Curated Video
The Periodic Table Song (2019 Update!)
Learn every element of the Periodic Table with The Periodic Table Song by KLT!
Curated Video
Alkali Metals Song Periodic Table
Learn about the Periodic Table of elements and the group alkali metals with Alkali Metals Song Periodic Table by KLT
Curated Video
Periodic Table Song/Periodic Table
Learn about the Periodic Table of Elements with this fun educational music video
Schooling Online
Chemistry Properties and Structure of Matter: Properties of Matter - The Periodic Table
Long Jane Silver buys an antique table, despite an old sailor’s warning that it is haunted! Is she ready to discover what lies waiting inside? This lesson will introduce the periodic table of elements and explain how it is...
Bozeman Science
Drawing Lewis Dot Diagrams
Viewers get a step-by-step explanation for drawing Lewis Dot Diagrams with a video that includes numerous examples of atoms, simple molecules, and how to represent covalent bonds.
SciShow
Glenn Seaborg: Shaking Up the Periodic Table
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...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Periodic Table
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...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Elements & Compounds
Compound class members' knowledge of elements and compounds with this delightful video clip! As the animated characters work on baking a birthday cake, they reveal that elements are simple substances that can be combined to form...
Education Development Center
TV 411 What's Cooking? Salt
Here is a recipe for a practical cross-curricular lesson! Cover unit conversions and ratios for math, the periodic table of elements for science, the difference between sodium and salt and its relation to high blood pressure for...
PBS
Science Fundamentals: Compounds!
Hydrogen and oxygen form compounds that are both necessary for life and poisonous. Learn how this is possible in a video presentation all about compounds. The informative lesson describes how compounds form and gives an in-depth analysis...
PBS
Science Fundamentals: Chemistry!
Chemical reactions are a part of almost everything in everyday life. A video presentation gives an introduction to chemistry by describing the basics of atomic structure and chemical reactions. Learners discover chemical reactions are...
Mystery of Matter
Mysteries of the Periodic Table, Part 2: The Rare Earths
Seeing is believing, but seeing is difficult when identifying elements by their subatomic particles. Learners take a trip through history to identify the rare earth elements to learn the struggle of separating the very similar elements....
Mystery of Matter
Mysteries of the Periodic Table, Part 1: A Reflection of the Atom
Properties of atoms are no small thing. A thorough video lesson describes properties of atoms and how they relate to the makeup of the periodic table. Learners review the relationship between subatomic particles and discover the...
Mystery of Matter
Into the Atom, Part 3: Numbering the Elements
Amazing scientific discoveries do not require fancy equipment. An interesting video lesson describes the process historical scientists used to identify the order of elements based on X-ray spectra. Learners discover the complex studies...
Mystery of Matter
Mysteries of the Periodic Table, Part 5: Isotopes
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....
Mystery of Matter
Mysteries of the Periodic Table, Part 3: Beyond Uranium
Manmade elements are still elements and have their place in the periodic table. A video lesson explains the history of the discovery and creation of elements beyond uranium in the periodic table. The interesting video includes a thorough...
American Chemical Society
Women in Chemistry: Heroes of the Periodic Table
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...
American Chemical Society
The Periodic Table Table
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...
American Chemical Society
The Race to Invent the Periodic Table
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...
Periodic Videos
Tennessine
Some isotopes of tennessine decay through spontaneous fission. When only one atom can be produced at a time, many people are surprised with what we know and don't know about this element. Individuals learn what we do know in the...
Periodic Videos
The Smelliest Element: Livermorium
The most stable isotope of livermorium has a half-life of around 53 milliseconds. Pupils understand the synthetic element and appreciate the unique properties with a video on livermorium. It describes the many scientists who collaborated...
Periodic Videos
Flerovium
The atomic weight of flerovium is considered provisional until more research is performed on it. Viewers learn about the discovery, confirmation, research, and naming of the synthetic element with an engaging and informative video.
Periodic Videos
Copernicium
Copernicium's symbol is Cn rather than Cp because Cp was once the symbol for lutetium and that might get confusing. Pupils learn about one of the newest elements on the periodic table with a video that focuses on copernicium.
Periodic Videos
Darmstadtium
Scientists originally discovered darmstadtium in 1994 in Germany. A chemistry professor shows the lab where this happened and describes the process of creating the synthetic element in an engaging video.