chemistry -game example -cards

One Example.

Each atom is represented by a card.

Some of the rules of this four player card game.

The aim is to lose all your cards.

Each player starts with 10 cards, the remaining cards are placed on the table.
The deck is made up of 100 cards, the number of cards is not critical. The top card of the deck is revealed and the first player tries to form a chemical bond between the first card on the deck and as many, up to three, of his/her cards, as possible. For example, If the first card on the deck is boron the player can elect to throw the following cards if they had them in their hand:
- a nitrogen atom
- an oxygen and a fluorine atom
- three fluorine atoms
or any other combination that will successfully take boron's three electrons.
Helium and neon are wild cards and can be thrown out at any time during the game.
If a player can not successfully react any of the atoms in their hand with the deck then they pick up the bottom card from the deck.

Rules can be modified to suit each class as long as the game requires all participants to exhibit chemical knowledge of atoms.

Card game
One Example. Some of the rules of this four player card game. The aim is to lose all your cards. Each player starts with 10 cards, the remaining cards are placed on the table. The deck is made up of 100 cards, the number of cards is not critical. The top card of the deck is revealed and the first player tries to form a chemical bond between the first card on the deck and as many, up to three, of his/her cards, as possible. For example, If the first card on the deck is boron the player can elect to throw the following cards if they had them in their hand: - a nitrogen atom - an oxygen and a fluorine atom - three fluorine atoms or any other combination that will successfully take boron's three electrons. Helium and neon are wild cards and can be thrown out at any time during the game. If a player can not successfully react any of the atoms in their hand with the deck then they pick up the bottom card from the deck. Rules can be modified to suit each class as long as the game requires all participants to exhibit chemical knowledge of atoms.
An interesting modification is to allow students to bluff. If a student is successful in bluffing, then all other players pick up one card each. If a player is not successful in bluffing then the player picks up two cards.
On the right is an example. Beryllium is on top of the pack. This player is bonding a carbon and a beryllium with the top card. Is this a bluff or a proper chemical bond that will result in a stable compound? This is truly a great activity for introducing chemical bonding, ionic and covalent.
The top card on a deck of cards is oxygen. Jonathon has 5 cards in his hand, one oxygen, two hydrogen, one beryllium and a lithium. What are the possible combinations of atoms, in Jonathon's hand that will react with the oxygen? Which combination of atoms allows Jonathon to lose as many cards as possible? How will electrons be exchanged amongst this combination of atoms? Solution The top card on a deck of cards is carbon. Irene has 4 cards in her hand, one oxygen, two lithium and a beryllium What are the possible combinations of atoms, in Irene's hand that will react with the carbon? Which combination of atoms allows Irene to lose as many cards as possible? Is there more than one? How will electrons be exchanged amongst the atoms of one possible combination? Solution