Fort Timeline of Elements The Periodic Table represents more than 5,000 years of human discovery. The University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Science together with Chem 13 News marked the 2019 International Year of the Periodic Table with a worldwide collaboration that chronicles this amazing story in a timeline. Follow the discovery of the elements by decade through original designs by students from 118 schools in 28 countries. PLEASE REYCYCLE C016838 Explore more: uwaterloo.ca/chemistry/timeline-of-elements news 1854 1845- BCE COPPER-29 Jacob Hespeler SS, Cambridge, Ontario LEAD-82 AY Jackson SS, Toronto, Ontario SILVER-47 Fundación Colegio Americano De Puebla Puebla, Mexico GOLD-79 Spearfish HS, Spearfish, South Dakota IRON-26 Wolfert Tweetalig, Rotterdam, Netherlands CARBON-6 Academy of Technology, Engineering, Math, and Science & ACT2 Abilene, Texas TIN-50 Cedarburg HS, Cedarburg, Wisconsin SULFUR-16 Lakota East HS, Liberty Township, Ohio ZINC-30 Victor Sammurtok School, Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut MERCURY-80 Resurrection CSS, Kitchener, Ontario 35-1764 7 1 PLATINUM-78 Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain COBALT-27 Malden HS, Malden, Massachusetts NICKEL-28 ÉS Catholique Champlain, Chelmsford, Ontario MAGNESIUM-12 John F. Ross CVI, Guelph, Ontario 1914 1905- 4 193 1925- RHENIUM-75 Strathcona- Tweedsmuir School, Okotoks, Alberta 4 7 19 1965- DUBNIUM-105 University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, Ontario SEABORGIUM-106 Clint ISD Early College Academy, Clint, Texas LAWRENCIUM-103 Lawrence Park CI, Toronto, Ontario 2005-2019 1954 1945- EINSTEINIUM-99 Palm Beach Currumbin State HS, Currumbin, Australia PROMETHIUM-61 Pemberton SS, Pemberton, British Columbia BERKELIUM-97 Georgian Bay DSS, Midland, Ontario FERMIUM-100 Aviation HS, Clayfield, Australia CALIFORNIUM-98 Thousand Oaks HS, Thousand Oaks, California 1944 1935- TECHNETIUM-43 Huron Heights SS, Kitchener, Ontario FRANCIUM-87 Port Credit SS, Mississauga, Ontario ASTATINE-85 Quezon City Science HS, Quezon City, Philippines NEPTUNIUM-93 Victoria Shanghai Academy, Hong Kong, China PLUTONIUM-94 Rye High School, Rye, New York AMERICIUM-95 The Steward School, Richmond, Virginia CURIUM-96 Hants North Rural High, Kennetcook, Nova Scotia 1995-2004 FLEROVIUM-114 Stanwood HS, Stanwood, Washington COPERNICIUM-112 National Public School, Koramangala, Bangalore, India LIVERMORIUM-116 Livonia Churchill HS, Livonia, Michigan NIHONIUM-113 Tokyo Gakugei University International SS, Tokyo, Japan 1984 75- 19 HASSIUM-108 Saint Michael CHS, Niagara Falls, Ontario BOHRIUM-107 Lytle Jr. HS, Lytle, Texas MEITNERIUM-109 Seminole HS, Sanford, Florida 1964 1955- NOBELIUM-102 Hackettstown MS, Hackettstown, New Jersey RUTHERFORDIUM-104 LaurenHill Academy, Montreal, Quebec MENDELEVIUM-101 Westwood Community HS, Fort McMurray, Alberta 1904 1895- EUROPIUM-63 Dr. Aletta Jacobs College, Hoogezand, Netherlands NEON-10 Canadian International School Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam KRYPTON-36 AL Fortune Secondary, Enderby, British Columbia XENON-54 Frankfurt International School, Oberursel, Germany RADIUM-88 Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta RADON-86 Sycamore HS, Cincinnati, Ohio ACTINIUM-89 Emily Carr SS, Woodbridge, Ontario POLONIUM-84 Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China 4 183 1825- BROMINE-35 COLTEC - Colégio Técnico da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil ALUMINUM-13 Tannum Sands State HS, Tannum Sands, Australia 1844 1835- ERBIUM-68 Wigan and Leigh College, Wigan, United Kingdom TERBIUM-65 Ankeny Centennial HS, Ankeny, Iowa RUTHENIUM-44 Rathkeale College and St. Matthew’s CS, Masterton, New Zealand LANTHANUM-57 Boston Latin Academy, Boston, Massachusetts 4 182 1815- CADMIUM-48 Woodland