Hooked, I asked for a review copy, and, well, me, here, now, writing review. The book is called “Wonderful Life with the Elements — The Periodic Table Personified,” by Bunpei Yorifuji, and it was ...

Note: This video is designed to help the teacher better understand the lesson and is NOT intended to be shown to students. It includes observations and conclusions that students are meant to make on ...

Many students, especially non-science majors, dread chemistry. The first lesson in an introductory chemistry course typically deals with how to interpret the periodic table of elements, but its ...

Chemistry teachers recently had to update their classroom décor, with the announcement that scientists have confirmed the discovery of four new elements on the periodic table. The as-yet unnamed ...

Early periodic tables were incomplete, since many elements were unknown. Also, some elements were placed in groups with elements that were not similar to them. Mendeleev left gaps in his table for ...

This illustration shows a typewriter with the keys depicted as the periodic table. Hands are typing on it, and the sheet of paper coming out of it shows the words "Tales from the table." Credit: Chris ...

Cations are ions that are positively charged. Anions are ions that are negatively charged. Ions are charged atoms or molecules. If a balanced atom loses one or more electrons, it will become a ...

Eric Scerri's delightful "The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance" follows the 1969 classic by J. W. Spronsen, "The Periodic System of Chemical Elements," but is a different treatment of ...