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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Trends on the Periodic Table: Metals, Non Metals, and Metalloids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab activity, students will be asked to observe and then test the physical and chemical properties of several different elements.
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Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Cadmium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the physical and chemical properties of Cadmium.
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Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Argon

For Students 9th - 10th
Webelements offers a nicely designed page with a great deal of relevant information on argon. Very helpful.
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Other

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology: Pauli's Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information concerning Wolfgang Pauli's Exclusion Principle. Contains the periodical table of elements.
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Purdue University

Purdue University: Elements, Compounds & Mixtures

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides definitions and characteristics of elements, compounds, and mixtures, and gives an animated image of each.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Characteristics of Elements: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present the basic properties and characteristics of elements. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Characteristics of Elements."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Characteristics of Elements: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present the basic properties and characteristics of elements. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Characteristics of Elements."
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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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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Hydrogen

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the first element on the periodic table, Hydrogen, atomic number 1. Covers its history, sources, physical and atomic properties, places it occurs naturally on the Earth and in space, its many uses, and forms in which it...
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University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Antimony

For Students 9th - 10th
A set of comics featuring the element antimony. Some good information in an entertaining manner.
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University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Aluminum

For Students 9th - 10th
A set of comics featuring aluminum. Good graphics for a report or a presentation.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Chemistry Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review atoms with this slideshow. You can choose to listen to the review or read the accompanying text. At the end, play the game to review the basics of atoms that you have just learned about. You may play the game as many times as...
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University of Kentucky

Periodic Table of Comics: Lithium

For Students 9th - 10th
Comics featuring lithium. Good graphics for a presentation.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Elements & Compounds

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short quiz on elements, how they combine through chemical reactions to make compounds, and how to write the chemical formulas for water and salt.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Periodic Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A tutorial that describes the origin of the periodic law.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Modern Periodic Law: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will define the Modern Period Law. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Modern Periodic Law."
Website
Other

Chemical elements.com: Samarium

For Students 9th - 10th
A site containing a good deal of elemental information. Information on each element includes atomic number, atomic mass, melting point, boiling point, density, isotopes and more.
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Other

Chemical elements.com: Sodium

For Students 9th - 10th
A site containing a good deal of elemental information. Information on each element includes atomic number, atomic mass, melting point, boiling point, density, isotopes and more.
Activity
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Element Crossword Puzzle the Halogen Group [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what you know about elements by completing this crossword puzzle! This puzzle focuses on the halogen group of elements.
Article
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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Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Neodymium

For Students 9th - 10th
EnvironmentalChemistry.com offers a thorough site all about the element neodymium.
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Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Phosphorus

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent source of information on phosphorus including its physical and chemical properties. Highly recommended.
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Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Potassium

For Students 9th - 10th
As the name of this site implies, this is a huge reference site for elemental information. Whether you are looking for properties or isotopes, this site probably has what you need. Images of structure and electron energy level can be...
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Curated OER

[Periodic Table of the Elements]

For Students 9th - 10th
The periodic table arranges elements according to their properties. This page allows you to click on the element as it appears on the table and obtain information on its structure, behavior, and discovery.

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