Pedagogical Game: Periodic table bingo
Another fun way to teach your students about the periodic table is to play bingo based on the chemical elements. Read out a series of clues and have your students guess which elements they’re referring to. They can cross out the corresponding square if an element appears on their bingo card.
To play Periodic Table Bingo, cut out all of the clues (you can also add more!) and put them in a jar. Have each of your students select 24 elements from the periodic table and write their names in the boxes on their card. For simplicity’s sake, we’ve made clues for the first 88 elements of the periodic table (excluding the lanthanides). Draw the clues one by one and read each one aloud. Periodic table in hand, your students will cross off or put a token in the box that corresponds to the clue. The first person to get BINGO wins!
To prepare them for the game and strengthen their knowledge of how the periodic table is organized, you can review our Crash Lesson on this topic in class (available in French only). Interspersed with questions, this interactive video also makes an effective review tool.
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