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Chemical Element Labels For Crayons Help Kids Learn Periodic Table While They Draw

Your kids love to draw, so why not have them learn the periodic table while doing it? This is idea behind Chemistry Crayon Labels, for sale for as little as 3 USD on the Que Interesante Etsy store. But how are the labels matched to crayons in a meaningful way?

A “flame test,” the analytic procedure to detect the presence of certain elements based on the color of flame produced, was used to determine the color. For example, barium burns green while lithium burns red. Just be ready for when your kids ask you to pass the “Boron” crayon!

Want to see some other cool ways for your kids to learn science? Check out this elements-Battle-Ship game!

More info: Etsy (h/t: laughingsquid)

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You can buy these chemical element labels on ETSY.

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Arty 8 years ago

Aaah fun...at least for people who understand a little chemistry. by the way it's not periodic elements but molecules (for most of them)...but I don't see the point of labelling a crayon "mercuric iodide" for children

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JuanAlcorta 8 years ago

Exactly! It´s as if writing the colours in Chinese and espect them to learn the languaje.

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FoxDancer 8 years ago

"Help Kids Learn Periodic Table While They Draw" except, most of these are labeled with compounds, not just elements. The names are going to be meaningless, especially if they don't know what the elements in the compounds even are.

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LeesaJohnson 8 years ago

Impressive and innovative way to teach kids. They can easily learn while playing or drawing with the colors. Keep sharing this kind of innovative ideas which can help kids.

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FurnishMyWay_Blog 8 years ago

I wish these were around when I was a kid! The hardest it ever got for me was asking someone to pass the cerulean crayon! I think this is a great way to encourage learning.

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JulieFahrenbacher 8 years ago

I think these crayons are awesome!

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Spenser Roberts 8 years ago

The article says they are selling the labels, not the crayons, so you'd have to be pretty knowledgeable yourself to match these correctly (or need a match chart). And a lot of these are not elements at all.

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Eric Vicaria 8 years ago

Very few people have seen flourine gas, but there's a great Periodic Video on it, and they say it's yellow as a gas and yellow-green as a liquid. Is that not so? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtWp45Eewtw

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Eric Vicaria 8 years ago

P. S. I should have said there's a few potos showing a sort of peachy crayon labeled as flourine gas.

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Arty 8 years ago

11points

JuanAlcorta 8 years ago

Exactly! It´s as if writing the colours in Chinese and espect them to learn the languaje.

6points

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FoxDancer 8 years ago

5points

LeesaJohnson 8 years ago

Impressive and innovative way to teach kids. They can easily learn while playing or drawing with the colors. Keep sharing this kind of innovative ideas which can help kids.

1point

FurnishMyWay_Blog 8 years ago

I wish these were around when I was a kid! The hardest it ever got for me was asking someone to pass the cerulean crayon! I think this is a great way to encourage learning.

1point