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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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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Periodic Table Families

For Students 9th - 10th
Given descriptions or specific element groups, students will use a Periodic Table to relate properties of chemical families to position on the table.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Periodic Table Trends

For Students 9th - 10th
Given descriptions, scenarios, or groups/series of elements, students will use the Periodic Table to relate the size of the atomic radii, electronegativity, and ionization energy of elements to their position on the chart. Students will...
Website
Other

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Periodic Table of Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
An up-to-date periodic table of elements. Click on each element to see properties, history, sources, and uses. Very comprehensive.
Interactive
Other

Lenntech: Multilingual Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive periodic table of elements. Click an element to view a detailed description. Click the flags at the top to choose your language: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and German.
Interactive
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Periodic Table of the Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an interactive periodic table of the elements. Select an element for a general description, images, audio files, and movies.
Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive periodic table of elements allows students to click on each element, and read essential information about that element. Chemical elements are also listed alphabetically for quick reference.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: The Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module allows students to use the organization of the periodic table to understand the element and their properties. By the end of the activity, students will be able to locate metals, nonmetals, and metalloids and the...
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Google

Google for Education: Patterns in the Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study trends in the periodic table of elements, supplemented by the use of spreadsheet functions. The spreadsheet functions presented can be used on any data set.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
A fun way to learn about the periodic table! This interactive table allows students to investigate the basic information of an element as well as explore group and family characteristics.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the basics of the Periodic Table including how the Periodic Table is organized and how to make sense of the information included in the table. Test your understanding with an interactive quiz at the end of the activity.
Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Caesium

For Students 9th - 10th
A very helpful site with a great deal of information on caesium and its properties. Very helpful. Includes an audio track of a description of this element, as well as illustrative pictures.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Matter and Energy: Periodic Table

For Students 7th - 9th
Learn all about the periodic table in this interactive tutorial.
Website
Other

Periodic Table of Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive periodic table provides information about each of the elements. This is a very comprehensive site.
Article
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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Utah Education Network

Uen: Periodic Table Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use "element" cards to organize into a periodic table, using the symbols on the card.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental Periodic Table of Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This page displays the Periodic Table of Elements and allows you to click each individual element for a page that displays in-depth information about that particular element. There are also links to many different games and learning...
Handout
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.
Graphic
Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry: The Periodic Table of Data

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive Periodic Table of Elements which also serves as a visual database of each element's physical and thermochemical properties. Online activities include virtual graphing, tables of data, energy level diagrams, games, and more.
Interactive
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Periodic Trend Game: Learning to Predict Elements Using Periodic Trends

For Students 11th - 12th
An activity to introduce the periodic table and the trends. Students will understand the organization of the periodic table with this game.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 4: The Periodic Table and Bonding

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Six middle school chemistry lessons about the periodic table and bonding complete with handouts and animations.
Graphic
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: The Illustrated Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive concept animation shows the atomic number, weight, and structure of the first eleven elements of the Periodic Table of Elements.
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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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Other

Chemical Element: Periodic Table: Gadolinium

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic properties of the element Gadolinium Includes Bohr model.