Periodic Table Worksheets

About this resource

A complete periodic table kit for grades 6-8, built for the table where students need different amounts of support. Students read a one-page reference of the first 20 elements laid out in groups and periods, read an element box, match symbols to names, use the atomic number to find protons and electrons, find the group, period and family name of six elements, work out valence electrons, sort twelve elements into metals, metalloids and nonmetals, answer multiple-choice and true-or-false questions, and write short answers and explanations. Every page has a name line, one short instruction and real room to write. Answer keys, a tracker, a class grid, a progress note and a family page are included, so nothing has to be written from scratch.

EVERYTHING INSIDE (25 pages)

• 11 student pages in 11 page types: The Periodic Table at a Glance, Read an Element Box, Match the Symbol, Atomic Number and Protons, Groups and Periods, Valence Electrons, Cut and Paste Sort, Multiple Choice, True or False? Fix It, Short Answers and Explain It
• 123 scored items on 10 pages, every answer read from the same lists that draw the pages
• 1 reference table of the first 20 elements (symbol and atomic number in each box, names listed beneath, metals, metalloids, nonmetals and noble gases shaded), drawn in code
• 15 items on reading element boxes (sodium, chlorine and neon, plus carbon as a worked example)
• 15 items on symbols: 10 names to match to symbols from a box of 12, 4 symbols to match to names (K, Fe, Au, Ag) and a written question about the Latin names behind them
• 24 items on atomic number: 5 rows of name, symbol, protons and electrons, 3 "which element?" questions and a written answer
• 21 items on groups and periods: 6 elements to place by period, group and family name (alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, noble gases), plus 3 questions
• 12 items on valence electrons: 7 elements, 4 dot boxes to draw in, and a written answer
• 12 cut-and-paste pieces (4 metals, 4 metalloids, 4 nonmetals) on one three-box sort mat, edge to edge, each piece 1.75 in by 1.15 in
• 8 multiple-choice questions and 8 true-or-false statements (with a line to fix each false one)
• 5 short-answer questions with 4 writing lines each, and 3 explanation prompts with 5 or 6 writing lines each
• 2 answer keys, checked against the questions
• 1 tracker (page, page type, items right, date) and 1 whole-class progress grid
• 1 progress note (a hand-off page between team meetings) and 1 family page
• 1 filled example (an invented student, Jordan T.), 1 phrase bank (15 starters in 5 groups), 1 binder cover and 6 divider tabs with a spine label to cut out
• Start Here page

Built For The Student Holding The Page

A big "My name" line, one short instruction, body text at 11 point or larger, answer boxes you can type in or write in, and writing lines at a size that fits middle school handwriting. There are no cartoon characters or baby-ish borders. Nothing on a student page is written for an adult; the keys, tracker and notes are on separate teacher pages. The file prints clean in black and white.

No Guessing The Answer

Wherever a student picks among printed spots (the lettered choices, the order of true and false, the order of the cut pieces) the position of the right answer is checked in code so it does not sit in the same spot three times in a row.

Type In, Or Print

The name line, every answer box, blank and writing line is a type-in field in any PDF reader: click one, type, then save. The same goes for the tracker, the class grid, the progress note and the family page. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file. The dot boxes and the cut-and-paste sort are for pencil and scissors.

Who This Is For

Middle school science classes, resource rooms, co-taught classrooms and special education teachers who need a complete periodic table unit at grades 6-8 content with room for support: a word box, sentence starters and a reference page. It can be used as a unit, as stations, or one page a day.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

A periodic table worksheet set with the record-keeping around it. The science is the standard middle school textbook version and covers the first 20 elements plus iron, copper, silver, gold, germanium and arsenic. It is not a full 118-element chart, a timed test, a screener, a clinical tool, or a claim about any student's age or rate of progress. There is no IEP goal language or eligibility wording anywhere in the file.