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Instructional Video4:25
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TED-Ed

The Genius of Mendeleev's Periodic Table

For Students 4th - 12th Standards
The author-narrator refers to the periodic table of elements as a "massive slab of human genius," then goes on to explain Mendeleev's development of this foundational chemistry tool. Why was his version so much better than others that...
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Instructional Video5:06
SciShow

Glenn Seaborg: Shaking Up the Periodic Table

For Students 6th - 12th
High school chemists receive a blast of history as Hank paraphrases the life and times of Glenn Seaborg, the renowned American scientist. Highlights of his long and illustrious career are displayed, educating and inspiring your class to...
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Instructional Video11:22
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Crash Course

The Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Don't underestimate the power of a driven mother. Learn how Mendeleev's mother helped him enter college and how she passed her passion to her son, helping him to believe in his theories. Discover the contributions he made to our current...
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Instructional Video4:19
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TED-Ed

Solving the Puzzle of the Periodic Table

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Did you know that the first time someone isolated a pure element was when Henning Brand boiled down his own urine in 1669 and unknowingly discovered phosphorus? The history of our current periodic table of elements is entertainingly...
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Instructional Video3:52
Curated OER

Understanding The Periodic Table

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This is a really great teaching tool. Use to explain the parts, nature, and how to use the periodic table. This clip uses no narration, just text and images which makes it perfect for stopping to engage in discussion. Download and save...
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Instructional Video4:41
Curated OER

Sodium - Periodic Table of Videos

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learn characteristics about the element sodium by viewing this presentation. A chunk of sodium metal is dropped into a pot of water to demonstrate its reaction. Have your chemistry charges view this in conjunction with other element...
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Instructional Video5:35
American Chemical Society

The Race to Invent the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Mendeleev was a visionary, providing a tool to predict things we didn't even know about yet! He was the first to recognize the pattern in the properties of elements and create the skeleton of the chart that we know today as the periodic...
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Interactive3:46
Scholastic

Study Jams! Periodic Table

For Students 4th - 9th Standards
In a friendly, casual conversation on the beach, two animated teens discuss the periodic table. Assign this video to be viewed at home by physical science fans. After viewing, they can write definitions for key vocabulary terms and take...
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Instructional Video9:28
Bozeman Science

A Tour of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The major groups on the periodic table and their general properties based on their electrons are the focus of a video that also explains why the table is drawn in two parts and which elements are crucial to life. 
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Instructional Video9:14
Bozeman Science

Atoms and the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
After discovering plutonium, Glenn Seaborg was given the opportunity to determine its periodic symbol. Rather than going with the obvious Pl, he went with Pu as a joke. The designation was approved and is now on every periodic table....
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Instructional Video3:52
SciShow

Mendeleev's Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Scientists are working on creating and verifying element 120 which would change the appearance of the periodic table. A short video, one in a series of 48, which explores Mendeleev's Periodic Table. The narrator shows how Mendeleev...
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Instructional Video2:50
Teacher's Pet

Periodic Table

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Explore the design of the periodic table. The lesson instructor explains how the periodic table's structure predicts the properties of elements. The video includes a discussion of periods and families of elements.
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Instructional Video2:46
Curated OER

Introduction to the Periodic Table

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Professor Martyn Poliakoff shows viewers a variety of versions of the periodic table all around his office as an introduction to this series of videos on the elements. The only educational value in this particular presentation is that he...
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Instructional Video4:49
Fuse School

Mendeleev and the Periodic Table

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Two hundred years before Mendeleev created the periodic table, scientists observed patterns in the elements and tried to sort them. The brief first video in a 15-part series explains the development of the periodic table and the many...
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Instructional Video2:53
Fuse School

Periods and Groups in the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
J is the only letter not in the periodic table. The third video in a 15-part series discusses the periods and groups in the periodic table. It explains how they are assigned to both a period and a group as well as the similarities...
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Instructional Video3:57
Fuse School

Electron Configuration of the First 20 Elements in the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 12th
Why is the periodic table arranged the way it is? As pupils complete the electron configuration of the first 20 elements, they see the relationship to the rows and columns in the periodic table. The video instructor highlights these...
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Instructional Video2:38
Fuse School

How the Elements are Laid Out in the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
When scientists confirm new elements, do these elements always fit in on the periodic table where scientists expect? The second video in a series of 15 discusses how the elements are organized on the periodic table. The resource includes...
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Instructional Video11:12
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Mystery of Matter

Mysteries of the Periodic Table, Part 5: Isotopes

For Students 9th - 12th
Idiosyncrasies caused by isotopes baffled scientists for more than half a century. Learners examine a thorough review of the historical discovery of isotopes in the fifth and final video in the series Mysteries of the Periodic Table....
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Instructional Video1:56
Curated OER

Neon - Periodic Table of Videos

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Neon molecules are excited to produce a glow. Two chemists take turns enlightening viewers about this fascinating gas. Have your chemistry classes view this in conjunction with other element videos as an introduction to the periodic table.
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TED-Ed

Periodic Videos

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
From hydrogen to ununoctium, this collection of videos has everything you need to begin teaching about the periodic table. Offering descriptions of each element and interesting experiments demonstrating their properties, this resource is...
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Instructional Video9:06
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Socratica

Chemistry: Introduction to the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Introduce your class to the most important table they will never dine on! From a larger playlist covering chemistry concepts comes a thorough walk through of the periodic table. The narrator details the structure of the table, how to use...
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Instructional Video5:09
American Chemical Society

The Periodic Table Table

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
You'd be hard pressed to find someone more dedicated to the periodic table than Theodore Gray. A video lesson interviews him as he describes his passion and his creation. The installment of a larger series on reactions shows Gray's table...
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Instructional Video5:00
American Chemical Society

Women in Chemistry: Heroes of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Although Dimitri Mendeleev developed the periodic table in 1871, there have been many changes and discoveries since. A video lesson presents the contributions of two prominent women chemists: Maire Curie and Ida Tacke. The narrator...
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Instructional Video5:56
Curated OER

Iron - Periodic Table of Videos

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Thermite, a mixture of iron oxide and aluminum, is ignited, producing molten iron. Alternating between footage of this reaction and a professor expounding on the iron, this video is interesting and informative.

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