Periodic Table

This 11-minute video discusses the most important table ever. Learn about Mendeleev and the development of the periodic table of elements.

This 2:31 minute video describes how early scientists studied the elements and how Mendeleev developed the periodic table. Learn how the periodic table was organized and shaped.

Here is a great interactive periodic table - Each element has a link to show what the element looks like, with the history of discovery, and other useful information about the element.

This 5-minute video explores a story about Dmitri Mendeleev and the discovery of radium. The father of the periodic table accurately predicted the properties of three elements before they were discovered. However, he never accepted the properties of radium, since the idea that it glowed in the dark challenged his own beliefs.

This 3:22 minute video investigates chemical reactions involving sodium. Find out how the electron configuration of sodium, an alkali metal, makes it a highly reactive element.

This 3:30 minute video is an engaging poem that offers explanations about how elements on the periodic table got their names.

UNESCO's site for the International Year of the Periodic Table has a collection of recommended videos to explore the periodic table. One of the videos is the Periodic Table Song, updated for 2018.

Are the elements found on Earth made of stars? This video explores the relationship between light emissions from exploding stars, called supernovas, and the elements found on Earth.

This is an entire periodic table, with videos about each element. These videos are chemistry adventures in the laboratory, as well as journeys into the world, to learn more about the unique qualities of each element.

One of the most famous elements in the periodic table doesn't really belong anywhere chemists would like to put it.

This video explores the key people and discoveries in chemistry. Learn how the periodic table of elements revolutionized our understanding of the world. Related Lesson

Of all the periodic tables that have existed, why is Mendeleev's periodic table the one that has endured? Lou Serico explains via eka-aluminum Related Lesson