THE PERIODIC TABLE CONTENT INFORMATIONSummary: The student will investigate the periodic table and write down his/her findings to the following: The student must include: the history up to the present, including information about element 115; biographies of the major scientists involved; types of information we can learn about elements by using the periodic table; different ways the periodic table is organized and why these methods are used by each group; humor surrounding the periodic table. Dewey Number: 546 Subject Heading: Inorganic Chemistry
CONTENT CATEGORIESNon-Fiction Books: 546Emsley, John. The elements. 3 rd edition. Oxford University Press: Oxford, N.Y., 1998.
Emsley, John. Natures’s building blocks: an A-Z guide to the elements . Oxford University Press: Oxford, N.Y., 2001.
Gordin, Michael D. A well-ordered thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the shadow of the Periodic Table. Basic Books (Perseus Bk Group). New York, 2004.
Newton , David E. Chemical elements, from carbon to Krypton. Volume 1 . U*X*L, an imprint of the Gale Group: Farmington Hills, MI, 1999.
Scientific American science desk reference. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.: New York, 1999.
Stwertjam Albert. A guide to the elements . 2 nd edition. Oxford University Press: Oxford, N.Y. ,2002.
The following sources are in GALEBRONZE: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lnoca_trinity Password: LNOCA216; click on “Student Resources Bronze.” Copy each title and Paste it in the search box. “ Element, chemical”, and "Periodic table." Gale Encyclopedia of Science. 2nd ed. 6 vols. Gale Group, 2001. Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2004.
“Mendeleev publishes periodic table”, and "Periodic table." U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science. 2nd ed. U*X*L, 2002. Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2004.
The following sources are in EBSCOhost: INFOhio Electronic Resources for Grades 7-12 Click on “EbscoHost”, then “grades 7-12.”, then “continue.” Follow directions above for copying and pasting.
Elements of style. Economist, 2/7/2004, Vol. 370 Issue 8361, p76, 1/2p, 1bw; Reading Level (Lexile): 1390; ( AN 12192450 ) THE NATURE OF THINGS. (cover story) By: Goho, Alexandra. Science News, 10/25/2003, Vol. 164 Issue 17, p264, 2p, 1 map; Reading Level (Lexile): 1180; ( AN 11217675 )
Mendeleev's Garden. By: Sacks, Oliver. American Scholar, Autumn2001, Vol. 70 Issue 4, p21, 17p, 1 chart; Reading Level (Lexile): 1460; ( AN 5420661 )
Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999). By: Koshland Jr., Danial E.. Science, 04/16/99, Vol. 284 Issue 5413, p447, 1p, 1bw; Reading Level (Lexile): 1390; ( AN 1781830 )
The evolution of the periodic system. By: Scerri, Eric R.. Scientific American, Sep98, Vol. 279 Issue 3, p78, Reading Level (Lexile): 1240; ( AN 964392 )
Internet Sources:
McGraw-Hill AccessScience: Periodic table Information needed: book is Internet-linked Science Encyclopedia, pg. 29, websites 1, 2, 3.
http://www.altavista.com/image/results/?q=chemical+elements&stype=simage&wt=y
http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/chem/dolchem/html/biog/biog000.html
http://homepage.mac.com/dtrapp/Elements/places.html
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Chemistry/Periodic_Table_of_the_Elements/History/
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa060302a.htm
http://www.chemtutor.com/perich.htm#per
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99aug/9908elements
PeriodicTable.com Student Home page
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