And this song might be the best one on it. Honestly, Here Comes Science might now be above Flood and Apollo 18 in the hierarchy of TMBG albums for me now. Of course, nothing is as awesome as They Might Be Giants. And, if you prefer your elements in rap, you can find that too (it’s in the second half of the video). You can even see Daniel Radcliffe sing it… for some reason.
First of all, I have no idea why one would want to memorize all the elements, but if you did, this song, which abounds in versions all over Youtube, would probably be pretty valuable. Do chemistry students secretly wish they were music majors? I’m not linking most of them, so if you’re interested, I’ll let you go crazy finding them. I have to tell you that I was a bit shocked to find out just how many chemistry songs there are out there. There’s not a Bill Nye, Eureka or Magic School Bus episode for this topic specifically, but a number of musical options abound. The elements offers up another week of some wonderful online videos. As I looked for an image to grab of that one, I discovered a new one that’s not out yet that looked like a promising resource as well called Scholastic Discover More: The Elements. However, we also made use of The Elements: What You Really Want to Know by Ron Miller. There were several other sets of books for the elements and the periodic table at our library, but these were the best by far. If you’re a flashcard sort of family (we’re not, but maybe you are!) the Basher books are also available as flashcards. Each element brags about their properties. I like the writing style from this one a great deal. The Basher books all come with posters, so this one has the periodic table illustrated with the cartoony element characters from the book. Another great take on elements is the Basher Science book The Periodic Table: Elements with Style. I pretty much never buy posters, but I thought the one based on the book was so cool, that I sprung for it from Home Science Tools. In case you can’t find the book, this website will give you the gist of it, though the book is worth seeing as well for more depth. First up, there’s a beautiful book, intended for adults, called simply The Elements by Theodore Gray. This week offered better book options than last week. Mostly, I wanted them to understand that most things around us are made of combinations of elements. Some of the things we read and watched talked about the number of electrons helping determine which elements were more reactive and which ones combine, but I thought it was a little over their heads. From this week, I wanted the kids to understand that the structure of the atom (how many protons it has) determines how it behaves and that the periodic table organizes the elements. This week, building on the week before, we’re looking at the elements and the periodic table.
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