This essay, written for Teachers' Domain, describes the foresight and pattern recognition that Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev used to develop the modern periodic table of elements.

This interactive periodic table developed for Teachers' Domain provides detailed information about the chemical properties of elements and illustrates the electron configurations that determine those characteristics.

Engaging and very informative article that explains what elements are, some of their history, how they are represented, the categories of elements, the periodic table, and how they are structured and classified.

Read about the addition of four new elements to the periodic table. Includes video.

The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Curium is element 96 on the periodic table and was named after Pierre and Marie Curie. [1 min, 6 sec]

The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Protactinium is element number 91 on the periodic table. [7:06]

The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Americium is element 95 on the periodic table. [7:40]

The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Thulium, element number 69, is a hard one to isolate and thus, very expensive. However, there is promise for an increased use of this...

The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Samarium is element number 62 and its symbol is Sm. [1:20]

The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Flerovium is element 114 and its symbol is Fl. [7:26]

In this interactive periodic table from the NOVA Web site, find out the role of various elements in making fireworks.

Students learn about the periodic table and how pervasive the elements are in our daily lives. After reviewing the table organization and facts about the first 20 elements, they play an element identification game. They also learn that...

Get a quick overview of the Periodic Table of Elements basics.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the history of the periodic table, and explain how the periodic table was originally organized, compared to the arrangement of the modern periodic...

Describes the organization of the periodic table of elements and the different groups in it.

The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about vanadium- element number 23 on the periodic table.

The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about element number 82. [8:07]

The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about bohrium. This video includes footage from a trip to Darmstadt where the element was created and named. [4:16]

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]

The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about hydrogen and an exploding balloon. But what creates the fireball? [7:17]

The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. What better way to talk about Ytterbium than by doing it from the very place it was discovered - Ytterby in Sweden! [3:36]

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.

Discusses the history and organization of the periodic table, where the metalloids fit in, and their properties. Includes color-coded periodic table of elements.

An interactive website where students learn about the basics of an atom, periodic tables organization, and the structure and properties of matter. Module includes an introduction and five lessons that are followed by a quiz and an...