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- Aluminium,A light silvery metal
- Americium
- Antimony
- Argon,A gas
- Arsenic,A deadly poison
- Astatine
- Barium
- Beryllium,A metal
- Bismuth
- Boron,Used in nuclear reactors
- Bromine,A liquid at room temperature
- Cadmium
- Calcium,Needed for strong teeth & bones
- Carbon, All life is based on this
- Cerium
- Chlorine,Strong smelling gas
- Chromium,A metal
- Cobalt
- Copper,Used to make wires
- Fluorine, Used in toothpaste
- Gallium
- Germanium
- Gold,The most precious metal
- Helium,A gas used to fill baloons
- Hydrogen,The sun is made mainly of this gas
- Indium
- Iodine,A non metal
- Iridium
- Iron,Has the chemical symbol Fe
- Krypton,A noble (inert) gas
- Lanthanum
- Lead,Used to shield radioactivity
- Lithium,Used in watch batteries
- Manganese,A metal
- Magnesium,A metal
- Mercury,Used in thermometers
- Molybdenum
- Osmium
- Neon,Produces red glow in signs
- Nickel,A metal
- Niobium
- Nitrogen,Main gas in the air
- Oxygen,Gas that is need for life
- Palladium
- Phosphorus,Used to make matches
- Platinum,Rare and expensive metal
- Plutonium
- Polonium
- Potassium
- Radium
- Radon,A radioactive gas
- Rhodium
- Rubidium
- Ruthenium
- Samarium
- Scandium
- Selenium
- Silicon,Used to make 'chips'
- Silver,The reflective part of a mirror
- Sodium,With chlorine makes 'salt'
- Strontium
- Sulphur,Yellow volcanic element
- Tantalum
- Technetium
- Tellurium
- Thallium
- Thorium,Radioactive substance
- Titanium,Light & strong metal
- Tin,Light & strong metal
- Uranium,Radioactive substance
- Vanadium,Metal used at a catalyst
- Wolfram,Found in light bulbs
- Xenon,A gas
- Yttrium,Has the chemical symbol Y
- Zinc,A Metal
- Zirconium,Has the chemical symbol Zr