K-12 Periodic Table
Grasp the elements with flexible but shallow periodic table aid
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K-12 Periodic Table
Pros: Flexible color-coding, temperature settings, and intuitive interface make this a pretty helpful spot to study the elements.
Cons: Lacks explanations of simple terminology and even a simple quiz function.
Bottom Line: It's not super fun, but it's a great place to solidify study of the periodic table.
Project a tablet version in front of your class to give kids a nice visual understanding of how the table is organized. The tablet version would likely serve students in small-group situations best, while the phone version (with its teeny text but three layers of display) would be best suited for individual quiz and homework settings. You'll have to look elsewhere if you want formal quizzes with scores and progress tracking, however.
K12 Periodic Table is a periodic table reference app for high school chemistry and middle school science classes available for Android, iOS, and Kindle -- including tablet versions -- published by for-profit curriculum developer and provider K12. Tap on elements within the table to view mass, orbitals, Lewis dots, ionization, and more. Settings allow you to color-code various properties and change temperature scale to Kelvin, Celsius, or Fahrenheit. Phone device versions display each element at three levels of detail: The first level shows the table with symbols only; the second appears after a tap with symbol, atomic number, and mass; and the third shows additional properties like electronegativity and boiling point with an additional tap. While the tablet versions lack the second display level, they do allow users the ability to display in expanded format (which sacrifices easily recognizable size to accurate format).
While the fun factor is a bit low, K12 Periodic Table is easy to access and provides helpful features like color coding for classifications, most properties, representational icons using different size balls for radius length, and Lewis dot diagrams. Although it doesn't have a structured quiz function or explanations of basic terminology, you could use the three layers of display in the phone device versions for self-quizzing and memorization. It's a pretty convenient way to reference the periodic table, and while there isn't a ton of depth, you can definitely get quick, meaningful representations of elemental properties.
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Pocket Periodic Table- Notes on the Go!
I love the periodic table app!! The reason I love the periodic table app is because I cannot tell you how many times I have asked students to bring their textbooks to class, to bring a paper print off of the periodic table that I have provided for them (even laminated at times), and how they always forget them. I have found that for whatever reason, the students can always seem to remember to bring their electronics. This is such a good teaching tool for me because it gets me points on using technology in the classroom, it automatically peaks the students' interest because they get to use their own device, and they want to hear directions so they can use their device. The only negative thing I can say about the extremely practical device is that it does not always appear the same on every type of device. I think this may be a kink they are working out, but it still was not a huge deal. I would like it if the students were able to see the entire periodic table on the device at once, no matter what size their device is, and to have the ability to zoom in on certain areas. Most kids were able to do this on the iPad and kindle fire, but the galaxy tablet seemed to have issues loading the entire table on the screen. I think the benefits of always having a periodic table way outweigh the screen sizing issues though.