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Interactively explore how the elements come together to produce the complex diversity of materials that make up the substances in our world. Click on "Human Body" to see which elements are most abundant in our bodies; click "Pyrotechnics" to see how experts combine certain elements to create fireworks; and learn which elements have the most extreme properties on the periodic table. Resource is appropriate for grades 5-10.
See Related Materials for links to additional interactive periodic tables, all appropriate for secondary education. Please note that this resource requires Java Applet Plug-in.
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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Particles and Interactions and the Standard Model
Unit Title: Elements and the Periodic Table Interactively explore how the elements come together to produce the complex diversity of materials that make up the substances in our world. Click on "Human Body" to see which elements are most abundant in our bodies; click "Pyrotechnics" to see how experts combine certain elements to create fireworks; and learn which elements have the most extreme properties on the periodic table. Link to Unit:
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