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Subtopic: The Periodic Table

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Anatomy of a Firework
There's more to a fireworks display than meets the eye. This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site looks at the technology behind each burst of light.

6-12 Flash Interactive

Birth of a Supernova, Type II
In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, learn about a type of exploding star — a Type II supernova — that is so large it has a mass 10 times greater than the mass of our Sun.

6-12 Flash Interactive

Chemical Bonds
This interactive activity developed for Teachers' Domain demonstrates how attractive forces between atoms create chemical bonds, resulting in the formation of molecules and compounds.

9-12
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Discovering Air
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.

6-12 HTML Document

The Elements: Forged in Stars
The story of how elements from lithium to uranium are created by stars is illustrated through animation and a hands-on periodic table in this video segment adapted from NOVA.

6-12
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Elements of Steel
This resource from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Web site, which contains both an interactive activity and illustrated text, looks at the composition of different types of steel and their impact on technology.

6-12 Flash Interactive

Fireworks! Lifting Charge
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn how pyrotechnicians use common compounds to blast fireworks into the sky and give them shape.

6-12 QuickTime Video

Fireworks! Making Color
What gives a fireworks display its brilliant blue, green, and red colors? Learn how pyrotechnicians give fireworks color in this video segment adapted from NOVA.

6-12 QuickTime Video

Graphing the Periodic Table
This interactive activity from the American Chemical Society presents the properties and electron configurations for all the elements in the periodic table. Discover patterns by plotting the elements' properties according to their place in the table.

9-12
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Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks
Students learn about the concepts of spectral chemistry, combustion, and the nature of fire through the use of visually rich fireworks resources. Optional resources address chemical reactions for those who want a more advanced chemistry lesson.

6-12 Lesson Plan

Island of Stability
In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, follow scientists in their quest to understand how stable elements are made and how to create the elusive element 114.

9-12
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The Origin of the Elements
This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the origin of the elements and how scientists use unique element profiles to identify supernova types.

6-12
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The Periodic Table of the Elements
Students learn about the origin of the modern periodic table of the elements and how to extract information from it.

9-12 Lesson Plan

Periodic Table of the 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.

6-12
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Flash Interactive

Periodic Table of the Elements Chart
This downloadable periodic table of elements, produced for Teachers' Domain, provides easy, transportable access to a wealth of chemical information, including the oxidation state number of each element.

6-12
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Periodic Table of the Elements essay
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.

6-12
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Pyrotechnics: It's Elemental
In this interactive periodic table from the NOVA Web site, find out the role of various elements in making fireworks.

6-12 HTML Interactive

Quantum Mechanical Atom
This illustrated essay, written for Teachers' Domain, describes the orderly arrangement of electrons around the nucleus of an atom and explains how to determine each element's configuration based on the number of electrons it has.

9-12
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Quantum Mechanics
Are electrons particles or waves? This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey looks at the intense debate surrounding the understanding of electron configuration.

9-12
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Repeating Patterns: The Shape of the Periodic Table
Students explore element periodicity, the shape of the periodic table, and how we are able to predict the characteristics of elements yet to be discovered or created.

9-12 Lesson Plan

The Strange World of the Electron
Students examine the origin of Earth's elements, the structure of atoms, and the sometimes strange arrangement and behavior of electrons.

9-12 Lesson Plan