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| On-line Resources http://www.chemicalelements.com Database that is searchable by merely clicking on an element square, the site includes an image of the electronic structure that is one of the requirements of the student database and PowerPoint products. http://www.webelements.com An excellent source of information about the elements, the site includes an image of each element. Good source for the history and uses requirements. http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements The site requires shockwave and is graphic intense and slow to load, yet it has some interesting symbolic images of elements that may be helpful in providing graphics for the PowerPoint presentation. h ttp://www.chemistrycoach.com/periodic_tables .htm Just when you thought you have seen ALL the periodic tables possible, check out this site for some really different interpretations of the classic table. http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/foldedtable.html Another quick view of several different views of the table. http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/chemach/ppt/mm.html Images of Dmitri Mendeleev and Lothar Meyer. http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/lyrics.html Lyrics to the Tom Lehrer song, if anyone wants to sing along! http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/ptquiz.fcgi Quiz on element names. http://quia.com/custom/3main.html Several different games for learning element names and symbols, this site has a cool concentration game and on-line word searches. http://quia.com/jg/65539.html Another version of the site above, if there is a problem with the link. http://www.chem4kids.com Simple explanations of atoms, elements and molecules. http://brainpop.com/science/seeall.weml A quiz with instant feedback plus a brief “movie” that explains the design of the periodic table, although there is an error in the information (atomic number of uranium is 92 not 93). http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/Mendeleev.html Source of the biographical information found in the inquiry activities. http://web.buddyproject.org/web017/web017/pertab.html A simple introduction in how to read the periodic table. http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/funstuff/xword/elements.htm An interesting crossword that helps students remember and match names and symbols of elements. It is maintained by a British organization, so spellings are different for some elements (e.g, sulphur instead of sulfur). Print Resources CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics . Editor, Robert C. Weast. Cleveland, OH: CRC Press, 1976. Hoffman, Roald and Vivian Torrence. Chemistry Imagined. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. pp. 33-34. Knapp, Brian. Elements . Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 1997. Stwertka, Albert. A Guide To The Elements . New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Video Resources “The Elements." Discovery School, 1998. (0:52) A poetic look at the elements of the periodic table, the video includes as an introduction the great Tom Lehrer song “The Elements” sung to a Gilbert & Sullivan tune (“I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General”) |
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