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University of Kentucky

Uk: Plutonium Comics

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this page focuses more on fun than on facts, it will quickly become a favorite of most Chemistry students. Find scanned panels and pages of comic books with elemental characters.
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University of Kentucky

Uk: Tin Comics

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this page focuses more on fun than on facts, it will quickly become a favorite of most Chemistry students. Find scanned panels and pages of comic books with elemental characters.
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University of Kentucky

Uk: Titanium Comics

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this page focuses more on fun than on facts, it will quickly become a favorite of most Chemistry students. Find scanned panels and pages of comic books with elemental characters.
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University of Kentucky

Uk: Sulfur Comics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site may focus on fun, rather than facts, but it will become a favorite of any Chemistry student. Here you will find scanned images of panels and/or pages of comic books, with references to the element you seek.
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University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Bromine

For Students 9th - 10th
University of Kentucky provides comics in which bromine and information on bromine comes into play. A less common way of getting bromine information across.
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University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Cadmium

For Students 9th - 10th
Three comic strip pages that mention cadmium and provide a little bit of information on the metal. A different way to get some information across.
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry: Fluorine

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a short summary of some descriptive information on fluorine.
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NASA

Nasa: Atoms and Molecules in Motion, States of Matter [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Everythingin the universeis either matter or energy. All matter is made of combinations of about one hundred basic building blocks, the chemical elements on the periodic table. Going a step further and breaking these elements down to...
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Lewis Dot Structures of Covalent Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
Short slide show provides basic information about drawing Lewis dot structures for covalent compounds. Starts with anatomy of the atom, and then shows the relationship between atomic particles and the Periodic Table of Elements. Offers...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Discovering Air

For Students 9th - 10th
Our understanding about the air we breathe has changed dramatically through time. This illustrated timeline from the NOVA Web site tracks the changing thought on air and the creation of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
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Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Nobelium

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the discovery and properties of nobelium, including facts about its isotopes.
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry: Gold

For Students 9th - 10th
A short summary of some basic information on gold and how it is used.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Chalcogen

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative article from the Wikipedia encyclopedia about Group 16 from the Periodic Table (also known as the Chalcogens). It gives information about their compounds and on the oxidation numbers of the elements.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Dmitri Mendeleev

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography on scientist Dmitri Mendeleev details his childhood, gives information on his scientific studies, and discusses his formal presentation made to the Russian Chemical Society in which he detailed his findings on elements.
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University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Dysprosium

For Students 9th - 10th
A 1997 comic strip featuring dysporsium. Given the small amount of interesting information there is on this element, this is a nice touch for a report or a presentation.
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Electronegativity

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses shared chemical bonds between two elements resulting in electronegative and electropositive outcomes.
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Other

Atoms in Motion: All Matter Is Made of Atoms

For Students 6th - 8th
Atoms are very, very small. Atoms are so small that it is often said that there are as many atoms in a single grain of sand as there are grains of sand on all of the world's beaches - certainly a difficult thing to prove, but you get the...
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Corrosion Source

Corrosion Source: Erbium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by Corrosion Source, gives a summary of basic physical data on erbium. This is a great site to check out for information on the subject.
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Corrosion Source

Corrosion Source: Francium

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives basic data on francium, along with historical information and background on occurrence.
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Curated OER

Effective Nuclear Charge Periodic Trends

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses the properties of the atoms individually in relation to the main group elements of the Periodic Table.
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Electron Affinity

For Students 9th - 10th
This page describes electron affinity and the periodic trends of the elements according to their positions on the periodic table.
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State University of New York

State University of New York: Atomic Electron Configuration

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation displays the electron configurations of for the elements in relation to the element's position on the periodic table.
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State University of New York

State University of New York: Electron Configuration of Ions

For Students 9th - 10th
The following simulation displays electron configurations for elements in relation in relation to the element's position on the periodic table.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms including definitions for each. It also provides links to lists of abbreviations, etc. by category including Titles of Literary Works, Books of the Bible, Legal Terms and...