The Periodic Table of Elements
Background knowledge
1. Who created the Periodic table of elements? p 132
2. Put the pictures into three categories Metals, non-metals and semimetals.
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Use the periodic table above to answer the following questions.
3. What color are the transition metals?
4. What color is the family Alkali Metals?
Use your textbook to answer the following questions:
5. List some common things you use everyday and categorize them into 3 categories. Metals ,Non-metals, and semi-metals p 148-155
6. Create a double bubble thinking map that compares the different characteristics between metals and non-metals.
7. From your bubble map, decide which similarities and differences you think are the most important and highlight them.
8. Explain why the Inert Gases are unreactive. p 154
