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Periodic Table with 118 Element Names and Symbols
Here’s the Science Notes periodic table with the official names and data for all 118 elements.
Comprehensive Chemistry Dictionary
Here’s a comprehensive chemistry dictionary. There is a separate page for each letter so that you don’t have to scroll forever. Many terms link to articles on the topic.
Lists of Things That Glow
Here are two lists for you. One covers things that glow under black light (fluorescent or phosphorescent), while the other covers things that glow when the lights go out and it’s truly dark. Some items produce luminescence both ways:
Essential Chemistry Charts and Tables
Sometimes it’s just easier to have a printout of important information. These tables are available as PDF files. You can save these and print them out at your convenience:
- Alphabetical List of the Chemical Elements
- Periodic Table Trends
- Valences of the Elements
- Electron Configurations of the Elements
- Understand Wedge and Dash Notation
Science Demonstrations and Projects
Here are some fun science projects to try:
Science Jokes
Add some humor to your life with a collection of science and math jokes. Spend a little time laughing (or groaning) at the lighter side of science. Post a reply to tell your own science joke!
Chemistry Jokes
Math Jokes
Physics Jokes
Engineer Jokes
Trigonometry Help at Science Notes
Learn to love the triangle. Trigonometry is one of the scientist’s basic tools in their mathematics toolbox. Here are a couple of useful printable reference sheets with trig relationships, special triangles and trig identities. Got requests for trig or stats content? Let us know. We both have degrees in math.
Right Triangles Trigonometry Functions
Special Triangles
Trig Tables – SIN, COS and TAN values PDF
Trig Identities Study Sheet
Periodic Table Trends
Metals, Metalloids and Nonmetals
This periodic table shows the elements and locations of the metals, metalloids and nonmetals. It also lists the common properties of metals, metalloids and nonmetals. You can print out the table the same as any of the periodic tables on the site.
List of Metals
This is a list of the elements considered to be the metal elements along with a periodic table highlighting these elements and their common properties.
List of Metalloids
This is a list of the elements considered to be the metalloid or semimetal elements. It also contains a periodic table highlighting the metalloids and their common properties.
List of Nonmetals
This is a list of all the nonmetal elements, their location on the periodic table and the properties of a nonmetal.
Science Projects
Here are some new science projects, plus some old favorites:
- Homemade Black Snake Fireworks
- How to Crystallize a Real Rose
- Rainbow Density Column
- 5 Ways To Make a Chemical Volcano
- Make Colored Soap Bubbles
- 2 Ways To Make Green Fire
How to Grow Crystals
We’ve got a bunch crystal-growing projects for you. Instructions range from crystals grown with home chemicals to easy lab chemical crystals to try.
- Grow Sugar Crystals
- Grow Purple Chrome Alum Crystals
- Charcoal Crystal Garden
- Grow a Crystal Geode
- Grow Table Salt Crystals
- What to Do If Crystals Won’t Grow