1. Families of the Periodic Table

2. Periodic Table Family Photo Album
How do we know who is in the same family?
They are usually in the same group (vertical column) on the periodic table.
They have similar properties and atomic structures

3. Families on the Periodic Table
Columns are grouped into families.
Families may be one column, or several columns put together.
Families have names rather than the group numbers. (Just like your family has a common last name.)

4. Families of the Periodic Table

5. Families of Elements- Color your table
Hydrogen (all alone)
1 Alkali Metals
2 Alkaline Earth Metals
3-12 Transition Metals
13 The Boron Family
14 The Carbon Group
15 The Nitrogen Group
16 The Oxygen Group
17 The Halogens
18 The Noble Gases
Lanthanide Series
Actinide Series
Families of Elements- Color your table