1. Use the periodic table in your agenda to fill in the chart.
Element
Neon (Ne)
Sodium (Na)
Chlorine (Cl)
Silicon (Si)
Calcium (Ca)
Gold (Au)
Arsenic (As)
Metal, Nonmetal, or
Metalloid?
Nonmetal
Metal
Nonmetal
Metalloid
Metal
Metal
Metalloid

2. SCIENTIST DIVIDE ALL
ELEMENTS INTO THREE
SECTIONS

3. METALS
FOUND ON LEFT SIDE OF THE DARK
STAIRCASE LINE ON THE PERIODIC TABLE
SOLID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE

Except mercury
HAVE A SILVER-GRAY COLOR

Except gold and copper
GOOD CONDUCTORS OF HEAT AND
ELECTRICITY
HAVE A METALLIC LUSTER
MALLEABLE

6. NONMETALS
FOUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DARK
STAIRCASE LINE ON THE PERIODIC TABLE
FOUND IN ALL STATES OF MATTER
COME IN MANY COLORS
POOR CONDUCTORS OF HEAT AND ELECTRICITY
(INSULATORS)
NO METALLIC LUSTER
NOT MALLEABLE
SOME HAVE STRONG ODORS

8. METALLOIDS
THESE ELEMENTS ARE FOUND
ALONG THE DARK STAIRCASE LINE
ON THE PERIODIC TABLE

Except Aluminum (Al)
HAVE PROPERITIES OF BOTH METALS
AND NONMETALS
SOME ARE CALLED SEMICONDUCTORS

10. Metals, Metalloids, Nonmetals