"Chemory" the game
Initial Publication Date: August 2, 2009
Summary
In this classroom activity students will utilize the familiar matching game concept they played as youth to match elements and their symbols, ionic ions into formulas, and learn common ion charges of the most well known elements.
CollapseLearning Goals
1.) Learn the elements and their symbols.
2.) Know how to name Ionic and Molecular Compounds.
3.) Figure out common charges of elements.
2.) Know how to name Ionic and Molecular Compounds.
3.) Figure out common charges of elements.
Context for Use
Handout. Need periodic table, pen, and scissors. Also different colored construction paper must be used to construct two separate halves for making matching cards detailing common ionic ions and molecules including Greek prefixes as detailed in the handout below.
Description and Teaching Materials
Described on attachment provided.
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Assessment
Packet with pre-lab questions and back answer sheet included for students to fill out.
Standards
7.2.1.1.1 Recognize that all substances are composed of one or more of approximately one hundred elements and that the periodic table organizes the elements into groups with similar properties.
7.2.1.1.2 Describe the differences between elements and compounds in terms of atoms and molecules.
9.2.1.1.3 Explain the arrangement of the elements on the Periodic Table, including the relationships among elements in a given column or row.
9C.2.1.1.1 Explain the relationship of an element's position on the periodic table to its atomic number and electron configuration.
9C.2.1.1.2 Identify and compare trends on the periodic table, including reactivity and relative sizes of atoms and ions; use the trends to explain the properties of subgroups, including metals, non-metals, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens and noble gases.
9C.2.1.2.1 Explain how elements combine to form compounds through ionic and covalent bonding.
7.2.1.1.2 Describe the differences between elements and compounds in terms of atoms and molecules.
9.2.1.1.3 Explain the arrangement of the elements on the Periodic Table, including the relationships among elements in a given column or row.
9C.2.1.1.1 Explain the relationship of an element's position on the periodic table to its atomic number and electron configuration.
9C.2.1.1.2 Identify and compare trends on the periodic table, including reactivity and relative sizes of atoms and ions; use the trends to explain the properties of subgroups, including metals, non-metals, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens and noble gases.
9C.2.1.2.1 Explain how elements combine to form compounds through ionic and covalent bonding.