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.

Article describing the history of the development of the periodic table of elements, particularly the work of Dmitrii Ivanovich Mendeleev.

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.

[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...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the development of Mendeleev's periodic table.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Mendeleev's periodic table and the groups and periods.

For this activity, young scholars investigate a puzzle. They are given a set of cards with various properties. Each card has anywhere from 2 to 6 different properties depending on the level of the students and each set of cards has one...

This site from Moscow University contains links to other Mendeleev sites. Links are categorized by the following topic areas: Overviews, Writings, Pictures, Periodic Laws, Periodic Tables, and Russian resources.

Moscow State University offers resource links about Dmitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist. Includes biographies, writings, pictures, periodic laws, and more.

The periodic table was laid out using valences or the electrons in the outermost shell.

An article investigating the life and work of Dmitri Mendeleev.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A tutorial that describes the origin of the periodic law.

This overview of the life and accomplishments of chemist Dmitri Mendeleev discusses his upbringing and education. It also provides details on his creating the Periodic Table and his presentation to the Russian Chemical Society.

A brief outline of Mendeleev's life from PBS. Not much information, but does hit upon the highlights of his life.

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.

This page from ScienceWorld provides a brief biography of Dmitri Mendeleev, the Russian chemist who helped to develop the periodic table of the elements.

Wikipedia provides the definition of the term, "Atomic number," a term used in chemistry and physics to represent the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.