Interactive Periodic Table
Work in Progress:
Learning chemistry is a challenge for many struggling students, the idea behind building the Interactive Periodic Table is to guide each learner through the various elements and to help them understand the much dreaded periodic table.
Transitioning into digital
Students are typically introduced to the periodic table around 5th or 6th grade. Best practice is to pair a print periodic table with the digital asset to help the student transition from print to digital workflows.
Color coded filters help students to differentiate Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids, and indicate which elements within these groups belong to the synthetic family. To comply with Accessibility standards color segregation is not the only path to represent the meaningful differentiation of filtered groups. Screen Reader users are provided with the same details by the way of extra content included in the HTML code hidden to the visual user.
For more detailed information about the properties of each element, you can click on the element and discover information like melting point, or Boiling point. As of now, only Sulfur element includes correct formatting and information model. Final product will provide accurate information and consistent format for each element.
Print layout, Digital requirements, and content logistics were put into collaboration. From a visual point of view it was important to align student and teacher materials with a parent / child design approach. Wayfinding visuals and screen reader user enhancements.
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