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1 All About Elements: Lithium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental Lithium can float in mineral oil! 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other tw...

1 All About Elements: Lithium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental Lithium can float in mineral oil! 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other tw...

1 All About Elements: Fluorine http://boreal.com 2 boreal.com | 800-387-9393 Boreal’s All About Elements Series Building Real-World Connections to the Building Blocks of Chemistry The periodic table of elements is an essential part of any chemistr...

1 All About Elements: Carbon http://boreal.com boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Carbon 1. Graphine, an allotrope of carbon, is the strongest, thinnest, and best conductor of heat known to man. It was created by scientists using ordin...

1 All About Elements: Helium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About…Helium 1. Helium is the second most abundant ele- ment after hydrogen in the universe and solar system. Approximately 11.3% of all atoms in the un...

1 All About Elements: Beryllium http://www.boreal.com boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Beryllium 1. Prior to being named beryllium, this element was known as glucinium, which originated from the Greek word glykys, meaning sweet. It w...

Heat It Up, Cool It Down Grade 2: Temperature Probe Aligned with National Standards Call WARD’S at 1-800-962-2660 for Technical Assistance Page 2 Demonstrate the effect of temperature on changes in matter caused by heating and cooling. This inquir...

1 All About Elements: Oxygen http://boreal.com boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Oxygen 1. Oxygen constitutes 21% of our atmosphere, nearly half the mass of the earth’s crust and about two thirds of the human body. It is the third mos...

1 All About Elements: Nitrogen http://boreal.com 2 3 boreal.com | 800-387-9393 Fun Facts About… Nitrogen 1. Nitrogen is the fourth most abundant element in the universe and it makes up the majority of the earth’s atmosphere, at a staggering 78 per...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Quartz (variety Rock Crystal) Si O2 Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32 (low-quartz). Hexagonal; 622 (high quartz). Crystals commonly prismatic, with prism faces horizontally striated and usually terminated by p...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Quartz (variety Chalcedony) Si O2 Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32 (low-quartz). Hexagonal; 622 (high quartz). Cryptocrystalline; massive. Often, mammillary, botryoidal, or stalactitic. Physical Properties: C...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Quartz (variety Milky) Si O2 Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32 (low-quartz.) Hexagonal; 622 (high-quartz.) Distinct crystals are rare; usually massive, fine to coarse crystalline. Physical Properties: Cleavage...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Montmorillonite (Na,Ca)0.3 (Al, Mg)2 Si4 O10 (OH)2 • nH2O Crystallography: Monoclinic. Always in earthy masses; crystals not distinguishable. Physical Properties: Cleavage: None apparent; usually unctuous and plastic. Hard...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Quartz (variety Jasper) Si O2 Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32 (low-quartz). Hexagonal; 622 (high quartz). Cryptocrystalline; massive granular. Physical Properties: Cleavage: Generally none; occasional indistinct rhombohe...

1 All About Elements: Sodium http://boreal.com 2 boreal.com | 800-387-9393 Boreal’s All About Elements Series Building Real-World Connections to the Building Blocks of Chemistry The periodic table of elements is an essential part of any chemistry ...

1 All About Elements: Hydrogen https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Hydrogen 1. Robert Boyle produced hydrogen gas as early as 1671 while he was experimenting with iron and acids. 2. Under the extreme pressures ...