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The Elements of This World

January 22, 2025  •  EPISODE 249

What are elements, and how were they discovered? In this episode of Science LIVE, we explore the origins of the periodic table and the fundamental building blocks of our world. Discover how patterns in chemistry shape everything around us and uncover the fascinating science behind the elements that make up our universe.

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274 Comments

  1. Laci

    wowww

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  2. Nevaeh Maxie

    elements are so fascinating

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  3. Jeremiah Wade

    All these elements! So cool to learn about the properties of the elements.

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  4. Zoey White

    Wow! I never knew that much about elements and the earth.

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  5. Keith

    Elements are so interesting.

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  6. Jayden Bowles

    It’s always interesting to talk about elements.

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  7. Deanna

    Do you think there are any elements on earth that we may not have discovered yet?

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  8. Elliana Ballejos

    elements are so interesting. is there any we haven’t learned about possibly?

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  9. Kayla Rowbotham

    Are there still undiscovered elements?

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  10. mckenna carroll

    Elements are definitely like nothing else.

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  11. Uzair martinez

    Wow elements are so unique and cool

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  12. Charlie

    I can’t wait for when you can see an atom under a microscope

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  13. Kierra Hodges

    Elements are so fascinating

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  14. Jared Smith

    Yet so many things still remain unknown and undiscovered. Crazy to think about.

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  15. Mira Adams-Smith

    Elements are cool. Could there possibly be any more that haven’t been discovered?

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  16. Campbell Dean

    If you had to get rid of three elements which ones would you get rid of?

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  17. Andrew Kaltreider

    Elements are cool!

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  18. Zoey white

    I want to learn about the periodic table

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  19. Hannah Hope

    Do you still think there are elements we haven’t discovered if so what’s a rough guess on how many?

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  20. Zoe Meadows

    Elements are so interesting.

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  21. Harrison Irwin

    One of the most fascinating things about our planet

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  22. Zander Stephens

    Interesting facts on elements!

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  23. Lloyd Wilson

    I liked learning about Gallium

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  24. Niki Kaminskas

    Elements are awesome!

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  25. Lourdes Cimolai

    My favorite element is Hydrogen.

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  26. Logan Phillips

    I wonder if there are more elements to be discovered. I think the table of elements looks really pretty

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  27. Zandie Ortiz

    I enjoyed learning about elements. I wonder if there are any we don’t know about.

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  28. Sophie Nelson

    Elements were one of my favorite things to learn about during chemistry and how they work together and the different reactions!

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  29. Dillen

    Elements work together its soo cool

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  30. Michael Myrick

    The list of elements chart was interesting and the fact about fundamental building blocks. At the end of the video about motion moving back and forward was interesting to learn also.

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  31. Malina Perezchica

    It was interesting to learn how the elements were arranged into families.

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  32. Brookelyn Cloud

    elements are quite interesting

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  33. Simone tarantelli

    ❤️❤️❤️

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  34. eva

    Elements are awesome!

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  35. Elizabeth Gitz

    I always love watching Science Live and learning about new topics! Learning about the different elements was so interesting and extremely helpful.

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  36. Alivia Thielbar

    Elements are so interesting!

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  37. Atticus W

    Yall have done some cool videos on elements!

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  38. Zachery Johnson

    Elements are so interesting!

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  39. Shannon Rice

    It was really interesting to learn more about elements I got to learn new things I didn’t already know.

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  40. Katie Miller

    its so crazy to think that there’s always some form of element or something like it just waiting to be discovered.

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  41. Kylie Conley

    I bet there are more elements to be discovered.

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  42. Ryker Dugger

    The elements of this world are really interesting, I learned so much about elements from this science live!

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  43. Renee tarantelli

    OMG I love elements

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  44. David McFadden

    why are only 4 elements ever talked about like water, fire, earth and air?

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  45. skyler

    Elements are so interesting.

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  46. Bailey

    I learn more and more about elements every year!! Thanks

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  47. Zachery Johnson

    Who decided to make the periodic table of elements to chart down the current elements we know?

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  48. Cora Schuenke

    I loved learning more about elements, loved this episode

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  49. Eli. C

    I don’t trust elements, they’re always making things up

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  50. Tieraney Allen-Jackson

    This is very interesting. A lot of things I thought I knew but, in all reality, didn’t

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  51. Yusuf

    It’s amazing how she teaches us that we get mad because of the stupidest things

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  52. William Crain

    Elements are very close to us and every where. We really enjoyed it.

