Word searches are a fun way to pass the time and a great activity in a classroom. Word searches reinforce the recognition of the words in the puzzle and the challenge can give students a sense of accomplishment on completion. This word search contains terms associated with photosynthesis. These terms can be […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have captured new images of the aurorae dancing around Saturn’s north pole. These ultraviolet images show what happens as the Sun’s solar wind interacts with the magnetosphere of Saturn. A planet’s magnetosphere is the region where charged particles are affected by the planet’s own magnetic […]
Auroras on Saturn

Oil and water don’t mix. That’s the old wisdom we’ve always been told. If it’s true, why are oil and water so difficult to separate? When oil spills occur, absorbents like clay, straw, or wool are added to sop up the oil. The problem is, it also sops up a lot […]
Smart Coatings Separate Oil and Water
This is a list of all 118 chemical elements in alphabetical order. The list has the atomic number, name, and symbol of each element. NUMBER ELEMENT SYMBOL 89 Actinium Ac 13 Aluminum Al 95 Americium Am 51 Antimony Sb 18 Argon Ar 33 Arsenic As 85 Astatine At 56 Barium […]
List of Chemical Elements in Alphabetical Order
Here is a list of elements of the periodic table, their atomic numbers, and element symbols. The list is ordered by increasing atomic number, which is the number of protons in an atom of that element. Each element has a symbol, which is a one- or two-letter abbreviation of its […]
Element List – Element Names, Symbols, and Atomic Numbers

Here is a list of elements (all 118) arranged in alphabetical order. This list is also available for download as a TXT file. Sometimes all you need is a simple list with the correct spellings of the element names! ActiniumAluminumAmericiumAntimonyArgonArsenicAstatineBariumBerkeliumBerylliumBismuthBohriumBoronBromineCadmiumCalciumCaliforniumCarbonCeriumCesiumChlorineChromiumCobaltCoperniciumCopperCuriumDarmstadtiumDubniumDysprosiumEinsteiniumErbiumEuropiumFermiumFleroviumFluorineFranciumGadoliniumGalliumGermaniumGoldHafniumHassiumHeliumHolmiumHydrogenIndiumIodineIridiumIronKryptonLanthanumLawrenciumLeadLithiumLivermoriumLutetiumMagnesiumManganeseMeitneriumMendeleviumMercuryMolybdenumMoscoviumNeodymiumNeonNeptuniumNickelNihoniumNiobiumNitrogenNobeliumOganessonOsmiumOxygenPalladiumPhosphorusPlatinumPlutoniumPoloniumPotassiumPraseodymiumPromethiumProtactiniumRadiumRadonRheniumRhodiumRoentgeniumRubidiumRutheniumRutherfordiumSamariumScandiumSeaborgiumSeleniumSiliconSilverSodiumStrontiumSulfurTantalumTechnetiumTelluriumTennessineTerbiumThalliumThoriumThuliumTinTitaniumTungstenUraniumVanadiumXenonYtterbiumYttriumZincZirconium
Alphabetical List Of Elements

A modified version of the herpes simplex virus (HSV) has shown to be a promising means to fight cancerous brain tumors. The virus easily infects the tumor cells and causes lysis, destroying the cell, but does not replicate in terminally differentiated or non-dividing cells.0 The problem is.what the body responds to the […]
Using Stem Cells and Herpes to Fight Brain Cancer

Percent error is an expression of the difference between a measured value and the accepted value. See the steps to calculate percent error.
Calculate Percent Error

This image is of an exoplanet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. While it doesn’t look like much, it is the best direct image ever taken of a planet outside our Solar System. The image was taken using the new Gemini Planet Imager’s adaptive optics system. This equipment was a recent addition […]