CHEMICAL ELEMENTS: STUDENT STORY 1


Complete this great story written by a student in grade 9 by filling in the blanks with the names of the elements in brackets. Don't worry if it doesn't make complete sense!


There once was a man named Sam. He used the wrong chemicals, so they went BAM! He used ____________________________ (Uun) and ____________________________ (Mo), instead of using ______________________________ (Uuu) and _____________________________ (Mg). Later that evening he started grieving about what happened that day. So he quit his job, then saw a big mob running to where they mine. "We found _____________ (Au)!", he heard them yell. so he followed the mob to where there was _______________ (Au).

He soon got rich then fell into a ditch and found a pile of _____________________ (Cu). He traded it in and got a big bin of ______________________ (Ni). He spent it soon on a lagoon which he used to practice his swimming. He soon became good and knew he should join the Summer Olympics team. He came in ________________________ (Ag).

He built a house without a spouse entirely made out of ________________________ (Fe). On the lagoon, he spent his afternoon in his ______________ (Sn) ______________________ (Co) boat. The _______________________ (O) was pure and the ________________________ (H2O) was clean. The engine was a ____________________________ (Hg). To keep the sun off his precious face he used _______________________ (Zn). Then up in the sky he saw a balloon flying high using ______________________ (He) and the wind for transportation.

Sam was hungry so he went inside his house to make himself a sandwich. For a healthy lunch, he chewed and munched on a ham and __________________________ (Mn) sandwich. He later became thirsty so he had some milk to get his daily supply of __________________ (Ca).

He wrote to his old job with a pencil full of _______________________ (Pb) telling how sorry he was for burning down the science lab. He lived happily ever after.