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  53. Abigail Vela

    I never noticed how important elements are!

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  54. Hannah Millman

    Do you think there are elements in the earth that have not been discovered yet?

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  55. Edan Langston

    The elements are interesting. The planets are made of different elements.

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  56. KANLAWEE WIRIYAHYUTTAMAR

    What are elements, and how were they discovered? I also wonder what will affect when you combine hydrogen and oxygen together?

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  57. John Olson

    To me our solar system looks like an atom the sun is the nucleus and the planets are the electrons.

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  58. Cameron

    why are only 4 elements ever talked about like water, fire, earth and air?

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  59. Patrick Obrien

    wow I didn’t know how important elements are.

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  60. Spencer Palchanis

    Elements are really cool!

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  61. Malia Lorenzo

    wow I didn’t know how important elements are.

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  62. Brinley Brown

    Social Emotional class is my favorite out of all of them

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  63. Logan Gilmore

    Elements are so interesting

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  64. Yurieva J

    Love it

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  65. Sophia J

    This lesson was awesome. I really enjoyed it, the planets are interesting. My mom is really big into the elements and has made us find some love for it all too.

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  66. Madilynn J

    Learning about the elements and the periodic table has been fun. I love that you made a joke with Sherlock Holmes. My family are big fans!

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  67. Caiden Hiner

    I love the elements of this world

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  68. Yocabed kaleb

    i am so happy you guys talked about social emotional feelings because that’s is one of my favorite classes.

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  69. Isabella baldino

    elements are cool. they are everywhere

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  70. Fatima Mohmed

    Elements are so interesting cool.

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  71. Fatima Mohamed

    Elements are so interesting and cool.

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  72. Callan Hiner

    Very cool to learn so much about the elements.

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  73. Chance Thompson

    Very interesting to learn about the elements.

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  74. Abigail McGrath

    I think it is cool how elements make up basically everything in our world, especially being able to learn about elements is so fun! I also think that having elements in our world are very important, but people don’t understand how important it is for life.

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  75. Tiffani

    Elements making up everything is so cool to me.

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  76. Ruqaia Majidsemin

    Learning about the elements of the periodic table was my favorite lesson in chemistry!

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  77. Gracelyn Weitz

    element are very cool

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  78. Mana Sattathip

    Elements are so cool! My favorite one is mercury because it is liquid in room temperature and it has a lot of protons.

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  79. Kidus

    Do you think we will be able to discover new elements?

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  80. Noelle Rosie Maltese

    Elements are very Interesting

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  81. Nehemiah kaleb

    The universe consists of elements, basic substances that cannot be divided further. There are 118 elements in the world, and each has distinct characteristics. Together, they make up everything—air, water, life, and stuff. With the highest frequency on Earth, there is oxygen, silicon, and iron.

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  82. Benaiah Kaleb

    Hydrogen is one of my favorite Elements in the periodic table.

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  83. Jackson B.

    Elements are so important in the creation of life and the universe.

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  84. Seraphia

    This was so intriguing!

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  85. Teagan Oliver

    elements are basically everything

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  86. MaZari Knight

    Great live! Thanks for reminding me on how amazing chemistry is!

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  87. Aubrey

    This is one of my favorite science lives!

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  88. Corey

    It’s so cool having all of these different things on earth

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  89. ryanna edenfield

    I never knew how many elements there were

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  90. Zoey Garcia

    I feel like this is the coolest thing ever!

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  91. Eli Barks

    I like chemistry

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  92. Tiffani

    My favorite element is H2O because its so versatile!

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  93. Madisyn Padilla

    The element are so cool

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  94. Calogero

    Chemistry is amazing

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  95. Chase Shortlidge

    A lot of people don’t know how important how elements are. Elements are what mostly eveyrthing is made out of.

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  96. Vivienna C

    Chemistry is hard for me but this was interesting and made it easier. Thank you

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  97. Hinley barks

    Chemistry is amazing

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  98. Grace Mary Gorman

    Do you think new elements will forever be coming our way?

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  99. Mazzy

    Elements are super cool to learn about!

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  100. Brianna Smith

    I didn’t know that the families of elements had names.

