1. Reading the Periodic Table

2. A way of organizing & classifying elements Arranged in rows and columns

3. Columns The vertical (up and down) columns of the periodic table (there are 18) are called groups or families. Elements in the same group or family have similar characteristics or properties.

4. Rows The horizontal rows of the periodic table are called periods. Elements in a period are not alike in properties. The first element in a period is usually an active solid, and the last element in a period is always an inactive gas.

5. Rows Metals are on the left Non-metals are on the right Metalloids- (mix of traits of metals and non- metals are located on the staircase drawn between metals and non-metals

6. This is the number of protons and neutrons