TED-Ed
Periodic Videos
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...
Mystery of Matter
Mysteries of the Periodic Table, Part 4: The Noble Gases
Standoffish or loners? You decide! The discovery of noble gas elements confused scientists since they didn't seem to fit the accepted model at the time. Learners discover how scientists adjusted the model to fit the new discovery in the...
Socratica
Chemistry: Introduction to the Periodic Table
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...
Fuse School
Group 0 - The Noble Gases
I won't tell a noble gas joke because there is never a reaction! The fifth video in a 15-part series goes into detail on each of the noble gases. It offers the properties they share and many uses for each of them.
Bozeman Science
A Tour of the Periodic Table
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.
Crash Course
The Periodic Table
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chemistry: Groups of the Periodic Table
An explanation of the families, or groups, of the periodic table. [11:51]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Periodic Table Classification of Elements
An explanation of how elements are classified on the Periodic Table and where specific groups of elements have been positioned on the table.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Noble Gas Configuration
How to write electron configurations for atoms and monatomic ions using noble gas configuration. [6:46]