shscatchem: Rainbow Flame

shscatchem: Rainbow Flame: Take Chemistry! This neat looking rainbow flame was produced by some students after the completing Flame Test test lab.

The Underground Map of the Elements

Mark Lorch, a blogger form the Chemistry Blog, put together the most incredible arrangement of the elements I have seen.  Each element is a station on the railroad line and has shared properties with other elements on the line.

I think a great activity for my students will be to have them critique this representation and some of the other odd periodic tables out there...

For a better version the the map, use the following link: Map