Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________________
Class Period: _____________
Metals, Metalloids (semi-metals), and Nonmetals
Your Mission:
 Research 1 metal, 1 metalloid (semi-metal), and 1 nonmetal (your choice).
 Mark them on the periodic table below by outlining the square in colored
ink.
 Complete the research requirements for EACH one.
NOTE: Be sure to turn this handout in. It is part of your grade. (one per group)
Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________________
Class Period: _____________
Research Requirements
NOTE: Complete this list for each element you research.
o Name of element
o Create a square from the periodic table of the metal, metalloid, and
nonmetal you are researching. Be sure to include atomic number, symbol,
element name, and atomic mass. Example:
o Is it a metal, metalloid, or non-metal?
o List three to five physical properties, and tell which of these properties
indicate it is a metal, metalloid, or non-metal.
o Overview:
o How is it used?
o Who discovered it, or how was it discovered?
o Where / how do we find it? (many elements do not occur in their
pure form in nature. Most are found as part of a compound.)
o Other facts of interest
o Works Cited – (Where you got your information)
Good Websites to use:
1. About.com Chemistry:
http://chemistry.about.com/library/blperiodictablekids.htm
Interactive periodic table that gives information about each element.
2. Los Alamos National Laboratory:
http://periodic.lanl.gov/index.shtml Interactive periodic table
3. Chemistry 4 Kids:
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_intro.html - Has a list of
common elements with easy to read information.
4. http://www.ptable.com/ - Interactive periodic table that gives
information about each element.
Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________________
Class Period: _____________
Presentation:
You will work by yourself.
You may complete this in many different ways. The easiest and best way is just to
fill out the template provided for each of your elements. However, you may also
do a poster, a booklet, a pamphlet, a children’s book, or anything else you can
come up with as long as each and every research requirement is present. You
may do this as in an electronic format such as a PowerPoint, or Prezi.
RUBRIC - This must be turned in with your project.
Item
Comments Worth Earned
Format, spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
10
Periodic table square present and correct for each
20
All elements identified on Periodic Table and overview for each
correct.
20
Properties of each element described and noted as prop.s of
metals, non-metals, or metalloids.
20
Citations present and correct
20
Thoroughness. Show’s pride in work. Neatness.
10
TOTAL
Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________________
Class Period: _____________
Example:
Terbium
65
Tb
Metal
Terbium
158.92535
Terbium was discovered by Carl Mosander in 1843 in Sweden. It was named
after the town of Ytterby, a village in Sweden.
Physical Properties:
 Terbium is a soft, highly malleable, silvery-gray, rare-earth metal that can
be cut with a knife.
 Density: 8.23 grams per cubic centimeter
 METAL: malleable, lustrous, and very dense.
Uses:
 Crystal stabilizer in fuel cells
 Activator for green phosphors in television tubes
 Make laser light
Today, terbium can be obtained from the minerals xenotime (YPO4) and euxenite
((Y, Ca, Er, La, Ce, U, Th)(Nb, Ta, Ti)2O6),. It is a rare-earth metal also found in
cerite, gadolinite and monazite.
Other Interesting Facts
 Considered mildly toxic and does not rapidly tarnish in the air.
Work Cited
About.Com Chemistry, http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/terbium.htm,
9/30/12.
Gagnon, Steve, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility - Office of Science Education,
http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele065.html, 9/30/12
Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________________
Class Period: _____________
Element Name:
Discovery:
Physical Properties (items marked with * indicate it is a metal, non-metal, or metalloid):
Metal, Non-metal, Metalloid (circle one)
Uses:
Where/How do we find it?
Interesting Facts:
Work Cited:
Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________________
Class Period: _____________
Element Name:
Discovery:
Physical Properties (items marked with * indicate it is a metal, non-metal, or metalloid):
Metal, Non-metal, Metalloid (circle one)
Uses:
Where/How do we find it?
Interesting Facts:
Work Cited:
Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________________
Class Period: _____________
Element Name:
Physical Properties (items marked with * indicate it is a metal, non-metal, or metalloid):
Metal, Non-metal, Metalloid (circle one)
Uses:
Where/How do we find it?
Interesting Facts:
Work Cited:
Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________________
Class Period: _____________