Periodic Table Coloring Activity

Name: __________________ Date: ______ Block: ___

Coloring time!!!! – Map out the Periodic Table
1) Define the following terms, then show where each of these groups is located on the
periodic table by labeling the first periodic table. Make sure to highlight the stair
step line between the metals and nonmetals.
metal:
nonmetal:
metalloid:
2) Define these terms, and explain what elements within both of the following
categories have in common with each other:
family/group:
period:
3) Identify where each of the following sections of the periodic table are and identify
the main properties of the elements in these areas:
alkali metals:
alkaline earth metals:
transition metals:
lanthanides:
actinides:
halogens:
noble gases:
4) Color code each of the groups in problem 3 on the second periodic table.