2. FAMILIES on the Periodic Table
Grouped based on chemical properties.
Given a specific name
Elements in each family react differently with
other elements.

3. Label the Groups

4. Periods of the Periodic Table
As you go across to the right, they become less metallic.

5. Labe the Periods

6. ALKALI METALS Place Black Dots on this first row
Group 1
Place black dots all the way down the first row on the left
Soft and silvery metals
Very reactive, esp. with water
Conduct electricity
Hydrogen is not a member, it is a non-metal

7. ALKALINE EARTH METALS Horizontal Lines
Group 2
Place horizontal lines all the way down the second row
White and malleable
Reactive, but less than Alkali metals
Conduct electricity

8. TRANSITION METALS Diagonal Lines
Groups in the middle
Place diagonal lines in all the shaded part in the picture to the left.
Good conductors of heat and electricity.
Some are used for jewelry.
Can bond with many elements in a variety of shapes.

9. Halogens Small Brown Circles
Group 7
Place small BROWN circles in the next to last row on the right.
All are non-metals
Very reactive are often bonded with elements from Group 1

10. Noble Gases Small Brown Squares
Group 8
Place small BROWN squares in the last row on the right.
Gases
Non-metals
Not reactive with other elements

12. Rare Earth Metals Lanthanides: Red Actinides: Green
Color the lanthanides red. This is the top row of the blue.
Color the actinides lime green. This is the bottom row of the blue.
Some are Radioactive (emits energy from being unstable)
Conduct electricity
Rare Earth Metals Lanthanides: Red Actinides: Green
L a n t h a n I d e s
A c t i n i d e s

13. Color the Non-Metals Blue
Non metals have the same properties

14. Color the Metals Pink
Metals have the same properties

15. Color the Metalloids Dark Green
Metals have the properties of both metals and non-metals

16. Whiteboards: Name Those Elements
Group 14, Period 2
Group 11, period 4
Group 2, Period 2
Group 17, Period 3
Group 1, Period 18