The Elements & the Periodic Table Student Learning Guide includes self-directed readings, easy-to-follow illustrated explanations, guiding questions, inquiry-based activities, a lab investigation, key vocabulary review and assessment review questions, along with a post-test. It covers the following standards-aligned concepts: Introduction to Elements; Atomic Structure; Classes of Elements ? Metals, Classes of Elements ? Metalloids; Classes of Elements ? Nonmetals; The Periodic Table; Groups on the Periodic Table; and Flame Test ? Identifying Elements. Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and other state standards.