CHEMICAL ELEMENTS: TEACHER STORY

  1. Use the Periodic Table in your scribbler to write the symbol and name for the first 10 elements in correct order. You will need to learn these elements "by heart".

  2. Symbol
    1. H2.3.4.5.
    Name
    Hydrogen    

    Symbol
    6.7.8.9.10.
    Name
         



  3. Complete this story by filling in the blanks with the names of the elements in brackets. Don't worry if it doesn't make complete sense!

  4. Oh, I am so sad. I wish I had some ______________ (Au) or ______________ (Ag) so I could afford some new hardwood __________________ (F) in my house. Although my great aunt left me an inheritance when she passed away which she called _______________________ (Sb), I've spent it all and now I don't even have a _______________ (Ni) to my name. I tried to get a job in the comedy _______________________ (Bi) but I wasn't ____________________ (Si) enough. . All my hopes and dreams ______________ (Ar)! But if this world would just give me ________________________ (Hf) a chance, I would get a good job and buy a car with shiny _________________________ (Cr). Then I would cruise the streets at ____________________ (N) under the ______________ (Ne) lights. Or maybe I would get on a plane and fly to ____________________________ (Fr) far away from my ___________________ (Ho). Oh, I'm such a dreamer! Just like Dorothy in the "Wizard of ____________________ (Os)". Then again, if I was an ____________________ (In), I would live in harmony with the land and practice being a good ____________________________ (Sm). Yes, the hills really _____________________ (As) compared to the city which can get so monotonous and __________________ (B). Oh well, I guess I _____________________ (Li) in a nice house and I've ___________ (Pb) a pretty good life. After all, I saw Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett in the movie, "_________________________" (Ti) and I try to ____________________ (Cs) "Hercules" and "_________________" (Xe) on T.V. whenever I get the chance.


  5. Make up your own story using chemical elements! Include at least 15 different elements. And read the fantastic chemical stories written by other grade 9 students on this website!