bohr diagrams and basic data.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Calcium
A very valuable site with a wealth of data on calcium, its uses and properties and some important reactions involving calcium.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Carbon
A very nice summary of key data on carbon, along with information of historical value and uses and applications of carbon compounds. Very helpful.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Hydrogen
Here you can find out about hydrogen, the first element in the periodic table. Content includes shell information, where to find it in nature, and why it is helpful to us.
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.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Welcome to General Chemistry Laboratory!
Geared towards helping Dartmouth College students starting General Chemistry Laboratory, this site offers resources important for anyone in the lab. Learn why you should keep a lab notebook and how to keep yourself and others safe. This...
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Chemical Fact Sheet: Neodymium
Thorough summary of information on neodymium, its properties and uses. Good resource for this individual element.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Actinium
Some basic information stressing isotopes and half lives.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Predicting Chemical Reactions
This lesson focuses on predicting chemical reactions using The Group 1 elements in the Periodic Table are known as the alkali metals. They include lithium, sodium and potassium, which all react vigorously with air and water. It provides...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Building 3 D Models of Atoms
Students build atoms of elements 1-20. The entire set can be hung from the ceiling in order of the Periodic Table to be referred to throughout the Chemistry class/unit. This is helpful when teaching bonding and patterns of the Periodic...
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Shell Model of the Atom
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.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Predicting Chemical Reactions
This lesson focuses on the physical properties of halogens, Group 7 elements on the Periodic Table. It includes the physical properties of the elements, provides a graph showing the melting and boiling points of the halogens, and links...
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Electronegativity
Explore the concept of electronegativity and how it trends across the periodic table of elements. The author uses simple, humorous drawings to help with understanding.