An exciting set of selected experiments designed to make elements elementary and explore the periodicity of the periodic table. Learn about atoms and the stuff they are made of: protons, neutrons and electrons. The beautifully illustrated book and materials kit takes students through the alphabet of the universe.
The kit includes enough equipment for a student to explore and develop a fundamental understanding of the key concepts of the Periodic Table while building a foundation for analytical thinking. Supplied in a plastic bag.

For ages 8 and up.

Each kit includes:
• A full colour 48 page booklet
• 2 test tubes with graphite tubes
• A set of red and black alligator lead pairs
• 10 pH sticks (0-14 pH range)
• A colour coded pH chart
• A set of alkali metals for flame testing
• A set of electrons, protons and neutrons for modeling periodic table of elements
• 2 Periodic Table of the Elements for hi-lighting metals, non-metals and semi-metals
• A magnifier
• A tea candle
• 10 experiment cups
• 150g plaster of Paris, gauze, chalk

Student Experiments:
• Split water into rocket fuel with a battery and pencil graphite then pop the captured hydrogen to explore the properties of the first element
• Act out the roles of electrons and protons in hydrogen and helium
• Use pH sticks to measure acids and bases and relate pH to dissociated hydrogen
• Discover how many of the elements are familiar metals
• Hilight the very few elements that are actually non-metals
• Investigate the properties of noble gases starting with the most familiar - helium
• Explore the properties of alkali metals by flame testing the common salts, watching videos of their extraordinary reactivity with water and forming crystals
• Relate salts to crystal formation, ionic bonds and their pairing with halogens
• Investigate calcium, an alkaline earth metal that is found in chalk, bones
and egg shells and make a calcium sulfate caste to explore exothermal reactions
• Use an acid test to distinguish calcium sulfate from calcium carbonate
• Understand crystal making in terms of the Periodic Table
• Discover the “personality traits” of the elements in the Periodic Table

Features:
This pack has a number of consumables. Replacement consumables and spare parts can be purchased from Scientrific.
Extensions to the main projects are feasible.

Includes free ScienceWiz.com portal access:
Explore intriguing videos and links to information that will amuse, astonish, enrich and extend the content in the book and kit.
Internet animations and videos complement the classroom experiments.
Supplemental internet materials allow students to progress at their own pace and to their own level of interest and detail.
Contents of the website are periodically updated by the scientists and educators.

Last edited 21st Jul 2022