Use these flashcards to help study the properties of metalloids, metals, and nonmetals. You can study them online, have them read to you, or print them out. To enhance your learning, there are tests to take and games to play.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to explain the use of chemical and physical properties in the historical development of the Periodic Table. They will be...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the properties of non-metals and uses of non-metals

Students investigate several properties of the given elements and decide whether each element is a metal, non-metal, or a metalloid.

Students observe and perform experiments with sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur ,and phosphorus. The discover trends down groups, across periods, and having to do with the pH of metal oxides vs. nonmetal oxides.

This site contains a series of about a half-dozen pages on sulfur. Topics include; occurence, biological action, and properties.

A slide show presentation describes the metallic character of elements, and explains how that changes throughout the periodic table.

Excellent source of information on phosphorus including its physical and chemical properties. Highly recommended.

An exceptionally detailed and helpful resource for all sorts of information on nitrogen.

An incredibly thorough site with a wealth of basic information on oxygen. Highly recommended.

This is as thorough as site as you will find for information of all kinds on arsenic. Very helpful.

This site from Chemicool.com provides a very through set of tables summarizing many physical and chemical properties of silicon.

This learning module allows students to use the organization of the periodic table to understand the element and their properties. By the end of the activity, students will be able to locate metals, nonmetals, and metalloids and the...

Excellent resource for just about anything you could ever want to know about selenium.

This is a detailed reference list of minerals and mineral classes.

Very thorough site with just about everything you could ever need to know about silicon.