THE ELEMENT PROJECT
(8th Grade Science)
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/ - This is a simple, accessible site that is a good introduction for students to the periodic table of the elements. Clicking on an element brings up detailed information about it, written in user-friendly language. The site's sources are the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics and the American Chemical Society. The site also has information about the origins of the periodic table, how best to use it, and the protocol for naming elements.
http://www.chemicalelements.com/ - This is a particularly valuable resource for newcomers to the world of chemistry because the periodic table may be displayed in a variety of ways, depending on the needs of the user. For example, you can display the table with the full names of each element rather than just their symbols. The table may also be displayed by crystal structure, date of the element's discovery, melting point, or atomic number.
http://www.chemicool.com/ - What's cool about the Chemicool Periodic Table is all the information that's available about each element. Click on any one and you'll find out about its states, appearance, characteristics, reactions, conductivity, uses, availability, and cost. You can even access a record of the site's top five requested elements (updated daily); on a recent visit, they were hydrogen, oxygen, silver, carbon, and aluminum. Need to do some chemical calculations? Use this site's Ideal Gas calculator and unit conversion calculator, which converts units of energy, pressure, volume, temperature, mass, and power.
http://www.webelements.com/ - The periodic table of the chemical elements is an arrangement of the elements ordered by atomic number in columns (groups) and rows (periods) so as to emphasize their periodic properties. WebElements is the periodic table on the web. WebElements periodic table of elements is sponsored by Sheffield University. By clicking on one of the elements a summary page of the element will be displayed along with a graphic representation and a cartoon of the element in use.
http://www.elements-of-life.org/eol_index_flash.html - Chemistry the Element of Life. This site is an interactive puzzle of the Element table that is both informational as well as fun. You can build words in puzzle format using the elements from the element table.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001826.html - Chemical Element table sponsored by Infoplease
