Thursday, October 17, 2013

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.

Monday, October 14, 2013

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