The 90 natural elements that make up everything
How much is there? Is that enough? Download the pdf file with a different view on the elements of the periodic table.
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CHIMIA, Vol. 73, Issue 03/2019: International Year of the Periodic Table
The March issue of CHIMIA, the membership journal of the Swiss Chemical Society is dedicated to the IYPT 2019. Prof. Allen Williams was guest editor of this special issue.
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Chemische Experimente zum Periodensystem der Elemente für Schulen
Schülerinnen und Schülern von Schweizer Schulen aller Stufen sowie ihre Lehrkräfte sollen die Bedeutung von Elementen exemplarisch in phänomenologisch attraktiven, einfach zugänglichen und kostenlos zur Verfügung gestellten Experimenten erleben.
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Periodic Table on the South Facade of the Gymnasium St. Antonius (AI)
The Gymnasium St. Antonius in the Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden celebrates the international year of the periodic table with an extra-large version of the periodic system on the facade of our school building.
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Beitrag in der SRF Tagesschau
Die SFR Tagesschau vom 03.03.2019 hat einen Bericht übers das Jubiläum des PSE inkl. Interview-Sequenzen von Prof. Antonio Togni, ETHZ, ausgestrahlt.
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Artikel in der NZZ Online
Vor 150 Jahren brachte Dmitri Mendelejew Ordnung in der Welt der chemischen Elemente (Artikel von Uta Neubauer , 22.02.2019)
Wie die chemischen Elemente auf die Welt kamen (Artikel von Christian Speicher, 22.02.2019)
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Past Events and Activities
Event: Designed for Science: Complex Ideas in Clear Focus, Geneva, February 11, 2019
In honor of IYPT, the Design Unit of UN Geneva will be hosting “Designed for Science: Complex Ideas in Clear Focus”, an event focusing on data visualization and design in science, with specific focus on the periodic table.
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Event: IUPAC Women in Chemical Sciences Global Breakfast, Basel, February 12, 2019
Please join us for the IUPAC event "Empowering Women in Chemistry: A Global Networking Event", one of many events organized in 2019 to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of IUPAC and the 150th anniversary of the periodic table.
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Concours Chimiscope 2019 – Élémentaire!
Le Chimiscope, laboratoire du Scienscope de l'Université de Genève, a le plaisir de convier les classes genevoises du Primaire, du Secondaire I et du Secondaire II à "Élémentaire !", son sixième concours annuel.
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Event: On the Origin of the Elements, Zürich, August 30, 2019
SPS-SCNAT symposium for the IYPT 2019: 150 year of the Periodic Table. Participation to the symposium is free of charge. No registration is needed.
August 30, 2019, 11:15-13:30h, University of Zürich, Campus Irchel, Room G30, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich
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Événement: cours d’astronomie 2019 ouvert au public intitulé, Genève, «LECTURE ASTROPHYSIQUE DU TABLEAU DE MENDELEÏEV», Genève
Semestre d'automne 2019, le mardi, du 17 septembre au 17 décembre 2019, de 17h45 à 18h30, Auditoire A300 - Sciences II, 30, quai Emest-Ansermet, Genève
par C. Charbonnel, Professeure au Département d'Astronomie
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Evening talk Friedrich-Karl Thieleman, Universität Basel, November 21, 2019
«Making the Elements in the Universe: From the Big Bang to Stars and Stellar Explosions»; Kuppelsaal of the University of Bern on 21 November 2019, 19.00h.
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