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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311 Comments

  1. Brianna

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

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  2. Claire

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

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  3. Skyler

    Chemistry is so versatile.

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  4. Phenix

    Elements have always caught my interest

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  5. Sullivan

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

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  6. Caleb

    This video was so interesting, I learned a ton!

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  7. Kyndal

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

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  8. Sadie

    theres so many elements

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  9. Cason

    I love these videos they are always so interesting!

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  10. Amelia

    It would be so hard to memorize all the elements

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  11. Jahaziel

    Elements are so cool and very intresting

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  12. Kai

    I like elements because they are useful.

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  13. James

    Elements are so complex it’s so astonishing.

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  14. Trinity

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

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  15. Eldad

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

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    The Elements of This World

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  16. Eric

    Elements are so cool

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  17. Khloe

    i LOVE elements

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  18. Alisi

    Wow elements are so cool

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  19. Ally

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

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  20. David

    Love learning about this

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  21. Giselle

    Elements are so amazing!

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  22. 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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  23. Ronnie

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

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  24. Leilah

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

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  25. Morgan

    Thank you! Elements are so cool!

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  26. Nathanial

    Elements are cool!

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  27. Adelyn

    wow ! elements are cool

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  28. Elisiyana

    I loved the happy little ladybug!

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  29. Jocelyn

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

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  30. Creston

    Intriguing, these videos are good.

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  31. Griffin

    Facinating to learn how elements were discovered.

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  32. Jessica

    Elements are so cool

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  33. Ava

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

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  34. Asher

    I love those videos .I really enjoyed them ❤

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  35. Levi

    wow!!

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  36. Tate

    Do you think they have identified all of the elements?

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  37. Kailey

    What is the most important element?

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  38. James

    Dr. Tobias is my favorite

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  39. Kamana’opono

    This is so cool!

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  40. Christian

    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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  41. Willow

    This is so cool I love this

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  42. Rosie

    so interesting and cool! 🙂

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  43. Cooper

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

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  44. Bianca

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

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  45. Lauren

    Good video!

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  46. Kamilah

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

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  47. Varvara

    good video!!

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  48. Aurelia

    SUPER!

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  49. Aurelia

    AMAZING!

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  50. Aurelia

    COOL!

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  51. Sophia

    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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  52. Hope

    Table salt is a compound

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  53. Keegan

    Radium glows. They used to use it for paint

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  54. Prisilah

    I enjoyed this.

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  55. Ashton

    Elements work together so amazingly.

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  56. Malachi

    Elements are so cool

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  57. Gia

    I liked that everything is made up of atoms

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  58. Elliana

    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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  59. Emilee

    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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  60. Gabrielle

    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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  61. Kiayonna

    Mercury helps tell the temp outside

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  62. Kannon

    awesome video

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  63. Tyler

    Chemistry is interesting!

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  64. Lady

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

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  65. Zane

    Very important information about Elements

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  66. Layna

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

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  67. Jaxon

    Super Cool!

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  68. Kirsten

    So cool!

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  69. Sailor

    If you could control one element what would it be?

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  70. Andrew

    Cool video again!

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  71. Nathaniel

    These videos are so much fun

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  72. Kaiden

    WHAT IS THE 5TH MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT?

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  73. Carmela

    Very awesome video!

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  74. Stefan

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

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  75. Trevor

    All of the elements are important

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  76. Jaxon

    I never knew that hydrogen was the lightest element.

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  77. Tino

    Amazing video

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  78. Kysen

    Chemistry is so interesting

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  79. Amber

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

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  80. Harley

    Elements are so interesting

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  81. Arianna

    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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  82. Audrey

    This video is so awesome.😎

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  83. Luke

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

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  84. Sasha

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

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  85. Ava

    Elements are awesome

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  86. Romeo

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

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  87. Mary

    Wow amazing, the world of elements is fascinating!

