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.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Properties and Characteristics of Chalcogens
Describes the chemical and physical properties of the chalcogen group of elements, also known as the oxygen group.
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: Who Was Lothar Meyer?
A short description of Lothar Meyer, one of the men who discovered the periodic table. There is a link to his original periodic table.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Yttrium
At this site from Mark Winter at WebElement, you can navigate around for charts and graphs of data on Yttrium. Probably the most comprehensive of all periodic tables on the web.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Patterns: An Introduction to Mendeleev
For this activity, students investigate a puzzle. They are given a set of cards with various properties. Each card has anywhere from 2 to 6 different properties depending on the level of the students and each set of cards has one or two...
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Erbium
Webelements offers a nice presentation on erbium, its properties, uses and history, along with basic data. Clearly presented.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Elements, Compounds, Substances and Mixtures
Learn about the classification of matter based on whether the chemical composition is pure or a mixture. Understand the definitions of elements, compounds, substances, and mixtures, and what the differences are between them. Five types...
State University of New York
State University of New York: Electron Configuration of Ions
The following simulation displays electron configurations for elements in relation in relation to the element's position on the periodic table.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Proton Don (Periodic Table Game)
Play by matching an element's name to its symbol or supply the missing name for an element when presented with its symbol. Includes a tutorial so that you can review the symbols for elements before you play.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Periodic Table of the Elements [Pdf]
A basic periodic table any scientist or non-scientist can use to find information about the elements.
Clackamas Community College
Clackamas Community College: Chemical Bonding: Metals and Nonmetals
A chart of the periodic table of elements, including showing the nonmetal group.
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary Univ.: Atomic Weights of the Elements 2017
This site from the Queen Mary University of London provides a list of the discovered atomic weights and elements up into the year 2017.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Symbol to Element
This StudyCards stack enables students to practice associating the chemical symbol for an element to the element's name.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental the Element Einsteinium
An overview of the element Einsteinium. Lists basic periodic table information along with its history and uses.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Number to Element
This StudyCards stack enables students to practice associating the chemical number of an element to the element's name.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Chemistry of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Many chemical reactions are going on constantly inside your body. In fact, there are probably thousands of chemical reactions occurring every second in every one of...
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: History of Chemistry
A compilation of frequently asked questions in the world of chemistry. Look for answers about atomic theory, periodic table, and Lavoisier in this FAQ.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Elements
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores elements and their different properties, the history of elements, and how atoms relate to elements.
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.
Physics Hypertextbook
The Physics Hypertextbook: Nucleosynthesis
Understand the process of nucleosynthesis, and how the elements formed in the creation of the universe.
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Elements
Fun and interesting information about elements. Learn about the periodic table, how they are distinguished, and the different families of elements.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Chemistry 1 A: General Chemistry
A collection of video lectures from a general chemistry course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course covers topics like stoichiometry, acid-base and solubility equilibrium, oxidation-reduction reactions, chemical...
Curated OER
[Periodic Table of the Elements]
The periodic table arranges elements according to their properties. This page allows you to click on the element as it appears on the table and obtain information on its structure, behavior, and discovery.
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...