When I taught in Indianapolis, IN, I had boards that measured 24” x 30” glued onto poster boards for structural rigidity. Another class period seemed to play out of necessity only and did not seem to enjoy it as much nor did they recognize the benefit of the activity as a means for reviewing and practicing the new content.Īlong with this blog post, I have provided links to the pdf with instructions and a jpeg of the game board that can be printed in color in most sizes. The enjoyment factor depended on the class period – one class period did really well and were “caught” strategizing between rounds to ensure that they knew each component of the periodic table well. I will say that most of my students this semester really enjoyed playing the game. After being approached by an educator across the globe about this game recently, I decided to post about it on here to share it with a larger audience. In doing so, I’ve received positive feedback from the students and my colleagues on Twitter. Since then, I have included this game in each semester – and each semester I typically post a few photos of the game being played on Twitter. At this conference I attended a workshop about the inclusion of games in instruction that was presented by graduate students in the CISER program (Center for the Integration of STEM Education & Research) at Texas Tech University. In October 2012 I attended the Regional NSTA Conference in Louisville, KY. Feel free to create additional periodic trend arrows depending on what you’ve covered in your own classroom. In this board game students are instructed to place words on their proper line/location (including names of families/groups and regions of the periodic table) and arrows on yellow dots pointing in the direction that that periodic trend increases (trends include: Electronegativity, Ionization Energy, and Atomic Size/Radius). One way that I have my students review the content is by playing a board game that I recreated from an NSTA conference a few years ago. During our “Periodic Table and Periodicity" unit, we take about 3 days to learn the content and another 3-4 days to practice the content (more for Chemistry 1, less for Honors).
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