How to Make a Periodic Table Using Household Goods

Cut your construction paper into small squares. Cut one square for each of the different elements with each type of element -- the metalloids, other non-metals, halogens, noble gasses, alkali-metals, alkaline earth metals, lanthanoids, actinoids, transition metals and post-transition metals -- being cut from a different color.

Arrange and glue your paper on a piece of poster board. Begin with one color for hydrogen, which belongs to the "other non-metalloids" category, and continue placing squares down each column until the column is complete before moving on to the next column. Use the "Dynamic Periodic Table" website or another periodic table printout as a reference for each elements category and placement relative to the other elements.

Write the atomic number of each element in the upper-left hand corner of its assigned position, starting with hydrogen in the upper left, working left to right through each row until each element has been numbered.

Write the chemical symbol, starting with "H" for hydrogen in the upper left hand corner, filling in each additional symbol from left to right until each chemical has been assigned its symbol. Use different colored markers for noting the difference between solids, liquids, gasses and unknowns. Make sure to capitalize the first letter in each symbol, as this is the proper notation method.

Write the full name of each element directly below the chemical symbol, then write the atomic weight of each element below the chemical symbol until all of the chemicals are completely filled in.