Chemical Elements

Click on the image above to search for topics; you may also click below for specific topics volumes or articles:

v.1 -- Actinium to Francium

v.2 -- Gadolinium to Oxygen

v.3 -- Palladium to Zirconium

Click on the World Book Student image above to search for your specific element. For example, search for oxygen, gold, or zinc.

Chemical Elements article (covers all of the elements)

When using information from websites or looking for new ones to use in assignments, make sure you can answer "yes" to the following three things:

1) Readable -- Do I understand what I am reading?

2) Reliable -- Is the site safe, authoritative,and accurate ? Did an expert person or organization write the information? How do I know?

3) Relevant -- Is the source on topic, focused and useful?

The following websites are readable, reliable and relevant.

Chemical Elements

Periodic Table of Elements from Los Alamos National Laboratory

Royal Society of Chemistry's Periodic Table

Web Elements

Fun sites:

Mrs. Luzier's Webquests -- Some cool photos of different Periodic Tables from a Science teacher

Periodic Table of Comic Books -- Click on an element to see how that element has been used in comics.

Periodic Table of Videos -- A video on each element from the University of Nottingham.

Periodic Table Printmaking Project

Periodic Table Project -- A contest held by the University of Waterloo Chemistry department to design artwork representing each element.

Photographic Table of the Elements -- Actual photos of the elements.

Sterling Hill Mining Museum -- Periodic Table Display with actual samples of each element.

Wooden Periodic Table of the Elements -- an actual wooden table of the elements.