Learning should be fun, and one of the ways to make it fun is to turn it into a game. While this is primarily geared toward home schoolers, it's something that an enterprising teacher can use in the classroom.
Setting the Table
One way to teach the periodic table is to make it into a table-setting exercise; this is perhaps best for children ages 8 to about 10. Make a grid for the periodic table with about half-inch squares, and put it on the wall, ideally over a sheet of ferrous metal. Then, using blank refrigerator magnet material (available at most craft stores), or commercial magnetic elements kits, challenge your students to put the elements in their proper places. This can utilize the color coding and numbers to help them–and it's the kind of "sorting fun" that children (and adults) enjoy.
While the Tom Lehrer song "The Elements" does not present the elements in any fashion other than what makes the verse scan, it is a good way to get the first 92 elements memorized, and it's fun. There are other sing-along songs covering the various rows of the periodic table – like "Hhe…Libby BeCnofne." (Pronounced "Hey, Libby BcNofne…" for Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine and Neon.) In particular, look for the "Atoms Family" or "The Elements Waltz."
Mnemonic Art Projects
Assign your students to come up with a "silly saying" about an element that's alliterative, such as "Silly putty is for Silicone," in which the element in question and the alliterative element use the same letters as are in the element's symbol on the periodic table. Have them draw a picture incorporating the saying, and have the picture incorporate how the element is used.
Game Show Method
This is more suited to older students, as it's important to not only remember the element names, but also to remember some other facts about them as well, such as the atomic number, or what the element is used for. Like the refrigerator magnet method above, you'll ask questions (such as "This element has a mass of 197, and all that glitters is not it"). Give points for getting the element name correctly, and give bonus points for the first person to complete a column or row.
About the Author
Ken Burnside has been writing freelance since 1990, contributing to publications as diverse as "Pyramid" and "Training & Simulations Journal." A Microsoft MVP in Excel, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Alaska. He won the Origins Award for Attack Vector: Tactical, a board game about space combat.
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Kujifunza ni jambo la kufurahisha, na njia moja ya kufanya hivyo ni kugeuza kuwa mchezo. Ingawa hii ni hasa geared kuelekea shule ya nyumbani, ni kitu kwamba mwalimu enterprising inaweza kutumia katika darasa. Kuanzisha meza: Njia moja ya kufundisha meza ya mara kwa mara ni kuifanya kuwa mazoezi ya kuweka meza; hii labda ni bora kwa watoto wenye umri wa miaka 8 hadi 10. Fanya gridi ya meza ya mzunguko na mraba wa nusu inchi, na uweke ukutani, bora juu ya karatasi ya chuma cha chuma. Kisha, kwa kutumia vifaa vya sumaku vya friji (vinapatikana katika maduka mengi ya ufundi) au vifaa vya vifaa vya sumaku vya kibiashara, changamoto wanafunzi wako kuweka vitu katika maeneo yao sahihi. Hii inaweza kutumia rangi coding na namba kuwasaidia <unk>na ni aina ya "kuorodhesha furaha" kwamba watoto (na watu wazima) kufurahia. "Wimbo wa Tom Lehrer ""The Elements"" unaonyesha mambo ya msingi ya msingi katika sehemu ya kwanza ya kitabu cha The Elements, na ni njia nzuri ya kupata mambo ya msingi ya msingi ya msingi ya msingi ya msingi." Kuna nyimbo nyingine za kuimba pamoja zinazofunika safu mbalimbali za meza ya mara kwa mara <unk> kama "Hhe...Libby BeCnofne". (Kusemwa "Hey, Libby BcNofne"... kwa ajili ya hidrojeni, heliamu, lithiamu, berylliamu, boroni, kaboni, nitrojeni, oksijeni, fluorini na neon.) Hasa, tafuta "Familia ya Atomu" au "The Elements Waltz". "Mfano: ""Silly putty is for silicone"" (Silly putty is for silicone) ni neno la kihistoria linalotumiwa na elementi ya kila kipindi." Waombe wachore picha inayoonyesha maneno hayo, na picha hiyo ionyeshe jinsi yanatumiwa. Njia hii ya mchezo ni bora kwa wanafunzi wakubwa, kwani ni muhimu kukumbuka tu majina ya elementi, lakini pia kukumbuka ukweli mwingine kuhusu vitu hivyo, kama vile nambari ya atomu, au ni nini kipengele hutumiwa. "Kama ilivyo katika njia ya magnet ya friji, utauliza maswali kama vile ""Hii ni kitu ambacho kina uzito wa 197 na haing'aa tu.""" Kutoa pointi kwa kupata jina la kipengele kwa usahihi, na kutoa pointi ya ziada kwa mtu wa kwanza kukamilisha safu au safu. Ken Burnside amekuwa akichora freelance tangu 1990, akichangia machapisho kama tofauti kama "Pyramid" na "Mazoezi na Simulations Journal." Microsoft MVP katika Excel, ana Shahada ya Sanaa katika Kiingereza kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Alaska. Alishinda tuzo ya Origins kwa Attack Vector: Tactical, mchezo wa bodi kuhusu mapigano ya anga. Heteroptera - Photos & Photos - Picha za Getty Images