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By Theodore Gray, the Photographic Card Deck of the Elements is a gorgeously illustrated pack of 126 five-inch-square cards, one for each of the 118 elements of the Periodic Table, plus an additional eight that explain the arrangement of the Table and suggest activities to accompany the cards. (For one thing, if you can manage not to step on them, they can be arranged on the living room floor to form a 7.5-foot Periodic Table.)Each card has a color photograph of the featured element on one side; the reverse lists physical constants (atomic weight, density, melting and boiling points, and valence); the percentage of the element found in the universe, the Earth’s crust, the Earth’s oceans, and in people; the date and place of the element’s discovery; and a fascinating, unusual, or at least interesting fact about the element. These have to be the coolest flash cards ever. |
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The Elements Puzzle is a 1000-piece jigsaw of Gray’s photo-illustrated Periodic Table. (Finished size 36” x 16”.) Think rainy-day family project. |
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With Connecting Color Tiles (ETA), kids can build their own Periodic Tables. |
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From Funbrain, try the Periodic Table Game with Proton Don, a mouse in a top hat. Players can take a tutorial and then play the game, which involves identifying chemical symbols and naming elements. At three levels, easy, medium, and hard. |
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Chemistry Games is a collection of eight games at increasing levels of difficulty on the elements, their chemical symbols, and their properties. |
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Try a game of Periodic Table Battleship. The site includes instructions for making your own. |
