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Chapter 4: The Periodic Table

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Periodic Law
Read about the history of the periodic law and how it was discovered, including several biographies of notable scientists. Visit this site and study about how Mendeleev discovered the periodic law and summarize it in your own words in your journal.

The Copper Page
This page is provided as a service of the worldwide copper and brass industries. Visit this site and explain how you use copper and brass every day.

Metallurgy
Metallurgy is one of the oldest sciences. It studies different types of metals. Visit this site and discover how metals are used in everyday life.

Chemtutor Elements
Chemtutor provides a list of 50 of the most common elements. Click on one of the elements to read about its history and how it is used.

ChemicalElements.com
This Web page displays an interactive periodic table. You can visit this site and examine the properties of the alkali metals , alkali earth metals , and transition metals . Write a journal entry that explains the differences and similarities of these groups of elements.

Online Periodic Tables

Visit this site and put together a presentation that describes the trends of a certain periodic property.

Periodic Table: WebElements

Chemicool Periodic Table

Hyper Chemistry on the Web

Periodic Table

Web Sites for On the Internet: Activity 3-2

Mercury Pollution Prevention Education Program
This Web site details a pollution prevention program that combats mercury in the environment.

Chemical Contamination Concern
Here you will find a Florida group's Web page detailing chemical contamination in seafood.

Mercury (Hg) Pollution WebQuest
This page, presented by WebQuest, offers multiple links and background information on mercury pollution.

Search the U.S. EPA Internet Site
Search the Environmental Protection Association's Web site for more information on the health risks of heavy metals and other chemicals in your area.

Unit 1: Chemical Interactions

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How Things Work
A site maintained by A. Bloomfield, the author of "How Things Work: the Physics of Everyday Life." Students can read old questions or ask Bloomfield their own. As a group, formulate a question for Bloomfield and ask it.

The Particle Adventure Home Page
An in-depth description of particles; includes a QuickTime movie and various links to a variety of nuclear subjects. Go through the adventure and write a journal entry about your experiences.

Taits Periodic Table of Elements
This site features an interactive periodic table with information on the different groups and all the elements. Visit this site to learn more about a specific group of elements, like the Noble Gases.

Chemical Bond
This site gives a very general breakdown of the different types of chemical bonds. Form a small group and together create a catalog of common substances and what types of bonds they contain.

Types of Chemical Reactions
This educational Web page, maintained in Utah, explains the different types of chemical reactions. Visit this site and, under the supervision of your teacher and in a small group, run the experiments linked at the bottom of the page.