What can you and your students learn from videos showing reactions of the elements? A lot! The link below is to an article that describes what we learned from videos that show elements reacting with air, water, acids, and base and how what the video showed compared with textbook descriptions. Tied to this year’s National Chemistry Week theme, Chemistry: It’s Elemental!, this article is fascinating reading for anyone interested in chemical reactions.

Article: Seeing is Believing: Learning from Periodic Table Live! Videos

Copyright 2009, Journal of Chemical Education, Division of Chemical Education, Inc. Reprinted with permission