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Buoyancy in Physics - Definition, Formula, Examples

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Find the perfect printable periodic table! This is a collection of free printable periodic tables in PDF file or PNG image format to save, print, and use.

Here are bunch of crystal-growing projects for you. Instructions range from crystals grown with home chemicals to easy lab chemical crystals to try.

Example Physics Problems and Solutions

Here's a collection of example physics problems and solutions to help you tackle problems sets and understand concepts and how to work with formulas.

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Periodic Table with 118 Element Names and Symbols

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Comprehensive Chemistry Dictionary

Here’s a comprehensive chemistry dictionary . There is a separate page for each letter so that you don’t have to scroll forever. Many terms link to articles on the topic.

Lists of Things That Glow

Here are two lists for you. One covers things that glow under black light (fluorescent or phosphorescent), while the other covers things that glow when the lights go out and it’s truly dark. Some items produce luminescence both ways:

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Essential Chemistry Charts and Tables

Sometimes it’s just easier to have a printout of important information. These tables are available as PDF files. You can save these and print them out at your convenience:

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Here are some fun science projects to try:

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• Different Ways To Make Slime
• Make Colored Fire
• Make a Crystal Undersea Garden

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Add some humor to your life with a collection of science and math jokes. Spend a little time laughing (or groaning) at the lighter side of science. Post a reply to tell your own science joke!

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Learn to love the triangle. Trigonometry is one of the scientist’s basic tools in their mathematics toolbox. Here are a couple of useful printable reference sheets with trig relationships, special triangles and trig identities. Got requests for trig or stats content? Let us know. We both have degrees in math.

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Metals, Metalloids and Nonmetals This periodic table shows the elements and locations of the metals, metalloids and nonmetals. It also lists the common properties of metals, metalloids and nonmetals. You can print out the table the same as any of the periodic tables on the site.

List of Metals This is a list of the elements considered to be the metal elements along with a periodic table highlighting these elements and their common properties.

List of Metalloids This is a list of the elements considered to be the metalloid or semimetal elements. It also contains a periodic table highlighting the metalloids and their common properties.

List of Nonmetals This is a list of all the nonmetal elements, their location on the periodic table and the properties of a nonmetal.

Science Projects

Here are some new science projects, plus some old favorites:

• Homemade Black Snake Fireworks
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• Rainbow Density Column
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• Make Colored Soap Bubbles
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We’ve got a bunch  crystal-growing projects for you. Instructions range from crystals grown with home chemicals to easy lab chemical crystals to try.

• Grow Sugar Crystals
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