Jesus, I know you are asking when this will stop. I promise this is it. I now it’s gone on way too long but who doesn’t want to hear about arsenic? These guys are cracking me up with this one. You just have to watch it. Arsenic is apparently the soap opera of elements. So dramatic and exciting. Really, I love these guys. And, check out the other elements in this feature, please.
No, boron does not stand for boring. This is the first video in our series with a female chemist. Sorry guys, she’s in love with boron, not looking for a boyfriend. It does start out with fire as well, so that is a plus. The crazy haired guy has a periodic table tie, too. I am totally digging it. And the way she says ’spatula’. It’s so science sexy.
Blah blah blah, you know the deal. And no groaning, you might learn something from watching these. You didn’t have to watch all of them. I did. Really, I know how hard it can be to make these interesting, mostly because most of them are incredibly dry. This one at least has some cool fireworks in it.
More from the element of the day series, Lanthanum. Really the whole reason to watch this one is to listen to the mnemonic, quite amusing according to him. “Language centers praise notes small promise of small European garden tubs dinosaurs hobble erotically thrumming yellow lutes.” What the hell? Maybe you should just memorize all of the elements, it sounds easier than trying to remember this little nursery rhyme. Anyway, watch and enjoy.
In line with our Element of the day series, here is day two: phosphorus. It’s our younger scientist’s favorite element, he has lot’s of scars from taking it out and playing with it. Really, you shouldn’t have favorites, it makes the other elements jealous. This one is lots of fun, fire and such. Well, as much fun as you can get out of phosphorus I supposed. Still, it burns a letter P onto the paper all by itself. Isn’t that just precious?
Head over and check out this cool site, The Periodic Table of Videos. It’s pretty amusing, they have created a video for each element. So, you could watch all 118 videos if you wanted, or you could just let me watch them and check out the element of the day that I pick. Really, some of them are very bland. But…it’s a very cool idea and i give these guys mad props. Seriously. Who else but this crazy haired guy could get so excited about Niobium? It really is such a friendly metal.
