1. Creating a Usable Periodic Table of Elements

2. Label your Periods on Black (these go along the side) Label your Families in Red (these go along the top) Write a key

3. Just like you see here, color your metals blue, your metalloids green, and your nonmetals yellow. Make a key

4. (1) Polka dots in the alkali metals (2) Stripes in the alkali earth metals (3) 1 star in transition metals (4) “B” in Boron Family (5) “C” in Carbon Family (6) “N” in Nitrogen Family (7) “O” in Oxygen Family (8) “H” in Halogens (9) “N” in Noble Gases

5. Just like you see here, place the common charge above the appropriate column and highlight in yellow.