Periodic Table Bingo

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36 elements in the bag

Every element is called once, in random order.

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All 118 elements

Elements 1 to 36 36

  • Al Aluminum, atomic number 13
  • Ar Argon, atomic number 18
  • As Arsenic, atomic number 33
  • B Boron, atomic number 5
  • Be Beryllium, atomic number 4
  • Br Bromine, atomic number 35
  • C Carbon, atomic number 6
  • Ca Calcium, atomic number 20
  • Cl Chlorine, atomic number 17
  • Co Cobalt, atomic number 27
  • Cr Chromium, atomic number 24
  • Cu Copper, atomic number 29
  • F Fluorine, atomic number 9
  • Fe Iron, atomic number 26
  • Ga Gallium, atomic number 31
  • Ge Germanium, atomic number 32
  • H Hydrogen, atomic number 1
  • He Helium, atomic number 2
  • K Potassium, atomic number 19
  • Kr Krypton, atomic number 36
  • Li Lithium, atomic number 3
  • Mg Magnesium, atomic number 12
  • Mn Manganese, atomic number 25
  • N Nitrogen, atomic number 7
  • Na Sodium, atomic number 11
  • Ne Neon, atomic number 10
  • Ni Nickel, atomic number 28
  • O Oxygen, atomic number 8
  • P Phosphorus, atomic number 15
  • S Sulfur, atomic number 16
  • Sc Scandium, atomic number 21
  • Se Selenium, atomic number 34
  • Si Silicon, atomic number 14
  • Ti Titanium, atomic number 22
  • V Vanadium, atomic number 23
  • Zn Zinc, atomic number 30

Elements 37 to 118 82

  • Ac Actinium, atomic number 89
  • Ag Silver, atomic number 47
  • Am Americium, atomic number 95
  • At Astatine, atomic number 85
  • Au Gold, atomic number 79
  • Ba Barium, atomic number 56
  • Bh Bohrium, atomic number 107
  • Bi Bismuth, atomic number 83
  • Bk Berkelium, atomic number 97
  • Cd Cadmium, atomic number 48
  • Ce Cerium, atomic number 58
  • Cf Californium, atomic number 98
  • Cm Curium, atomic number 96
  • Cn Copernicium, atomic number 112
  • Cs Cesium, atomic number 55
  • Db Dubnium, atomic number 105
  • Ds Darmstadtium, atomic number 110
  • Dy Dysprosium, atomic number 66
  • Er Erbium, atomic number 68
  • Es Einsteinium, atomic number 99
  • Eu Europium, atomic number 63
  • Fl Flerovium, atomic number 114
  • Fm Fermium, atomic number 100
  • Fr Francium, atomic number 87
  • Gd Gadolinium, atomic number 64
  • Hf Hafnium, atomic number 72
  • Hg Mercury, atomic number 80
  • Ho Holmium, atomic number 67
  • Hs Hassium, atomic number 108
  • I Iodine, atomic number 53
  • In Indium, atomic number 49
  • Ir Iridium, atomic number 77
  • La Lanthanum, atomic number 57
  • Lr Lawrencium, atomic number 103
  • Lu Lutetium, atomic number 71
  • Lv Livermorium, atomic number 116
  • Mc Moscovium, atomic number 115
  • Md Mendelevium, atomic number 101
  • Mo Molybdenum, atomic number 42
  • Mt Meitnerium, atomic number 109
  • Nb Niobium, atomic number 41
  • Nd Neodymium, atomic number 60
  • Nh Nihonium, atomic number 113
  • No Nobelium, atomic number 102
  • Np Neptunium, atomic number 93
  • Og Oganesson, atomic number 118
  • Os Osmium, atomic number 76
  • Pa Protactinium, atomic number 91
  • Pb Lead, atomic number 82
  • Pd Palladium, atomic number 46
  • Pm Promethium, atomic number 61
  • Po Polonium, atomic number 84
  • Pr Praseodymium, atomic number 59
  • Pt Platinum, atomic number 78
  • Pu Plutonium, atomic number 94
  • Ra Radium, atomic number 88
  • Rb Rubidium, atomic number 37
  • Re Rhenium, atomic number 75
  • Rf Rutherfordium, atomic number 104
  • Rg Roentgenium, atomic number 111
  • Rh Rhodium, atomic number 45
  • Rn Radon, atomic number 86
  • Ru Ruthenium, atomic number 44
  • Sb Antimony, atomic number 51
  • Sg Seaborgium, atomic number 106
  • Sm Samarium, atomic number 62
  • Sn Tin, atomic number 50
  • Sr Strontium, atomic number 38
  • Ta Tantalum, atomic number 73
  • Tb Terbium, atomic number 65
  • Tc Technetium, atomic number 43
  • Te Tellurium, atomic number 52
  • Th Thorium, atomic number 90
  • Tl Thallium, atomic number 81
  • Tm Thulium, atomic number 69
  • Ts Tennessine, atomic number 117
  • U Uranium, atomic number 92
  • W Tungsten, atomic number 74
  • Xe Xenon, atomic number 54
  • Y Yttrium, atomic number 39
  • Yb Ytterbium, atomic number 70
  • Zr Zirconium, atomic number 40

How it works

Periodic table bingo opens on the first 36 elements, hydrogen to krypton, which fill the first four rows of the table. Elements 37 to 118, or all 118 together, are one pick away.

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Call the name and number

In Call the game, each symbol comes with the element's name and atomic number: Fe is iron, atomic number 26. For a harder game say the number alone and let pupils look it up on a periodic table.

How long a game takes

With 25 cards and the first 36 elements, a first line usually comes between calls 8 and 14. With all 118 in play it takes 22 to 42 calls on a 5 × 5 card and 5 to 18 on a 3 × 3 card.

  • Na, K, Fe and Cu, all in the first 36, do not match their English names: teach them first.

Questions and answers

How do you play periodic table bingo?

Each pupil gets a different card of element symbols. You read an element's name and atomic number, and anyone with its symbol covers it. Five in a row, across, down or diagonal, wins; the free center counts.

How do I print periodic table bingo cards?

Set How many cards to your class size, up to 60, and print them 2 to a page on Letter or A4, no two alike. Print the call sheet lists every symbol in play with its name and number.

Why is the symbol for sodium Na?

It comes from natrium, the element's Neo-Latin name. Ten more symbols follow an older name: K (kalium), Fe (ferrum), Cu (cuprum), Ag (argentum), Sn (stannum), Sb (stibium), W (wolfram), Au (aurum), Hg (hydrargyrum) and Pb (plumbum).

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