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  101. Claire Wakim

    Never realized how important elements are, it’s just not something you think about! It’s so cool!

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  102. Skyler Hebert

    Chemistry is so versatile.

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  103. Phenix Card

    Elements have always caught my interest

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  104. Sullivan DeGeer

    Is the iodine in this the same iodine they use in medicine?

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  105. Caleb Felker

    This video was so interesting, I learned a ton!

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  106. Kyndal

    Do you think there are other elements out there to find?

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  107. sadie elkins

    theres so many elements

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  108. Cason Patterson

    I love these videos they are always so interesting!

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  109. Amelia

    It would be so hard to memorize all the elements

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  110. Jahaziel Esteves

    Elements are so cool and very intresting

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  111. Kai Wordlaw

    I like elements because they are useful.

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  112. James Wood

    Elements are so complex it’s so astonishing.

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  113. Trinity

    I never knew how the period table was discovered, wow.

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  114. Eldad Gedleselase

    It’s so amazing how the elements were discovered. And it is amazing how chemistry shapes our lives.

    Episode 249
    The Elements of This World

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  115. Eric Ernst

    Elements are so cool

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  116. khloe mogg

    i LOVE elements

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  117. Alisi

    Wow elements are so cool

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  118. Ally King

    This is one of my favorite parts of science. I love learning about elements.

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  119. David Hathon

    Love learning about this

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  120. Giselle Vega

    Elements are so amazing!

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  121. Angel

    I have been trying to memorize these elements but there are so many. I only know the most popular one.

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  122. Ronnie Horner

    I loved when Roger Billings was talking about elements and how he made a shirt for hydrogen.

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  123. Leilah Peterson

    The spider is a…web designer. That was funny.

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  124. Morgan Briggs

    Thank you! Elements are so cool!

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  125. Nathanial R

    Elements are cool!

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  126. Adelyn Blake

    wow ! elements are cool

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  127. Elisiyana Louis

    I loved the happy little ladybug!

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  128. Jocelyn Perez

    I loved the video, elements are an important part of life!

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  129. Creston Jones

    Intriguing, these videos are good.

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  130. Griffin Johnson

    Facinating to learn how elements were discovered.

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  131. Jessica Romero

    Elements are so cool

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  132. Ava Nelson

    I’ve been trying so hard to memorize all of the elements but there are so many

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  133. Asher Bhatti

    I love those videos .I really enjoyed them ❤

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  134. Levi

    wow!!

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  135. Tate Pierce

    Do you think they have identified all of the elements?

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  136. Kailey Holman

    What is the most important element?

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  137. James Hines

    Dr. Tobias is my favorite

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  138. Kamana’opono Ah Chin

    This is so cool!

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  139. Christian Bryant

    Mrs.Pacha always has something inspiring something to say if your down she would say the right thing to lift you up, and i’m in her social emotional class.

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  140. Willow trim

    This is so cool I love this

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  141. Rosie

    so interesting and cool! 🙂

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  142. Cooper Moser

    Are there any more elements other than the ones on the periodic table?

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  143. Bianca Champlain

    Are there more elements? Or is it possible for there to be unknown elements?

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  144. Lauren

    Good video!

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  145. Kamilah Bello

    I love all this information, science is my favorite subject.

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  146. Varvara

    good video!!

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  147. Aurelia

    SUPER!

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  148. Aurelia

    AMAZING!

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  149. Aurelia

    COOL!

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  150. Sophia Garcia

    My favorite element is Neon because I like neon signs. I have neon signs in my room to make it look fun and girly.

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  151. Hope George

    Table salt is a compound

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  152. Keegan George

    Radium glows. They used to use it for paint

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  153. Prisilah

    I enjoyed this.

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  154. Ashton Coleman

    Elements work together so amazingly.

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  155. Malachi mitchell

    Elements are so cool

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  156. Gia Bormann

    I liked that everything is made up of atoms

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  157. Elliana Roosma

    It is hard to think that everything that is and everything that is created, can be broken down into elements. At is most basic, elements are pure substances that can’t be broken down into simpler substances. Then when elements are combined, everything is created. Basic elements are carbon, hydrogen, iron and oxygen. In lights, we can use argon and tungsten, in wiring we use copper, mercury can be used in some switches and thermometers, and water is obviously a need for all living life. Thank you for making this easy to understand

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  158. Emilee T

    I learned that Dr.B created the first hydrogen car! I think it is super cool that he created a car! I can’t wait to learn more about it.

