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Links to Great Websites for elements:
Scientific American Interactive Periodic Table Click Here
Open University- Elements that Changed the Course of History (CLICK TO LAUNCH)
Elements listed in article: 1. Slash and Burn (Charcoal or CARBON), 2. Tools of the Roman Empire (Bronze or TIN and COPPER), 3. Pumping Iron (IRON), 4. The Age of Alchemy (PHOSPHORUS), 5. A Word to the Wise (Paper or CARBON and LEAD with TIN and Antimony), 6. Steaming Ahead (Charcoal or CARBON and Steel with CARBON and IRON), 7. A New Clear Danger (URANIUM), 8. A Digital Dawn (SILICON and GERMANIUM), 9. It's a Small World (CARBON Nanotubes), 10. When Elements Run Out (PHOSPHORUS), 11. Elements of the Future (PLUTONIUM, URANIUM, THORIUM)
Materials that Changed History (PBS Article)
(Elements in article include: Bronze (Copper and Tin), Steel (Iron and Carbon), Glass (Silicon), Paper (Carbon), Aluminum, Semi-conductors (Carbon and Silicon)
Gold Websites:
1. Only Gold (LINK)
2. The History of Gold (LINK)
3. Sought After Metal on Earth (LINK)
4. The History of Gold - Paper (LINK)
Silver Websites:
1. Uncover the Supermetal (LINK)
2. The Silver Series: The History of Silver (LINK)
3. Big History Project Silver Article LINK
Uranium Websites:
1. The Element of Tomorrow (LINK)
Titanium Websites:
1. Titanium Industries (LINK)
Sulfur Websites:
1. Georgia Gulf Sulphur - History (LINK)
2. History of Gunpowder - History Channel Video (LINK)
3. Gunpowder History for Kids - (LINK)
4. LiveScience - How Gunpowder Changed the World (LINK)
7 Elements that Changed the World: (LINK)
(Iron, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Titanium, Carbon, Silicon)
-This is a book on Amazon, click "Look Inside" to read the chapters.
Sodium Websites:
1. Royal Society of Chemistry (LINK) <read about "Back with those Ancient Egyptians and Babylonians"
2. Salt: A World History (AMAZON LINK)
-Since this is a book on Amazon, click "Look Inside" to read the chapters.\
3. Salt in History (LINK)
Phosphorus Websites:
1. State of the Planet - Phosphorus-Essential to Life: Are We Running Out? (LINK)
2. Chem4Kids - (LINK)
3. EPA - Nutrient Pollution (LINK)
Lead Websites:
1. Geology.com - History of Lead (LINK)
2. Mayo Clinic - Lead Poisoning (LINK)
3. The Nation - The Secret History of Lead (in gasoline) (LINK)
4. History of Lead Poisoning in the World (LINK)
5. BBC Magazine - Fatal Attraction of Lead (history) (LINK)
Iron Websites:
1. History for Kids (LINK)
2. Live Science: How Iron Changed the World (LINK)
3. Ancient Iron: How Iron Helped Change the World (LINK)
4. BAS Library: How Iron Technology Changed the Ancient World and Gave the Philistines a Military Edge (Link)
General Chemistry Project Element Assignments: LINK
Unit 3: Final Exam Review Sheet-
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