Christian HS, Breslau, Ontario LITHIUM-3 Wembley PS, Wembley, Australia SELENIUM-34 Marsden State HS, Waterford West, Australia SILICON-14 St. John’s- Kilmarnock School, Breslau, Ontario 1794 1785- STRONTIUM-38 Lyme-Old Lyme HS, Old Lyme, Connecticut ZIRCONIUM-40 Dubai College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates TITANIUM-22 F.H. Collins SS, Whitehorse, Yukon URANIUM-92 Heritage HS, Frisco ISD, Frisco, Texas YTTRIUM-39 Atid Madaim Lod, Lod, Israel BARIUM-56 Eastview SS, Barrie, Ontario CHLORINE-17 École Évangéline, Wellington, Prince Edward Island NITROGEN-7 East Three SS, Inuvik, Northwest Territories HYDROGEN-1 Exploits Valley IS, Grand Falls – Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador MANGANESE-25 Hill-Murray School, Maplewood, Minnesota OXYGEN-8 Preston HS and Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario Cambridge, Ontario 75-1784 7 1 MOLYBDENUM-42 Oromocto HS, Oromocto, New Brunswick TUNGSTEN-74 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario TELLURIUM-52 Kalamunda Senior HS, Perth, Australia ARSENIC-33 Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia ANTIMONY-51 Acheron College Grand Valley, Kitchener, Ontario BISMUTH-83 Russia Local School, Russia, Ohio PHOSPHORUS-15 Durban Girls’ College, , Durban, South Africa 1814 1805- SODIUM-11 Gimnazija Jesenice, Jesenice, Slovenia POTASSIUM-19 Middlefield CI, Markham, Ontario CALCIUM-20 Jean Vanier CSS, Milton, Ontario IODINE-53 Royal University of Bhutan, Samtse, Bhutan BORON-5 Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick 1874 1865- MENDELEEV creates modern periodic table HELIUM-2 Senator O’Connor College School, North York, Ontario THULIUM-69 King HS, Tampa, Florida 1884 1875- GALLIUM-31 Hudsonville HS, Hudsonville, Michigan HOLMIUM-67 Nagle Catholic College, Geraldton, Australia YTTERBIUM-70 Guilford Technical CC, Jamestown, North Carolina SCANDIUM-21 Avonworth HS, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania SAMARIUM-62 Coláiste Choilm, Swords, Republic of Ireland THORIUM-90 Leksvik Videregående Skole, Leksvik, Norway 1894 1885- PRASEODYMIUM-59 Weiss HS, Pflugerville, Texas NEODYMIUM-60 Seoul Foreign British School, Seoul, South Korea GERMANIUM-32 5th Gymnasium of Mytilene, Mytilene, Greece DYSPROSIUM-66 Lexington HS, Lexington, South Carolina ARGON-18 Arnprior District HS, Arnprior, Ontario FLUORINE-9 Texas A&M University, San Antonio, Texas 1864 1855- THALLIUM-81 JH Bruns Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba RUBIDIUM-37 Palmetto Ridge HS, Naples, Florida INDIUM-49 Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, Regina, Saskatchewan CESIUM-55 Northern SS, Toronto, Ontario 4 192 1915- PROTACTINIUM-91 Plano West SHS, Plano, Texas HAFNIUM-72 Urangan State HS, Torquay, Australia 4 3 7 CE-1 4 7 7 1 1765- 1804 1795- CHROMIUM-24 Bishop Smith CHS, Pembroke, Ontario VANADIUM-23 Kitchener-Waterloo CVS, Kitchener, Ontario NIOBIUM-41 Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito, Bogotá, Colombia TANTALUM-73 Chilliwack SS, Chilliwack, British Columbia PALLADIUM-46 Arrupe Jesuit HS, Denver, Colorado CERIUM-58 Vaughan SS, Thornhill, Ontario OSMIUM-76 Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology, Conyers, Georgia RHODIUM-45 St. Charles CC, Cottleville, Missouri IRIDIUM-77 Eagle River HS, Eagle River, Alaska BERYLLIUM-4 Amos Comenius Memorial School, Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador 1994 1985- DARMSTADTIUM-110 Bluevale CI, Waterloo, Ontario ROENTGENIUM-111 Pui Kiu College, Hong Kong, China TENNESSINE-117 Ovilla Christian School, Ovilla, Texas OGANESSON-118 St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, Austin, Texas MOSCOVIUM-115 School #192, Moscow, Russian Federation LUTETIUM-71 Eastwood CI Kitchener, Ontario GADOLINIUM-64 Ozel Sisli Terakki Tepeoren Anadolu Lisesi, Istanbul, Turkey