Re: gperiodic website suggestions

[Malonowa <malonowa@wanadoo.fr>]

Robert Hopcroft wrote:

I originally saw the periodic table as wallpaper on a windows system. It

> covered the whole screen but didn't do anything. Nontheless it has a
> significance all its own. It represents an order in nature that the
> entire physical world is made up of atoms that can be laid out in a
> pattern representing their properties. The concept is simple enough that
> most people grasp it as opposed to deeper mathematical symmetries. A way
> to use it in a classroom, at the appropriate age level, would be to
> bring it up on the student's computer screens, and explain to them, that
> they, and the world around them, is made up of the atoms, that they see
> on the computer screen. For example the human body is mostly water which
> in turn is made up of hydrogen and oxygen. atoms. Now have the students
> click on an element to see its properties. This probably means having a
> more suitable display for this purpose. As it is, it would make a very
> good introduction in a chemistry class. I just looked in the Webster's
> New Collegiate Dictionary and sure enough it contains a picture of the
> periodic table. Anyway it has the fascination to inspire students to
> pursue science.
>
> Bob

Sometimes we overlook the obvious.

Wouldn't you use it as a reference when doing chemical equations? I did
millions of these at school and we had tables of data to do them with. Isn't
that what Gperiodic is?

Roman.