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Chemistry Bingo

published on: 2/28/2003

Contributing Teacher(s): Jaimie Foulk

Subject Area: Science/Physical

Grade Range: High School (9-12)

Materials Needed:

  • Bingo cards (make copies & laminate enough to allow for one per student)
  • Bingo chips, pennies, buttons, or other markers for cards
  • Callout cards

     

Objective: Students will recall and review applicable chemical concepts, including chemical symbols, chemical names, and atomic structures of elements, in a bingo game.

Process Standards:

  • Goal 1.6 discover and evaluate patterns and relationships in information, ideas and structures

Content Standards:

  • Science 1. Properties and principles of matter and energy

    Time Allowance: One 50-minute class period is appropriate. Vary as desired.

    Description: 9th grade physical science students play this game to review basic chemistry concepts by matching chemical symbols to chemical names, atomic structure, and other information.

    Comments: 9th grade physical science students play a chemistry-related bingo game to reinforce basic concepts related to the periodic table. Use this game after introducing students to the related concepts.

    Classroom Component:
    Click here to see the video clip of this lesson.

    Pre-Game: Photocopy the cards on white or colored paper, cut out, & laminate.  Laminate callout cards.  Store bingo chips or other markers with the cards.

    Directions: Give each student a bingo card.  Choose one of the callout cards, according to your objective, and tell students which version of the game they will be playing.  (You may want to allow students to use a periodic table if the information is relatively new to them.  For review before an exam or at the end of the chapter, I like to make the game more challenging by not allowing use of the periodic table.)  Play as you would a traditional bingo game, by calling out clues.  The winner becomes caller for the next game.

    Other Chemistry Bingo Variations: Instead of calling out chemical names or atomic structures, call out electron configurations, chemical families, ion charges, oxidation numbers, physical properties, or other relevant information.  To promote reading/understanding of your text, you may pick out excerpts from a particular chapter that pertains to specific elements, and call out that information as clues (for example: “An alkali metal that is the seventh most abundant component of the earth’s crust.”  Answer: sodium).  Make the game as challenging or simple as appropriate.

    I like to give candy or bonus points as prizes for the winners.  This motivates my students to participate attentively.


    Chemistry Bingo

    Chemical Names & Symbols
    Helium

    (He)

    		 Lithium

    (Li)

    		 Beryllium

    (Be)

    		 Boron

    (B)

    		 Carbon

    (C)

    		 Nitrogen

    (N)
    Neon

    (Ne)

    		 Sodium

    (Na)

    		 Magnesium

    (Mg)

    		 Aluminum

    (Al)

    		 Silicon

    (Si)

    		 Phosphorus

    (P)
    Argon

    (Ar)

    		 Potassium

    (K)

    		 Calcium

    (Ca)

    		 Scandium

    (Sc)

    		 Titanium

    (Ti)

    		 Vanadium

    (V)
    Iron

    (Fe)

    		 Cobalt

    (Co)

    		 Nickel

    (Ni)

    		 Copper

    (Cu)

    		 Zinc

    (An)

    		 Gallium

    (Ga)
    Selenium

    (Se)

    		 Bromine

    (Br)

    		 Krypton

    (Kr)

    		 Rubidium

    (Rb)

    		 Strontium

    (Sr)

    		 Yttrium

    (Y)
    Technetium

    (Tc)

    		 Ruthenium

    (Ru)

    		 Rhodium

    (Rh)

    		 Palladium

    (Pd)

    		 Silver

    (Ag)

    		 Cadmium

    (Cd)
    Antimony

    (Sb)

    		 Tellurium

    (Te)

    		 Iodine

    (I)

    		 Xenon

    (Xe)

    		 Lanthanum

    (La)

    		 Cesium

    (Ce)
    Promethium

    (Pm)

    		 Samarium

    (Sm)

    		 Europium

    (Eu)

    		 Gadolinium

    (Gd)

    		 Terbium

    (Tb)

    		 Dysprosium

    (Dy)
    Thulium

    (Tm)

    		 Ytterbium

    (Yb)

    		 Lutetium

    (Lu)

    		 Hafnium

    (Hf)

    		 Tantalum

    (Ta)

