Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Marie Curie Biographical
This site from the Nobel eMuseum from the Nobel Foundation provides information for you to read about the life and scientific discoveries of Marie Curie (1867-1934 CE), whose work with radioactivity earned her two Nobel Prizes.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Fermium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Fermium is named after a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and nuclear power. [1:48]
PBS
Interview With Glenn Seaborg
A great interview in which Dr. Seaborg discusses various aspects of Plutonium, the radioactive element he helped discover.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: Absolute Dating
An explanation of radiometric or absolute dating of geological formations based on using the half-life of radioactive elements to figure out how old given rock layers are. A link on the left provides information about relative dating as...
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Berkelium
Basic information on berkelium, including radioisotopes and electron configurations. Includes audio content.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Atsdr: Toxicological Profile for Plutonium
This article is designed to inform people of the health risks associated with plutonium. It explains how a person might be exposed to the element, and what the effects might be.
PBS
Nova: Atom Builder
Find out if you know enough about atoms to build them. The goal of the activity is to build an atom of a particular element by dragging the correct numbers of neutrons, protons and electrons into the atom.
Libre Text
Libre Texts: Geochemistry: The Earth and Its Lithosphere
The Earth has been in a state of continual change since its formation. The major part of this change, involving volcanism and tectonics, has been driven by heat produced from the decay of radioactive elements within the Earth. The other...
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Atoms
This site provides a detailed overview of atoms. Content explores an atom's structure, as well as what ions are, how atoms bond, what compounds are (including how to name compounds), and what isotopes are.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Radon: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. We are going to discover radon, the radioactive gas. [9:53]
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Glenn T. Seaborg Biographical
The Nobel Foundation provides a brief biography on Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999 CE), the co-recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read about Seaborg's education and personal life. Learn about his "Discovery of transuranium...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi was a titan of twentieth-century physics. He outlined the statistical laws that govern the behavior of particles that abide by the Pauli exclusion principle and developed a theoretical model of the atom in his mid-twenties....
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Bismuth: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Bismuth was thought to be the heaviest element on the periodic table that is not radioactive, but is that still the case? [3:57]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Astatine: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Because of its radioactivity and short half-life, astatine is an element few chemists come into contact with. [0:34]
Other
The Chernobyl Nuclear Accident and It's Ramifications
An excellent series of reference papers on the worst nuclear accident we have had. Maps and a photo gallery are also provided.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Carbon
This article from Wikipedia contains great information on the element carbon. Links are provided throughout the article to provided additional information. The topics include: Notable Characteristics, Applications, History, Allotropes,...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Irene Joliot Curie
This article describes the life and accomplishments of Irene Joliot-Curie.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Chemical Society: Meitnerium
A concise summary on this element from The Chemical Society. Easy to follow.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Radium and Its Uses
Provides information about the discovery of radium, where it is found, its properties, and its uses.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Isotopes
Study the science of isotopes in chemistry including naming isotopes, hydrogen, examples, fun facts, unstable, and stable on this site.
Other
Web ref.org: Radon
Nice few sentences about radon, its properties and health/environmetal info. Links to technical terms and definitions within the article.
Chemicool
Chemicool: Nobelium
This siten from Chemicool contains summary tables listing known chemical and physical properties of nobelium.
Corrosion Source
Corrosion Source: Francium
Gives basic data on francium, along with historical information and background on occurrence.