Periodic table – elements

■ BBC H2G2 – Metals, their Properties and Reactivity – A Beginner’s Guide

■ About.com Chemistry: Metals & Alloys

■ Yahoo Kids’ Encyclopedia – metals

■ Encyclopedia Britannica Online – Metals

■ BBC World Service: Elementary

■ Funbrain – Proton Don – interactive elements games

■ The periodic table (BBC ‘h2g2’)

■ e-Encyclopedia of Science (Dorling Kindersley) – website linked to book of same name in library. Click on ‘matter & materials’ or search for your metal by name

■ Chemicool periodic table – Clickable periodic table

■ Chemistry.org : periodic table – another clickable periodic table with easy-to-use pop-out information