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Home/Printables Interactive Uses Links Buy Donate Printing Tips Terms of Use Contact The Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words These colorful, fun, and informative periodic tables are great for elementary, middle, and high school students, as well as adults. © 2005-2016 Keith Enevoldsen. See Terms of Use . These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License . The Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures Hi-res PDF for viewing/printing (1 page) Hi-res PDF for viewing/printing (2 pages, Pictures and Words) Print at letter size (11x8.5 in) or poster size. Medium-resolution PNG image Buy Poster This pictorial periodic table is colorful, fun, and packed with information. In addition to the element’s name, symbol, and atomic number, each element box has a drawing of one of the element’s main human uses or natural occurrences. The table is color-coded to show the chemical groupings. Small symbols pack in additional information: solid/liquid/gas, color of element, common in the human body, common in the earth’s crust, magnetic metals, noble metals, radioactive, and rare or never found in nature. It does not overload kids with a lot of detailed numbers, like atomic weights and valence numbers. Note: Elements in Pictures and Elements in Words are a set. Either may stand alone, but they work best together. See also: Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words . This contains most of the same information on an interactive web page. See also: Links to translations in other languages. The Periodic Table of the Elements, in Words Hi-res PDF for viewing/printing (1 page) Hi-res PDF for viewing/printing (2 pages, Pictures and Words) Print at letter size (11x8.5 in) or poster size. Medium-resolution PNG image Buy Poster This textual periodic table is packed with even more information. In addition to the element’s name, symbol, and atomic number, each element box contains a textual description of the element’s physical properties and a list of several of its human uses and/or natural occurrences. The table is color-coded to show the chemical groups, and each group is described in a panel of the same color. Other info panels describe atomic structure, chemical bonding, and radioactivity. It does not overload kids with a lot of detailed numbers, but it does provide some simple rules-of-thumb about atomic weights and valence numbers. See also: The Elements — Descriptions, Uses and Occurrences . This contains most of the same information, but in a less graphical, more textual html format. It also contains handy links to search for more info about each use. The Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words Hi-res PDF for viewing/printing (1 big page) Print at ledger size (11x17 in) or poster size. Buy Poster This has both Elements in Pictures and Elements in Words combined on a single page. See also: Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words . This contains most of the same information on an interactive web page. The Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures (Simplified) Hi-res PDF for viewing/printing (1 page) Print at letter size (11x8.5 in) or poster size. Medium-resolution PNG image Buy Poster, T-shirt, etc. This is exactly the same as Elements in Pictures above, but with less information. The fine print — the legend boxes and the small symbols — have been removed. Use this if you want a cleaner image with less visual clutter, or you want less information, or you want to print smaller or at lower resolution. See also: Plain Periodic Table Elements Cards Download zip file containing Hi-res PDF for printing cards (32 pages, 16 sheets) Print at letter size (8.5x11 in) double-sided on card stock. Print-your-own elements cards. Use these however you want. It’s fun to simply lay them out to make the whole periodic table. You can use them as flash cards to help you memorize the facts on the front and back of each card. If you want to play it as a game, you can invent your own game rules. Print double-sided on card stock. Cut out cards with paper cutter or scissors. Nine cards per sheet. There’s a card for every element, with a picture on the front and words on the back. Also included are key cards (symbol key and color key), info cards (atom info and bonding info), and group info cards. The zip file also includes a template for making a card box. It also includes printing instructions. Sorry, card decks are not for sale at the Wlonk Shop . You need to print them yourself. See Links for cards at other shops. Elements Sheets Download zip file containing Hi-res PDFs for Printing Sheets (one sheet per element) Print at letter size (8.5x11 in) single-sided. Print each element on a separate sheet. You can make a very large periodic table to cover a large wall. Or you can use the sheets separately, for example, each student chooses one element. Print single-sided. Elements 1-98 have pictures. Also included are key sheets (symbol key and color key), info sheets (atom info and bonding info), and group info sheets. Sorry, elements sheets are not for sale at the Wlonk Shop . You need to print them yourself. Student Worksheets PDF for Printing (1 page) Print at letter size (8.5x11 in) single-sided. Printable student worksheet. Print one or many per student. This worksheet has spaces for the student to write the element’s symbol, name, atomic number, description, uses and/or occurrences, and a space to draw a picture. Are you homeschooling? This activity can occupy your student for one or many days. If you want a big activity, print out 98 of these worksheets, and assign your student to research every element from 1 to 98 (the elements with uses) and fill out a worksheet for each element, one or a few elements per day. This not just busywork; knowing some facts about each element is useful basic knowledge for many careers: engineering, manufacturing, biology, medicine, ecology, agriculture, geology, physics, and, of course, chemistry! Alternative Periodic Tables Alternative periodic tables: left-step, spiral, cone, and cylinder Students will have fun builiding paper models of all these alternative periodic tables. Then they can discuss how the models are different and yet the same. Left-step Periodic Table This left-step periodic table is the basis for the spiral, cone, and cylinder models. Left-step periodic table Left-step table, paper model Left-step table, folded paper model Left-step Periodic Table, PDF for viewing/printing (1 page) This left-step table is a slightly modified version of the left-step table by Charles Janet (1928). This compact version places hydrogen, helium, lithium, and beryllium all in a single row. Note that hydrogen is unique — it may be grouped with the alkali metals (like lithium) because it has one electron available to donate, grouped with the halogens (like fluorine) because gaining one electron will fill its valence shell, or it may be put in a group of its own. Spiral Periodic Table In this periodic table, the elements are arranged in a single flat spiral (not concentric circles). Spiral periodic table Spiral periodic table, paper model Spiral Periodic Table, PDF for viewing/printing (1 page) Conical Spiral Periodic Table In this model, the elements are arranged in a single conical spiral (not stacked rings). Conical spiral, paper model (front) Conical spiral, paper model (back) Conical Spiral Periodic Table, paper pattern, PDF for printing (1 page) The paper model above is very easy to make. The more elaborate paper-and-plastic model below is more difficult to make. Conical spiral, paper-and-plastic model (front) Conical spiral, paper-and-plastic model (back) Conical Spiral Periodic Table, paper-and-plastic pattern, PDF for printing (1 page) Cylindrical Helix Periodic Table In this model, the elements are arranged in a single cylindrical helix (not stacked rings). Cylindrical helix, paper model (front) Cylindrical helix, paper...