Periodic Table Scavenger HunT

Explore the Periodic Table! Find elements, classify them, and learn their properties in this fun scavenger hunt.

Identify each element as a metal, metalloid, or nonmetal. Drag each element to its appropriate category. Metal Lithium Silver Zirconium Potassium Vanadium Tungsten Nonmetal Krypton Sulfur Selenium Metalloid Silicon Antimony Arsenic Parts of the Periodic Table There are 18 columns of elements on the periodic table, and they are called groups. There are 7 rows of elements on the periodic table, and they are called periods. Match the Element Match the element with its description. This element is in the same group as Lead, and it has fewer protons than Sodium. Carbon This element has an atomic number that is one greater than Platinum. Gold This element has the most protons of any element in group 16. Livermorium This group 2 element has fewer protons than Bromine, but more than Sulfur. Calcium This element has more than 50 but less than 70 protons, and it is in group 17. Iodine This element has the lowest atomic number of any group 16 element. Oxygen This element has an atomic number that is double the atomic number of Silicon. Nickel This element is in group 1 and has a higher atomic number than Chlorine, but a lower atomic number than Bromine. Potassium Find three elements in the same group number. Find three elements in the same period. Find an element named after an American state. Find three elements named after a country. Find an element named after a continent. Find three elements named after planets in our solar system. Find three elements named after scientists. Find three elements whose symbols do not match their names.