Instructify

I’m sure you’re familiar with the periodic chart of elements. Here’s a bare-bones rundown of how it’s laid out: hydrogen and helium are hanging out at the top all on their own, elements in the same row have something in common, and so do elements in the same column (but not all columns). And that’s the basic scheme. Cool with everything so far? Great. Now all you have to do is go through the painful, tedious memorization of each element on every square. Awesome, I’ll see you in a week or two.

So maybe rote memorization of the periodic chart isn’t quite cutting it for your students. Maybe it’s the opposite: your students have taken such an interest in the periodic chart that they’ve not only memorized it, but now they have you cornered and are demanding further explanations for Ununbium and Protactinium. Whichever direction things are going in your science classroom, The University of Nottingham’s Periodic Table of Videos has you covered. They provide a video for EACH AND EVERY element on the periodic chart, with concise explanations and several demonstrated experiments.

I’ll also point out that Professor Martyn Poliakoff isn’t afraid to rock the Dr. Emmett Brown/Einstein hairstyle, which, to me, gives him more street cred as a scientist.
–NICK YINGLING

Periodic Table of Videos

Related Stuff:

Art and Science Collide in the Periodic Table Printmaking Project

Have a Look at This: Visual Elements Periodic Table

They Deafened Me with Science: The Element Song Returns

Upgrade Your Knowledge of the Elements with the Dynamic Periodic Table