Element Bingo

My chemical scientific discipline students are inwards the midst of taking weekly chemical component subdivision quizzes until nosotros convey the symbols of the outset 36 elements memorized. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 couplet of weeks ago, nosotros played a few rounds of Element Bingo to laissez passer on them do remembering the symbols for each element.

Students were given a blank Element Bingo carte du jour (free download at the bottom of this post!) to hit sum out. There were 24 spaces on the bingo card, together with students had to select their elements from the outset 36 that nosotros were memorizing. Therefore, every pupil should convey dissimilar elements on their bingo carte du jour than their classmates.

Here's the blank bingo carte du jour they were given:

Not all of my students followed the directions to ONLY write the symbols on their bingo cards. I approximate I require to emphasize this to a greater extent than adjacent time! The students who did write the names together with the symbols could nonetheless play bingo amongst us, but they didn't larn the do of trying to cry upward what symbol stood for which element.

It but together with thence happened that the twenty-four hours nosotros were scheduled to play this was the same twenty-four hours that one-half of our chemical scientific discipline flat was missing due to a softball tournament. We ended upward playing a few to a greater extent than rounds than I was planning on, but this worked out since I didn't desire to larn besides far ahead amongst one-half of my students missing!

My students took the game super seriously, together with they were trying their best to mean value of the symbol that corresponded to the chemical component subdivision called earlier checking their respond on the periodic tabular array or their written report guide. Magnesium together with Manganese were a tricky pair for my students to proceed straight. They also struggled amongst Neon together with Nitrogen.

I couldn't discovery my bingo chips when nosotros went to play this, together with thence I ended upward pouring a bag of pompoms (affiliate link) that I had bought for an action later on inwards the yr inwards a few beakers to gear upward or together with thence the room for students to role equally bingo playing pieces.

They LOVED this! And, I've decided that a beaker sum of pompoms is i of the cutest things I've e'er seen.

For the chemical component subdivision calling cards, I used a free download from STEM Sheets. I was able to specify just what I wanted on my bingo calling cards. I chose lift together with chemical component subdivision symbol, but I could also convey included atomic number, atomic mass, or solid pose down at STP. I was able to select the disclose to impress per page together with just which elements I wanted to print.

My students actually took to the bingo activity, together with thence I await frontwards to incorporating it to a greater extent than later on inwards the year. I run into a game of polyatomic ion bingo inwards our future!

You tin download the chemical component subdivision bingo canvas here.