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2 Materials and their structure

Activity

Learning the symbols for the elements
Here is a list of twenty elements and their symbols. Your task is to make up a game

to help you learn them. You could make one set of cards with the names on them
and another set with the symbols on them. Think how you could use these to make a
game.
Your game could be for one or two people, you decide.

Element Symbol Element Symbol

Hydrogen H Sodium Na

Helium He Magnesium Mg

Lithium Li Aluminium Al
Beryllium Be Silicon Si

Boron B Phosphorus P

Carbon C Sulfur S
Nitrogen N Chlorine Cl

Oxygen O Argon Ar

Fluorine F Potassium K
Neon Ne Calcium Ca

How do you learn facts? Does a game help? Which is the most effective way of
learning for you?

Summary checklist

I can explain what an atom and an element are.
I can identify twenty elements and their symbols.
I can use symbols to represent elements.
I can describe the Periodic Table.

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