2. Organizing the Elements
Labeling the Periodic Table
Properties of M, NM, & Metalloids

3. I. Labeling the Periodic Table
The columns are called
groups or families
Groups are numbered 1-8 1 8 2 3 4 5 6 7
The rows
are called periods
Skip these
All Elements greater than uranium
did not exist on Earth until people
produced them in nuclear reactors

4. I. Labeling the Periodic Table
Boron Family
Carbon Family
Nitrogen Family
Oxygen Family
Nobel Gases
Alkaline Earth
Metals
Halogens
Alkali Metals
Transition Metals
Rare Earth
Elements

5. I. Labeling the Periodic Table
Finally, color the non-metals.
Next, let’s identify all the elements that are normally gases by coloring the upper right hand corner with different color.
First, let’s identify all the elements that are normally liquids by coloring the upper right hand corner with one of your five colors.
Now, let’s identify all the elements that are metals. Remember that metals are found to the left of the stair step line. Color the metals one of your colors.
Now, let’s identify all the elements that are diatomic by coloring the lower left hand corner with different color.

6. II. Properties of Metals
Conduct heat and electricity well
Called “conductors”
Malleable – can be hammered into this sheets
Ductile – can be pulled into long thin wires
Metals have a metallic luster – they shine when polished

7. III. Properties of Non-Metals
Poor conductors of heat and electricity
Called “insulators”
Tend to be much more brittle than metal
When you hit a non-metal with a hammer it tends to shatter and not flatten out
Not ductile or malleable

8. IV. Metalloids
Elements that border the stair step line that separates metals from non-metals are known as metalloids
Their properties are a mixture of metallic and non-metallic