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  159. Gabrielle McClean

    So excited to try the new Ai features! Also the AI laughing in the beginning was so robotic it was hilarious.

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  160. Kiayonna Sparks

    Mercury helps tell the temp outside

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  161. kannon hawes

    awesome video

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  162. Tyler Williams

    Chemistry is interesting!

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  163. Lady Tymari

    What a magical lesson. I love magnets, and how they stick to other magnets and certain metals.

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  164. Zane F.

    Very important information about Elements

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  165. Layna Thacker

    my fav element is fire it is so cool I LOVE THIS LIVE

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  166. Jaxon Harrell

    Super Cool!

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  167. Kirsten

    So cool!

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  168. Sailor G

    If you could control one element what would it be?

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  169. Andrew

    Cool video again!

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  170. Nathaniel Speck

    These videos are so much fun

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  171. KAIDEN VELASQUEZ

    WHAT IS THE 5TH MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT?

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  172. Carmela Myers

    Very awesome video!

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  173. Stefan

    I’ve always found it so fascinating how people have just broken down the basics of matter.

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  174. Trevor Fishack

    All of the elements are important

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  175. Jaxon Cunningham

    I never knew that hydrogen was the lightest element.

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  176. Tino Salazar

    Amazing video

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  177. Kysen

    Chemistry is so interesting

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  178. Amber Lilly

    It’s so interesting to think about how elements are around us all the time

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  179. Harley Gonzales

    Elements are so interesting

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  180. Arianna Graham

    How do we know or determine which elements can be combined safely? How can you determine what portion of each element can be combined to make an effective compound?

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  181. Audrey E

    This video is so awesome.😎

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  182. Luke

    this is sooo coool!!!
    my mom loves hydrogen in our water!!!!!

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  183. Sasha G

    That’s a lot of information in one video! I wonder, are there any more elements?

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  184. ava washington

    Elements are awesome

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  185. romeo

    SUPER COOL! This episode is awesome because I love nature and elements

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  186. Mary

    Wow amazing, the world of elements is fascinating!

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  187. Blythe Lay

    Is there an infinite number of elements that make up our world and universe? Do we keep discovering more?

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  188. Maja

    I wonder if more elements in the world will still be discovered and added to the table?

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  189. Adelyn

    I want to explore elements of the world

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  190. Onyx McKie

    I love this video those elements are very cool! And R 51 is funny.

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  191. Ranulph zapf

    Why are there only four elements?

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  192. Aniala

    I love all the elements

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  193. Jasper

    Very cool!

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  194. Andrew

    Maybe we can do an episode on quarks and string theory one day?

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  195. Xavier

    How does AI work?

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  196. Elena Mirante

    Will there ever be a new element.

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  197. Mila

    How did scientists come up with the names for the elements on the periodic table?

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  198. Jose

    Chemistry is so interesting

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  199. Isaiah

    i love all the elements

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  200. Ashtyn kuiper

    Elements are so fascinating to learn about

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  201. Kennedy

    I enjoyed this lesson, Science Live has good lessons about the periodic table and elements.

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  202. Albaraa Peake

    Nice

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  203. Arlan Khoury

    This was a neat video! Elements are so amazing

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  204. Kylen Selman

    I never knew chemistry was so cool

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  205. Riley Kieckhaben

    Chemistry is pretty cool!

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  206. bentley sparks

    what is the 5th most important element?

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  207. Sebastian S.

    Interesting that this all started back in the 1800s

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  208. Londyn Carroll

    Nice video! Thanks!

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  209. Henry salter

    This is so cool to learn about

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  210. Ephraim Blackwelder

    Elements come in all different shapes and sizes, and they also do very different things. Gallium allows electrcity to travel through it, and florite can make our enamel stronger. Elements are juat so cool.

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  211. giannah lejeune

    what is the 5th most important element

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  212. Ella Rose

    That was very interesting

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  213. Sadie

    So interesting!! loved this weeks science live!

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  214. Analogs aragon-ramos

    Very informative live

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  215. Ainsley Hobley

    Very interesting episode!

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  216. Ava Nelson

    This is so interesting

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  217. Dylan

    Best episode.

