Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Elements Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids
Students investigate several properties of the given elements and decide whether each element is a metal, non-metal, or a metalloid.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: The Element Fermium
A description of the chemical element Fermium. Gives scientific information such as atomic weight and atomic number, and also discusses its history and uses.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Practice Science Questions: Periodic Table
Test your knowledge of the elements' symbols with this quiz.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trends in the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate specific properties that can be predicted by an element's position on the periodic table. Additionally, they will look at the formation of ions,...
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Rhodium
This WebElements Periodic Table site offers an excellent summary of data on rhodium, its description and properties.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Meitnerium
This WebElements site offers basic data, history and the story of the synthesis of meitnerium.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Radon
Very nice summary of key data on radon and its properties.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Seaborgium
This site provides information on the element seaborgium, such as it's properties. It also includes a description of its synthesis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Electron Configuration and the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will sse the Periodic Table to identify and explain the properties of chemical families, including alkali metals, alkaline...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Hydrogen
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...
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Iodine
A very nice WebElements site with all sorts of basic data on iodine, its chemical and physical properties, isotopes and uses.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Antimony
A very helpful site with all sorts of useful information on antimony.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Hydrogen
WebElements offers a nice summary of basic information on hydrogen. Very thorough and clear. Highly recommended.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Phosphorous
Very nicely organized WebElements site with basic data and information on phosphorous, along with good graphics and a sumary of the isolation processes used.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Zirconium
This WebElements site is an excellent source of general information on zirconium.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Rhenium
This WebElements site is an excellent source of information on rhenu, its properties and its isolation.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Silicon
Excellent site with a great deal of helpful information on silicon.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Indium
WebElements offers a very helpful assemblage of information on the basic chemical and physical properties of indium.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Actinium
WebElements offers a nice set of basic data and information on the physical and chemical properties of actinium.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Palladium
WebElements offers a good basic summary of data and descriptive information on palladium, along with a summary of how it is isolated.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Selenium
Excellent source of information on selenium, its properties, isolation and electron configuration. The site includes pictures of selenium.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Rhenium
Information about the metallic element, Rhenium, atomic number 75. Covers its physical and atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, sources, uses, and potential substitutes.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Gallium
Information about the metallic element, Gallium, atomic number 31. Covers its discovery, its physical and atomic properties, sources, uses, how abundant it is on the Earth, and permissible exposure limits.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Chromium
Information about the element, Chromium, atomic number 24. Covers discovery, physical and atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, permissible exposure limits, sources, uses, and potential substitutes.