    		 Tungsten

    (W)
    Iridium

    (Ir)

    		 Platinum

    (Pt)

    		 Gold

    (Au)

    		 Mercury

    (Hg)

    		 Thallium

    (Tl)

    		 Lead

    (Pb)
    Astatine

    (At)

    		 Radon

    (Rn)

    		 Actinium

    (Ac)

    		 Thorium

    (Th)

    		 Protactinium

    (Pa)

    		 Uranium

    (U)
    Americium

    (Am)

    		 Curium

    (Cm)

    		 Berkelium

    (Bk)

    		 Californium

    (Cf)

    		 Einsteinium

    (Es)

    		 Fermium

    (Fm)
    Sulfur

    (S)

    		 Chromium

    (Cr)

    		 Germanium

    (Ge)

    		 Zirconium

    (Zr)

    		 Praseodymium

    (Pr)

    		 Holmium

    (Ho)
    Rhenium

    (Re)

    		 Bismuth

    (Bi)

    		 Neptunium

    (Np)

    		 Mendelevium

    (Md)

    		 Meitnerium

    (Mt)

    		 Niobium

    (Nb)
    Hydrogen

    (H)

    		 Flourine

    (F)

    		 Chlorine

    (Cl)

    		 Erbium

    (Er)

    		 Neodymium

    (Nd)

    		 Tin

    (Sn)
    Manganese

    (Mn)

    		 Arsenic

    (As)

    		 Molybdenum

    (Mo)

    		 Ununhexium

    (Uuh)

    		 Ununquadium

    (Uuq)

    		 Ununbium

    (Uub)
    Osmium

    (Os)

    		 Polonium

    (Po)

    		 Plutonium

    (Pu)

    		 Oxygen

    (O)

    		 Nobelium

    (No)

    		 Ununnilium

    (Uun)
    Rutherfordium

    (Rf)

    		 Lawrencium

    (Lr)

    		 Dubnium

    (Db)

    		 Seaborgium

    (Sg)

    		 Bohrium

    (Bh)

    		 Hassium

    (Hs)
    Unununium

    (Uuu)

    		          



    Chemistry Bingo

    Atomic Structure
    1p, On, 1e

    (H)

    		 2p, 2n, 2e

    (He)

    		 3p, 4n, 3e

    (Li)

    		 4p, 5n, 4e

    (Be)

    		 5p, 6n, 5e

    (B)

    		 6p, 6n, 6e

    (C)
    7p, 7n, 7e

    (N)

    		 8p, in, 8e

    (O)

    		 9p, 10n, 9e

    (F)

    		 10p, 10n, 10c

    (Ne)

    		 11p, 12n, 11e

    (Na)

    		 12p, 12n, 12e

    (Mg)
    13p, 14n, 13e

    (Al)

    		 14p, 14n, 14e

    (Si)

    		 15p, 15n, 15e

    (P)

    		 16p, 16n, 16e

    (S)

    		 17p, 18n, 17e

    (Cl)

    		 18p, 22n, 18e

    (Ar)
    19p, 20n, 10e

    (K)

    		 10p, 10n, 10e

    (Ca)

    		 21p, 24n, 21e

    (Sc)

    		 22p, 26n, 22e

    (Ti)

    		 23p, 28n, 23e

    (V)

    		 24p, 28n, 24e

    (Cr)
    25p, 30n, 25e

    (Mn)

    		 26p, 30n, 26e

    (Fe)

    		 27p, 32n, 27e

    (Co)

    		 28p, 31n, 28e

    (Ni)

    		 29p, 35n, 29e

    (Cu)

    		 30p, 35n, 30e

    (Zn)
    31p, 39n, 31e

    (Ga)

    		 32p, 41n, 32e

    (Ge)

    		 33p, 42n, 33e

    (As)

    		 34p, 45n, 34e

    (Se)

    		 35p, p, 45n, 35e

    (Br)

    		 36p, 48n, 36e

    (Kr)
    37p, 48n, 37e

    (Rb)

    		 38p, 50n, 38e

    (Sr)

    		 39p, 50n, 30e

    (Y)

    		 40p, 51n, 40e

    (Zr)

    		 41p, 52n, 41e

    (Nb)

