The Periodic Dinner Table

Chemistry built the modern world, from the materials that make up the everyday objects around us, the batteries in our devices and cleaning products that help to maintain sanitation. All this and much more besides are examples of chemistry in everyday life.

To illustrate this and have a bit of fun along the way we (Phil BY and Salter’s Institute for Chemistry and I) put together a demonstration packed show called ‘The Periodic Dinner Table’.

It is a cross between demo lecture, comedy sketch and a game of bingo played on a periodic table. Just watch the video, and when you spot us interacting with an element cross it off on your periodic table (here’s one specially adapted for the show).

And in case you want the answers, you can find them on this video or in these teachers’ notes.

Hope you enjoy the show!