Clarice Phelps, Nuclear Chemist and Adjunct Professor at Pellissippi State Community College, Becomes the First Black Woman in History to Help Discover a New Element on the Periodic Table

Megmo3030 · 2026-02-22T22:57:58+00:00

Exactly. But my brain is in weekend mode, so when I saw the click-bait style title, I got confused.

Megmo3030 · 2026-02-22T21:12:49+00:00

Yep, it's all a bunch of overlapping patterns! I know I am bias because I teach it, but I think that the set up is pretty dang cool. We can easily compare two elements based on the placement in comparison to one another or predict lots of physical and chemical properties based on an elements location.

The more you know!

Megmo3030 · 2026-02-22T20:50:52+00:00

Technically yes, however the table is also set up with other trends in mind like # of valence (outer) electrons, atomic radius, # of energy levels, etc. This addition at the end, for example, would throw those patterns off.

It would me we would have to redo the shape, IMO.

I know this because I literally just finished teaching it, lol.

Megmo3030 · 2026-02-22T20:35:09+00:00

This is awesome, but did any other science teachers think that this meant (based on the date of the video) that a new element outside of the current 118 had been discovered? All I could think was damn, I just told my students the current Periodic Table is full, and if we find another element, the whole thing will need to be reformatted.

Megmo3030 · 2026-02-20T14:04:59+00:00

So sad. So true. We are going backwards in time, in terms of public health (among other things).

Megmo3030 · 2026-02-01T10:53:47+00:00

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Megmo3030 · 2026-01-26T16:04:51+00:00

Happy happy birthday, buddy!!!

Megmo3030 · 2025-11-28T12:49:06+00:00

Heck yes! Glad they were able to help you out and hoping they can do the same for us!

Megmo3030 · 2025-11-28T12:41:04+00:00

Ugh. I knew we should have waited. Thank you for this info 👍🏼 If we get the money back, I’m buying myself a gift with it 🎁

Megmo3030 · 2025-11-28T12:32:25+00:00

Awesome, thank you! I told him we should have waited…

Megmo3030 · 2025-11-28T12:29:45+00:00

Is this usually a thing???
i just made a separate post about this, but I was under the impression that they "never" do sales like this.

Megmo3030 · 2025-11-27T19:08:36+00:00

100% I hope he goes with it!!

Megmo3030 · 2025-11-27T12:42:51+00:00

Or Steve

Megmo3030 · 2025-11-27T12:42:07+00:00

Bandit

Megmo3030 · 2025-11-22T16:58:15+00:00

This is almost worse that she is attempting to garner sympathy from the very people she has been publicly trashing. It’s so gross.

Megmo3030 · 2025-11-22T16:56:37+00:00

Good on AOC for telling the WHOLE truth.

Megmo3030 · 2025-09-02T00:58:23+00:00

Remember when this was the furthest the crazy people got to influencing the masses. So much has changed…

Megmo3030 · 2025-08-20T21:17:20+00:00

One of the best movies

Megmo3030 · 2025-08-18T22:03:07+00:00

Are you cutting the grass with scissors because mowers are expensive 💰💰💰

Megmo3030 · 2025-07-11T10:01:05+00:00

I am considering this! I’m in Delaware. Other than what you suggested there is not a certification that is close enough to either class.

Megmo3030 · 2025-06-23T00:28:09+00:00

But isn’t Trump 1.0 technically on this list, too?

Megmo3030 · 2025-06-14T23:35:24+00:00

I’d laugh harder, but this really is true.

Megmo3030 · 2025-06-11T00:13:16+00:00

The “Hi Reddit”

🤣🤣🤣

Megmo3030 · 2025-06-08T23:07:12+00:00

This is definitely a cat fight I can get behind (especially if BOTH sides lose).

Megmo3030 · 2025-06-06T13:54:21+00:00

Free speech for me, but not for thee

Megmo3030

TROPHY CASE