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The Mystery of the Periodic Table

by Benjamin Wiker and Jeanne Bendick

Walk into history as elements are discovered and patterns perceived. It’s an interesting tale of the purposeful and accidental unraveling of the periodic table. This along with the activities in Fizz, Bubble x%x Flash!: Element Explorations & Atom Adventures for Hands-On Science Fun! (Williamson Kids Can! Series)% provide a meaningful introduction to chemistry. Thames and Kosmos Chemistry kits have some more advanced experiements too.

Importance: Stars-2-0
Topic: science
Age Level: middle school
You'll use it occasionally

This math-mom.com review was last updated on May 27, 2006.

The Mystery of the Periodic Table