Elements

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• The Four Elements:Fire, Air, Earth, Water

  Empedocles' Four Elements (Roots) Empedocles (490-430 B.C) was a Greek philosopher, scientist and healer who lived in Sicily in the fifth century B.C.  Empedocles introduced ...

• Symbols for Synthetic Elements

  Synthetic elements are man-made. These elements are radioactive (decay giving off radiation). Synthetic elements are often named after the person discovering them or after some ...

• Periodic Table of Elements

  Using the portion of the periodic table of elements shown, answer these questions: 1. What do the element symbols, H, Li, Na, and K have ...

• Periodic Table: Element

  An element is a chemical made up of one kind of atom. The known elements are listed on a chart called the Periodic Table. The ...

• Jöns Joseph Berzelius

  Jöns Joseph Berzelius Berzelius studied many different branches of chemistry and is credited with originating these chemical terms:  catalysis, polymer, isomer and allotrope. But, his ...

• Periodic Table

  Chemistry is such a fun course and so applicable to daily living. I've been thinking about an interesting way for kids of all ages to ...

• Atomic Number

  Every element has a specific ID number called its atomic number. All the atoms of a specific element have the same ID number. Example: Iron ...

• Science:Technology

  I received the most amazing complement this week from a teacher friend, Mrs. Shanahan, and her 5th grade students. It came in the form of ...

• Chemistry: Reducing Agent

  In a chemical redox reaction, the reducing agent donates electrons to another element. Thus, a reducing agent is an element that causes another element to ...

• Periodic Table: Hydrogen

  Notes from Janice’s Desk I wish kids learned about the periodic table in elementary school. It would make science so much easier for them. With ...