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Title: Great for High School Use
Review: Chemistry documentaries of any kind are a rare thing, especially if you're teaching middle school or high school. The ones that do exist, for the most part, are pretty dry and sleep-inducing.The nice thing about Hunting the Elements is that it appeals to a pretty wide range of ages and ability levels. There is an excess of corny jokes, for sure, but these keep the younger and lower-level students attention. There is also a pretty reasonable level of actual chemistry content: electron orbitals, radioactivity, the breaking and re-assembling of chemical bonds that occur during a reaction, and so on.The video is also divided into sections that are relevant for different classes, so if you're teaching bio, you can show the 15 minute segment on the elements of life. Upper level chem students might be more interested in the rare earth metals.
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