We’re doing elements and atomic theory in Chemistry right now. Sometimes I give my students worksheets, and sometimes I give them “funsheets.” I tell them that all worksheets are funsheets, but they aren’t convinced yet.
Here’s a funsheet. You may need a periodic table or a list of the elements to help with some of these.
Provide the name for the element:
| Clue | Element |
| 1. joint between upper and lower leg | neon |
| 2. mother’s sister’s cash | _________________ |
| 3. native of North America | _________________ |
| 4. to endure hardship or injury | _________________ |
| 5. where you wash dishes | _________________ |
| 6. foolish prisoner | _________________ |
| 7. policeman | _________________ |
| 8. to press laundry | _________________ |
| 9. I sit down and eat | _________________ |
| 10. Yosemite National Park is here | _________________ |
| 11. Lone Ranger’s horse | _________________ |
| 12. Canis lupus | _________________ |
| 13. I am sneezing and have a runny nose. I have a | _________________ |
| 14. a flower | _________________ |
| 15. I drink pop, but people in other parts of the country say | _________________ |
| 16. the Good __________ | _________________ |
| 17. parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme | _________________ |
| 18. the chair is on the __________ | _________________ |
| 19. _______ on the range | _________________ |
| 20. _______ of Arabia | _________________ |
| 21. dull chemistry lesson* | _________________ |
| 22. bile is stored in the ________ bladder | _________________ |
| 23. European country | _________________ |
| 24. another European country | _________________ |
| 25. five cents | _________________ |
| 26. 50 percent | _________________ |
| 27. what doctors do | _________________ |
| 28. what morticians do | _________________ |
| 29. what cowboys did on horses | _________________ |
| 30. Carpe diem. _________ the day. | _________________ |
*doesn’t exist in nature
For the answers, continue reading:
Answer key:
| Clue | Element |
| 1. joint between upper and lower leg | neon |
| 2. mother’s sister’s cash | antimony |
| 3. native of North America | indium |
| 4. to endure hardship or injury | sulfur |
| 5. where you wash dishes | zinc |
| 6. foolish prisoner | silicon |
| 7. policeman | copper |
| 8. to press laundry | iron |
| 9. I sit down and eat | iodine |
| 10. Yosemite National Park is here | californium |
| 11. Lone Ranger’s horse | silver |
| 12. Canis lupus | wolfram |
| 13. I am sneezing and have a runny nose. I have a | gold |
| 14. a flower | germanium |
| 15. I drink pop, but people in other parts of the country say | sodium |
| 16. the Good __________ | samarium |
| 17. parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme | erbium |
| 18. the chair is on the __________ | fluorine |
| 19. _______ on the range | holmium |
| 20. _______ of Arabia | lawrencium |
| 21. dull chemistry lesson* | bohrium |
| 22. bile is stored in the ________ bladder | gallium |
| 23. European country | francium |
| 24. another European country | germanium |
| 25. five cents | nickel |
| 26. 50 percent | halfnium |
| 27. what doctors do | helium, curium |
| 28. what morticians do | barium |
| 29. what cowboys did on horses | rhodium |
| 30. Carpe diem. _________ the day. | cesium |
*doesn’t exist in nature
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