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  88. Blythe

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

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  89. Maja

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

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  90. Adelyn

    I want to explore elements of the world

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  91. Onyx

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

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  92. Ranulph

    Why are there only four elements?

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  93. Aniala

    I love all the elements

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  94. Jasper

    Very cool!

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  95. Andrew

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

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  96. Xavier

    How does AI work?

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  97. Elena

    Will there ever be a new element.

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  98. Mila

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

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  99. Jose

    Chemistry is so interesting

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  100. Isaiah

    i love all the elements

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  101. Ashtyn

    Elements are so fascinating to learn about

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  102. Kennedy

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

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  103. Albaraa

    Nice

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  104. Arlan

    This was a neat video! Elements are so amazing

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  105. Kylen

    I never knew chemistry was so cool

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  106. Riley

    Chemistry is pretty cool!

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  107. Bentley

    what is the 5th most important element?

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  108. Sebastian

    Interesting that this all started back in the 1800s

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  109. Londyn

    Nice video! Thanks!

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  110. Henry

    This is so cool to learn about

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  111. Ephraim

    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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  112. Giannah

    what is the 5th most important element

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  113. Ella

    That was very interesting

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  114. Sadie

    So interesting!! loved this weeks science live!

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  115. Analogs

    Very informative live

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  116. Ainsley

    Very interesting episode!

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  117. Ava

    This is so interesting

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  118. Dylan

    Best episode.

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  119. Amayah

    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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  120. Liam

    Great job with the video

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  121. Anya

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

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  122. Skyler

    Good video!

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  123. Rielyn

    I just started taking chemistry this semester!

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  124. Taylor

    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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  125. Hallie

    Thankyou!!!

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  126. Lila

    I love learning about the elements.

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  127. Mackay

    My favorite way of showing conductors is the iodine clock experiment

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  128. Abdulrazaaq

    Nice!

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  129. Greyson

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

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  130. Hazel

    We do science experiments at home as a family.

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  131. Kennedy

    Very cool!

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  132. Cash

    You could do and experiment with every element pretty cool.

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  133. Amanda

    So interesting how the elements have transpired over time!

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  134. Zen

    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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  135. Isaac

    Great Topic!!

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  136. Treasures

    coooooooool……

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  137. Dylan

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

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  138. Mira

    Great episode!

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  139. Emma

    What does nitrogen monoxide do to bromine gas.

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  140. Alora

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

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  141. Tino

    Such a great episode

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  142. Gage

    who watched the “noble gases part and went to google

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  143. Jaxen

    I learned things new things about elements!

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  144. Jax

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

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  145. Aleiah

    interesting!

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  146. Sabella

    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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  147. Jada

    Cool video.

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  148. Maddy

    Cool Vid

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  149. Atlas

    very interesting to watch

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  150. Trenton

    why is hydrogen your favret elamemt

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  151. Eliza

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

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  152. Yusuf

    amazing

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  153. Dean

    I love Elements they are so interesting

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  154. Kayla

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

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  155. Jackson

    Why do some elements abbreviation not match the name?

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  156. Lily

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

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  157. Ella

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

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  158. Gabrielle

    The Elements of the wolrd seem really interesting.

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  159. Noah

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

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  160. Garrison

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

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  161. Max

    what is graphene and what is it used for?

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  162. Bryan

    What type of element help us in out everyday life?

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  163. Noah

    Elements are so interesting!

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  164. Benji

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

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  165. Sofia

    Learning about elements is so interesting!

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  166. Skyler

    I love elements! They are very cool

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  167. Charlyn

    What kind or elements are in this world?

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  168. Jordan

    my favorite element is gold

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  169. Prompimon

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

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  170. Samantha

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

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  171. Ruth

    i loved this one R-51 is so funny

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  172. Hayden

    elements are so cool

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  173. Prompimon

    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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  174. Brinlee

    what’s your favorite element?

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  175. Coralynn

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

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