Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: The Periodic Table Faq
Explore the answers to several commonly asked questions about the periodic table. Find out why the first elements on the table are unusual and identify who Lothar Meyer is.
Other
Periodic Table of Elements
This interactive periodic table provides information about each of the elements. This is a very comprehensive site.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Periodic Table Model
Students will use "element" cards to organize into a periodic table, using the symbols on the card.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Periodic Table of the Elements
This site has a periodic table on it. When you click on each element, it brings up information about it. Site is organized, detailed, and helpful for learning.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Periodic Table and Energy Level Models
Students interpret the information given in the periodic table to describe the arrangement of electrons on the energy levels around an atom.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Atoms and the Periodic Table
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a list of related topics (in hyperlink format) on the atom and the Periodic Table of elements. Topics from light, particles, and waves to the Bohr model, quantum...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trends in the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate specific properties that can be predicted by an element's position on the periodic table. Additionally, they will look at the formation of ions,...
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Rhodium
This WebElements Periodic Table site offers an excellent summary of data on rhodium, its description and properties.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Periodic Table
A video and a short quiz on the periodic table of elements and how it is organized.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: The Visual Elements Periodic Table
Learners explore the visual elements periodic table. The interactive resource allows students to click on an element to find out about its origin, description, when it was discovered, and a visual animation of the element.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Plutonium
This WebElements site provides a great deal of elemental information. There are audio files demonstrating the correct pronunciation of the element name, pictures showing the electron shells, and information on isotopes, properties and more.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Elements and Compounds
In this fun and engaging online lesson, students differentiate between elements and compounds on the most basic level while having fun "encoding" the Periodic Table.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: Periodic Table/helium
A great source of information on helium. Exceptionally thorough and well written.
Other
American Elements: Periodic Table of Elements
An interactive periodic table of elements allows users to click on elements and discover the details of each one.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: The Periodic Table of Elements
Click an element on the Periodic Table of Elements to learn more information such as the history and uses, origin of the name, isotope data, and more essential facts!
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Atoms, Elements and Compounds
This lesson focuses on atoms and elements including what they are, the chemical symbols for elements, and the placement of elements on the periodic table. A link to a test is provided.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Periodic Table
An interactive site that explores the details of the periodic table. Click on an element to find out all of its important information.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: The Periodic Table & Energy Level Models
Find out how energy level models are represented on the Periodic Table of Elements.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Mass Number: Writing the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login Required] Put the elements in the correct order on the table by using the information given in each of the element squares.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Periodic Table: Lesson 4
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."
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental: Sulfur
This online resource is for information on the 16th element of the Periodic Table--Sulfur--can be found here. The site lists scientific information such as atomic weight, atomic number, melting/boiling point, and more. There is also a...
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Interactive: It's Elemental
Periodic table of elements, color-coded by family type. Elements are highlighted based on prevalence in human body, in sun, etc., or by density, boiling point, or melting point.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Aluminum (Al)
A great WebElements site for all sorts of information on aluminum. Content includes a break-down of the essentials, a nice description of the element (complete with an audio version), and an overview of the isolation aluminum. aluminium....
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Helium
A very nice site with all sorts of information on helium, including good summaries on isolation and uses of helium.