    		 42p, 54n, 42e

    (Mo)
    43p, 55n, 43e

    (Tc)

    		 44p, 57n, 44e

    (Ru)

    		 45p, 58n, 45e

    (Rh)

    		 46p, 60n, 46e

    (Pd)

    		 47p, 61n, 47e

    (Ag)

    		 48p, 64n, 48e

    (Cd)
    49p, 66n, 49e

    (In)

    		 50p, 81n, 56e

    (Ba)

    		 57p, 82n, 57e

    (La)

    		 58p, 82n, 58e

    (Ce)

    		 59p, 81n, 59e

    (Pr)

    		 60p, 84n, 60e

    (Nd)
    55p, 78n, 55e

    (Cs)

    		 56p, 81n, 56e

    (Ba)

    		 57p, 82n, 57e

    (La)

    		 58p, 82n, 58e

    (Ce)

    		 59p, 81n, 59e

    (Pr)

    		 60p, 84n, 60e

    (Nd)
    61p, 84n, 61e

    (Pm)

    		 62p, 88n, 62e

    (Sm)

    		 63p, 89n, 63e

    (Eu)

    		 64p, 93n, 64e

    (Gd)

    		 65p, 94n, 65e

    (Tb)

    		 66p, 97n, 66e

    (Dy)
    67p, 98n, 67e

    (Ho)

    		 68p, 99n, 68e

    (Er)

    		 69p, 100n, 69e

    (Tm)

    		 70p, 103n, 70e

    (Yb)

    		 71p, 104n, 71e

    (Lu)

    		 72p, 106n, 72e

    (Hf)
    73p, 108n, 73e

    (Ta)

    		 74p, 110n, 74e

    (W)

    		 75p, 111n, 75e

    (Re)

    		 76p, 114n, 76e

    (Os)

    		 77p, 115n, 77e

    (Ir)

    		 78p, 117n, 78e

    (Pt)
    79p, 118n, 79e

    (Au)

    		 80p, 120n, 80e

    (Hg)

    		 81p, 123n, 81e

    (Ti)

    		 82p, 125n, 82e

    (Pb)

    		 83p, 127n, 83e

    (Bi)

    		 84p, 125n, 84e

    (Po)
    85p, 125n, 85e

    (At)

    		 86p, 136n, 86e

    (Rn)

    		 87p, 136n, 87e

    (Fr)

    		 88p, 138n, 88e

    (Ra)

    		 89p, 138n, 89e

    (Ac)

    		 90p, 142n, 90e

    (Th)
    91p, 140n, 91e

    (Pa)

    		 92p, 146n, 92e

    (U)

    		 93p, 144n, 93e

    (Np)

    		 94p, 150n, 94e

    (Pu)

    		 95p, 148n, 95e

    (Am)

    		 96p, 151n, 96e

    (Cm)
    97p, 150n, 97e

    (Bk)

    		 98p, 153n, 98e

    (Cf)

    		 99p, 153n, 99e

    (Es)

    		 100p, 157n, 100e

    (Fm)

    		 101p, 157n, 101e

    (Md)

    		 102p, 157n, 102e

    (No)
    103p, 159n, 103e

    (Lr)

    		 104p, 157n, 104e

    (Rf)

    		 105p, 157n, 105e

    (Db)

    		 106p, 157n, 106e

    (Sg)

    		 107p, 155n, 107e

    (Bh)

    		 108p, 157n, 108e

    (Hs)
    109p, 157n, 109e

    (Mt)

    		 110p, 159n, 110e

    (Uun)

    		 111p, 161n, 111e

    (Uuu)

    		 112p, 165n, 112e

    (Uub)

    		 114p, 171n, 114e

    (Uuq)

    		 116p, 173n, 116e

    (Uuh)
    118p, 175n, 118e

    (Uno)

    		          

     *KEY*

    p=protons, n=neutrons, e=electrons

    Read one or more parts of the clue (e.g. read only number of protons, or read protons, neutrons, & electrons).

    ANSWER IS IN BOLD

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    Jaimie Foulk
    Camdenton High
    Camdenton R-III
    (573) 346-9232
    EMAIL:     jfoulk@mail.camdenton.k12.mo.us

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