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A Visual Exploration for How to Memorize the Periodic Table
I can remember back to junior high school when I took earth science from Mrs. Garrett. One of the lessons we worked through was an introduction to the periodic table of elements. Mrs. Garrett diligently divided the table into their appropriate categories and assigned us memorization work for each segment. It was hard. Now, don’t get me wrong. Mrs. Garrett was a good teacher and I remember her fondly throughout my schooling years, as she was the homeroom teacher for my class and in our small rural area our school was a combined junior and senior high school. So I had her for several classes. She was a good teacher who…
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App Inspires Periodic Table Research
An Educational Game App That Teaches Chemistry “Mom!, did you know that helium is a super-fluid?” Jonathan asked me as we were driving one day. Me, giggling, “Oh Yeah? What else?” “The strange fluid can slip through gaps in glass molecules and drip out of an airtight container.” he excitedly shares. He then spent 30 minutes regaling me with facts and trivia about the elements of the periodic table. Just a couple of days before I had received a free download of the app, Atomidoodle, by Hero Factor Games, which is now available on Google Play for Android Devices, in addition to being available for iPad, for the purposes of doing this…
