The Periodic Table 

By:David 
 
 
Now, you’ve probably heard of helium or oxygen these 
are elements from the periodic table and right now I'll teach 
you about the elements, the man who made the periodic table 
and fun facts. 
 
First I'll tell you about the elements of the periodic table. 
If you don't know what I mean by elements these are many 
things including alkali metals, Transition metals, lanthanide 
metals, actinide metals, noble gases, halogens, metalloids and 
other non metals. Every element has atom structures. These 
atom structures are made from protons, electrons and 
neutrons. Now you might have seen an element like iron on 
the internet or in a book and it shows a Chemical symbol then 
Fe. The Fe stands for the chemical symbol of the element. 
For example gold's chemical symbol is Au and so all elements 
have different chemical symbols.The reason why iron’s 
chemical symbol is Fe is because it was found in latin so iron 
in latin is Ferrum and Gold was also found in latin and gold is 
pronounced Aurum in latin. You might also see numbers in the 
corner like 48 or 98.074. These are the atomic number and 
atomic mass number so here comes another example and I’ll 
use helium. Heliums atomic number is 2 and the atomic mass 
number is 4.0026. These numbers also depend how they are 
organized in the periodic table and how much they weigh. 
 
Now you're probably thinking well who ​made​ this 
monstrosity of science well that man was Dmitri Mendeleev. 
Dmitri Mendeleev made the periodic table and introduced it in 
1869. Dmitri was a russian scientist and made the periodic 
table for his chemistry career. The periodic table helped 
people understand the elements with less confusion. It is 
used by many scientists today. The periodic table has been 
modified many times for even better understanding of 
elements. 
 
Last but not least I will tell you some interesting facts 
about the elements from the periodic table. There are a total 
of 118 elements but only 94 are found naturally around the 
world. Helium is very rare but found 2nd most common in the 
world. The lightest element that we know of in the universe is 
hydrogen. Fire, air, earth and water was referred elements 
names in old times. Osmium is made into some type of 
powder and is used for crime scenes for example if there is 
a weapon they use or rub osmium on the weapon to find the 
fingerprint of who used it. 
 
 So now you know about the elements, who made the 
periodic table and some interesting facts you can tell to your 
friends and family. Thank you.