A Better Periodic Table

Finally, someone has made a periodic table that's easy to visualise and remember. Every science classroom should have one of these, instead of the standard dull color coded ones found in high schools everywhere, the ones full of tiny numbers and symbols with no explanation of either that make the subject seem boring and hard. Creating a clear visual-memory hook for this information is such an obvious good idea that I'm surprised I haven't come across it before now.

Shiny as this is, I think it can be even better. Some images are easier to associate than others, say silicon, which is a vague grey lump in this one, maybe better replaced by a picture of a silicon chip or better yet a pair of breasts (easiest thing in the world for a schoolkid to remember - as well as associating something pleasant and fun with the tasks at hand). What group is silicon in? silicon -> breasts, between a diamond (carbon) and a little metal bust of a german guy (germanium) -> group 14. Easy.

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