This is the ultimate collection of all three of our released games; Up & Atom, Trendy, and CHeMgO. You will get 11 decks of cards that will serve 30 students in three different units; ionic formulas, periodic trends, and moles. Each of the games has been specifically designed to engage students while benefiting your curriculum. These are not fluffy, time-filler games. They are a tool meant to be used to grow your students' understanding. Join in with hundreds of creative chemistry teachers already using our games across the country and in 7 countries around the world.
Includes:
Trendy (5 Decks)
The classroom set is five decks for a class of 30 students! The cards are made with quality and will withstand many years of use. Even teenager use.
Trendy is the classroom chemistry game designed to help students quickly recognize periodic trends on the table. Students will learn atomic radius, effective nuclear charge, first ionization energy, electronegativity and electron affinity. It is a simple game to play and the students will be engaged in no time.
The fast paced game plays like many familiar family games, so the rules are simple and the students can focus on the content. It is a great way to engage students on weeks when you just can't do another lab!
Included in each deck:
All cards are standard poker sized and come in a single tuck box.
Instructions and information
52 Elements cards (from H-Kr excluding the d-block), 20 Trend Cards (electronegativity, effective nuclear charge, atomic radius, first ionization energy, and electron affinity), 2 Instruction Cards
How to Play
Chemists are dealt a hand of 6 cards. Start two piles in the middle of the table; a pile for elements (1-36 excluding the d-block) and a pile for periodic trends. Players then either play an element that follows the trend, change the trend, or draw a card. The first player to play all of their cards is the winner!
For example, the top card on the element pile is "S" and the trend card is "Increasing Radius". The next player could play "P" becuase it is in the same energy level (as denoted by the atom rings on the top right of each card) and it follows the trend. "P" is larger then "S" due to a reduced effective nuclear charge.
When players first start playing the game, they are required to play a card that is either in the same family (as denoted by color) or energy level (as denoted by the atom rigngs). Once they become more confident in their skills, that constraint can be removed and the conversations about perdiodic trends will really increase around the table!
Up & Atom (5 Decks)
Learn to count particles with moles! Chemists learn to convert among moles, atoms, and grams. Up & Atom is a trick-taking game where players bid on how many tricks they can win by playing the card with the most atoms. Players quickly learn to estimate and compare mole values, preparing them for learning stoichiometry. Players will be using moles, atoms, and mass in order to calculate the number of atoms.
Cards Included:
All cards are standard poker sized and come in a single tuck box.
Instruction and information
Cards representing 1-4 moles from H to Ar. Each has a mole card, gram card, and particle card.
How to Play:
2-6 Players
Each player is dealt three cards. From those cards, they must bid on how many tricks they will take. A trick is won by playing the card with the greatest number of particles.
After bids are taken, each player plays one card at a time. At the end of each trick, someone will win. At the end of all the rounds, if the player won the same number of tricks that they bid, they will gain points! If they missed, they will be penalized.
The game continues until rounds of 3-8 cards have been played.
The player with the highest score wins!
CHeMgO (1 Deck)
A new twist on Bingo for the chemistry-minded. Square cards have four sides, each side increasing in challenge. The teacher can select the challenge of the ionic naming game. Choose from binary, binary with Roman numerals, polyatomic ions and Roman numerals up to acids with polyatomic ions and Roman numerals.
The game grows with the class. Easy to set up with a free download for scoring sheets for the students to use. Instantly engage students at their current level with CHeMgO!
Only one deck is needed per class. The entire class plays along while the teacher reads the cards.
Check out the unboxing video here!