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  218. Amayah Bethea

    There is a new study shown that Fluoride actually destroys your teeth in the long run and is actually not useful anymore.

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  219. Liam

    Great job with the video

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  220. Anya

    I found it cool that saturn’s moon’s has lakes

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  221. Skyler

    Good video!

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  222. Rielyn Honeick

    I just started taking chemistry this semester!

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  223. Taylor Phillips

    This is a great episode, really puts into perspective the way that elements are actually used around us at all times.

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  224. Hallie Jean Scoggins

    Thankyou!!!

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  225. Lila Vandessppoll

    I love learning about the elements.

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  226. Mackay Richardson

    My favorite way of showing conductors is the iodine clock experiment

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  227. Abdulrazaaq

    Nice!

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  228. Greyson Hollis

    My parents do science experiments with us. We love the quality time and the learning experience.

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  229. Hazel Bradshaw

    We do science experiments at home as a family.

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  230. Kennedy Merryman

    Very cool!

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  231. Cash simmons

    You could do and experiment with every element pretty cool.

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  232. Amanda DeWitt

    So interesting how the elements have transpired over time!

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  233. Zen McCarthy

    I love learning about elements, my favorite is the one with the weird property where it corrodes the cans or aluminum things when its placed on top

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  234. Isaac Becraft

    Great Topic!!

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  235. Treasures Rojas

    coooooooool……

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  236. Dylan Salb

    It is so interesting how everything is made of elements from the periodic table

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  237. Mira

    Great episode!

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  238. Emma Ormand from Texas

    What does nitrogen monoxide do to bromine gas.

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  239. Alora F

    It must have been embarrassing to have thought Mendeleev was wrong, but really you didn’t do your math right.

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  240. Tino

    Such a great episode

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  241. gage newberry

    who watched the “noble gases part and went to google

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  242. Jaxen Douglas

    I learned things new things about elements!

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  243. Jax Thelen

    Are there other elements that we don’t know about?

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  244. aleiah rose

    interesting!

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  245. Sabella kane

    I love doing experiments. learning about elements, I can do different experiments to see the cool reactions. I can grow crystals now after learning about elements.

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  246. Jada R. S. Pace-Kitchen

    Cool video.

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  247. Maddy

    Cool Vid

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  248. Atlas

    very interesting to watch

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  249. trenton saucillo

    why is hydrogen your favret elamemt

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  250. Eliza Harrington

    Do you think that there could be more elements out there that we just haven’t discovered yet?

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  251. Yusuf Aboshihata

    amazing

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  252. Dean

    I love Elements they are so interesting

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  253. Kayla Ferguson

    Elements truly are so fascinating! I love learning about how essential they are to this Earth.

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  254. Jackson Allen

    Why do some elements abbreviation not match the name?

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  255. Lily Allen

    wow, I didn’t know everything was made from the same things!

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  256. Ella Johnson

    Wow! What a great episode on elements. Thank you!!

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  257. Gabrielle Onelien

    The Elements of the wolrd seem really interesting.

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  258. Noah LaBrie

    This was a great episode! Elements are a cool topic to learn about!!

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  259. Garrison Culver

    What makes gold work well with human body while other elements and metals do not?

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  260. Max McCall

    what is graphene and what is it used for?

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  261. Bryan ramirez

    What type of element help us in out everyday life?

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  262. Noah Sliva

    Elements are so interesting!

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  263. Benji S.

    amazing analogy at 53:48 haha. jokes aside it was a awesome episode!

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  264. Sofia Sliva

    Learning about elements is so interesting!

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  265. Skyler

    I love elements! They are very cool

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  266. Charlyn chavez

    What kind or elements are in this world?

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  267. Jordan Benson

    my favorite element is gold

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  268. Prompimon Prucsasri

    I like this topic because it is so amazing about elements make up our universe.

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  269. Samantha jetter

    I love learning about elements and all about earth in general.

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  270. Ruth Baldwin

    i loved this one R-51 is so funny

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  271. hayden

    elements are so cool

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  272. Prompimon Prucsasri

    It is so amazing of the world. I am interesting in making up our universe, and want to know more. Thank you for sharing.

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  273. Brinlee Jones

    what’s your favorite element?

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  274. Coralynn Puska

    WHy has nobody commeted? this vid is pretty cool! I Love learning about elements! I love the element Hg!😄😜

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