BOOK+RESOURCES: The Elements + Periodic Table

[Ryan Goble]

THE ELEMENTS
For a document that organizes the building blocks of everything in the universe, the periodic table is awfully dull. Enter science writer Theodore Gray. He spent years collecting and photographing samples of elements from aluminum to zinc, and his book The Elements is a loving reimagination of the classic table, detailing not only atomic weight and structure but also how each substance is used. Where would we be without brittle, iridescent bismuth, the active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol?

This blurb was from Wired Magazine's Oct. Playlist: http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/multimedia/2009/09/pl_p...

You should also not forget last week's post: http://mcpopmb.ning.com/group/scienceteachers/forum/topics/music-vi...

With the TMBG Video "Meet the Elements"

This Farm School Blog is OFF THE HOOK - loaded with cool periodic Table books and resources:
http://farmschool.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/cybils-review-the-period...

I also love this printable from the South African Government
http://www.saasta.ac.za/downloads/pdfs/poster_periodic_table.pdf

and you've got to go back to the "Yes, More Comic Science" post where I highlight the History of Science Comics at Discovery Mag including
"Mendeleyev Predicts" - How Mendeleyev Dreamed Up the Periodic Table
http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/200902/?pg=27

[Joshua Zucker]

How about this Periodic Table - literally?
http://www.element-collection.com/html/coffee_table.html

I also like the Periodic Table of Videos. Some of them are really good. Of course things like Sodium are ridiculously much fun!
http://www.periodicvideos.com/#

[Ryan Goble]

Jay-Z,

Thanks for sharing the Periodic Table of Videos - so cool and helpful - also, now, with your great table I know what to give all my science teacher friends for their birthdays if I ever have a lot of extra cash. Thanks for pitching in these resources!!

Ryan:)