The Periodic Table
atomic structure and physical/chemical properties
Periodic Table general information
Periodic Tables Plus - interactive tables and sites with information about specific elements.
Visit the Jefferson Lab's "It's Elemental" website - click on any element in the table to find out more details about it. Links below the table to other articles on the topic.
A tour of the first 36 elements - Chem4kids
Interactive Periodic Table from Lenntech in the Netherlands with information about each element
Chemicool Periodic Table interactive from MIT with information, images, and videos
Visual periodic table from the Royal Society of Chemistry
Periodic Table podcasts from the Royal Society of Chemistry
Interactive periodic table from Los Alamos National Laboratory
Slide show lecture on the periodic table from Chemistry Never Sleeps
Articles
"It's element-ary: five members of the periodic table are solar system elements to be reckoned with"
"Scientists confirm new element 115 after atoms collide"
"Origin of gold found in rare neutron-star collisions"
"Name That Element" from Scholastic
"A New Element" from Scholastic's ScienceWorld
"The Periodic Table Gains Weight" from Scholastic's ScienceWorld
Videos
A team of scientists from the University of Nottingham (U.K.) present videos on each of the elements in the periodic table.
Extras
"The Elements" song, animated
Experiment Central (includes information and some experiments to try)
What do Chemists Do? - interviews with chemists
Elements facts, lists, tables, quizzes and more
NOVA Elements exploratory site - build your own atoms and more! (And there's a free iPad app!)
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Image sources
Trabattoni, Paolo . Elements - the Beauty of Chemistry #3. 2011. Flickr.com. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mctraba/6314224699/>.
Trimming, Peter. Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Cambridge. 1884. Geograph. Web. 5 Nov. 2013. < http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1952311>.