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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Genius of Mendeleevs Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Video explains why the periodic table devised by Dmitri Mendeleev has endured and how it has predicted the existence of elements. [4:25] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Mendeleev's Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the development of Mendeleev's periodic table.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Mendeleev's Periodic Table

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Mendeleev's periodic table and the groups and periods.
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Story Behind the Science

Story Behind the Science: Development of the Periodic Table [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing the history of the development of the periodic table of elements, particularly the work of Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev.
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Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Periodic Table of the Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Periodic Table of the Elements Essay

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay, written for Teachers' Domain, describes the foresight and pattern recognition that Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev used to develop the modern periodic table of elements.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Atomic Theory and Structure: The Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the arrangement of elements on The Periodic Table based on electron configuration.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Patterns: An Introduction to Mendeleev

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In 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...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: History of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the history of the periodic table, and explain how the periodic table was originally organized, compared to the arrangement of the modern periodic...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: History of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to explain the use of chemical and physical properties in the historical development of the Periodic Table. They will be...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Metalloids in the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the history and organization of the periodic table, where the metalloids fit in, and their properties. Includes color-coded periodic table of elements.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

A Brief History of the Development of Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information on the development of the periodic table under the following sections: In the Beginning, Law of Triads, First Attempts At Designing a Periodic Table, Law of Octaves, Who Is the Father of the Periodic Table?,...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: History of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
The modern periodic table has evolved over a long period of time as new discoveries have been made. Learn about the contributions made by different scientists to its development.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Dmitri Mendeleev

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the life and work of Dmitri Mendeleev, and learn how he discovered what is now known as the Periodic Table of Elements.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Periodic Table With Atomic Mass

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how Dmitri Mendeleev created the periodic table of elements, how it was organized, the changes made by Henry Moseley in 1931, some characteristics of element groups, and what the atomic mass, number, and abbreviation each...
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Other

Moscow University: Dmitriy Mendeleev Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Moscow University contains links to other Mendeleev sites. Links are categorized by the following topic areas: Overviews, Writings, Pictures, Periodic Laws, Periodic Tables, and Russian resources.
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Other

Moscow State University: Dmitri Mendeleev Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Moscow State University offers resource links about Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist. Includes biographies, writings, pictures, periodic laws, and more.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dmitri Mendeleev

For Students 9th - 10th
An article investigating the life and work of Dmitri Mendeleev.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Periodic Table: Valences and the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
The periodic table was laid out using valences or the electrons in the outermost shell.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Dmitri Mendeleev

For Students 9th - 10th
This overview of the life and accomplishments of chemist Dmitri Mendeleev discusses his upbringing and education. It also provides details on his creating the Periodic Table and his presentation to the Russian Chemical Society.
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NASA

Nasa: Cosmic Chemistry: An Elemental Question

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the periodic table like never before! This downloadable program module for students comes absolutely complete with teacher modules, student assessments, PowerPoints, Excel spreadsheets, historical text readings and more. Students...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Periodic Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A tutorial that describes the origin of the periodic law.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: From Alchemy to Chemistry: Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the periodic table constructed by Dmitri Mendeleev.
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Visual Elements/history

For Students 9th - 10th
A history and description of the modern periodic table, including its early origins, many contributors and later additions.

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