Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Elements Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids
Students investigate several properties of the given elements and decide whether each element is a metal, non-metal, or a metalloid.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Trends on the Periodic Table: Metals, Non Metals, and Metalloids
In this lab activity, students will be asked to observe and then test the physical and chemical properties of several different elements.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Three Main Types of Elements
The following tutorial explains the three main types of elements, including metals, non-metals and metalloids.
Other
Laws of Physics: Atoms and the Periodic Table
An overview of the differences between the metal and non metal groups. Includes a lot of information on the periodic table and has a plethora of graphs.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Nonmetals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the properties of non-metals and uses of non-metals
James Madison University
James Madison University: Mineral Luster
Mineral photos depicting metallic and non-metallic luster. Includes shiny, glassy, and earthy examples.
Environmental Chemistry
Chemistry and Environmental Dictionary: Nonmetal
Environmental Chemistry offers a very concise definition of a non-metal.
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health: Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Selenium
Information on the dietary and nutritional significance of selenium from an authoritative source.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: The Periodic Table
Elements in the same group in the periodic table have similar chemical properties. This is because their atoms have the same number of electrons in the highest occupied energy level. Group 1 elements are reactive metals called the alkali...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Covalent Bonds
A covalent bond is formed between non metal atoms, which combine together by sharing electrons. Covalent compounds have no free electrons and no ions so they don't conduct electricity.
Stanford University
Stanford University: How Everyday Things Are Made
If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place....
Amethyst Galleries
Native Elements Class: Graphite
Description of graphite and its basic properties. Also a comparison to diamond and how they differ.
Other
Los Alamos National Labs: Astatine
Basic statistics, history, and properties of the halogen element, astatine.
Other
Corrosion Doctors: Electroplating
A clear explanation of the facets involved in electroplating, the materials and surfaces, the sequence of operations.
Curated OER
Unesco: Germany: Mines of Rammelsberg, Goslar & Upper Harz Water Mgmt System
The Upper Harz mining water management system, which lies south of the Rammelsberg mines and the town of Goslar, has been developed over a period of some 800 years to assist in the process of extracting ore for the production of...
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