SNC1P0 Element Stories

1. Use the Periodic Table in your scribbler to write the symbol and name for the first 10 elements in correct order. Try to memorize these important elements.

Symbol 1. H 2. 3. 4. 5.

Name Hydrogen

Symbol 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Name 2. 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!

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.

3. There once was a man named Sam. He used the wrong chemicals, so they went BAM! He used ______(Uun) and ______(Mo), instead of using ______(Uuu) and ______(Mg). Later that evening he started grieving about what happened that day. So he quit his job, then saw a big mob running to where they mine. "We found ______(Au)!", he heard them yell. so he followed the mob to where there was ______(Au). He soon got rich then fell into a ditch and found a pile of ______(Cu). He traded it in and got a big bin of ______(Ni). He spent it soon on a lagoon which he used to practice his swimming. He soon became good and knew he should join the Summer Olympics team. He came in ______(Ag). He built a house without a spouse entirely made out of ______(Fe). On the lagoon, he spent his afternoon in his ______(Sn) ______(Co) boat. The ______(O) was pure and the ______(H2O) was clean. The engine was a ______(Hg). To keep the sun off his precious face he used ______(Zn). Then up in the sky he saw a balloon flying high using ______(He) and the wind for transportation. Sam was hungry so he went inside his house to make himself a sandwich. For a healthy lunch, he chewed and munched on a ham and ______(Mn) sandwich. He later became thirsty so he had some milk to get his daily supply of ______(Ca). He wrote to his old job with a pencil full of ______(Pb) telling how sorry he was for burning down the science lab. He lived happily ever after.

4. Hello and welcome to the A______(Cd) Awards! I am your host for the ______(N). Wow! Here comes the star of ______(Xe) and she looks ______(Ra)! Now I can also ______(Ce) a ______(Eu) actor with an ______(Am) wife; she is wearing a very ______(Bh) dress. This actor's name is ______(Lr) and he's doing well in the celebrity ______(Bi) in ______(Ge). He is so smart and talented that I am ______(Cm) if he will win a ______(Au) ______(No) prize! ______(Es) would be proud of him.

5. Hi my name is Michael ______(Sc). I am a miner and I work for Joe's ______(Pt) Mining Company. I work in ______(Cf) and I am an ______(Am). One day at lunch I got in a big fight with a worker over which country had a good soccer team, ______(Fr) or ______(Ge). After lunch, I got back to work mining ______(Fe) when I saw a big chunk of ______(Au) on the ______(F). Maybe now I can get that nice car with ______(Ne) lights, ______(Cr) wheels and finally buy a ______(Ag) plated steering wheel. I can finally look good on the ______(Rh). After work I went to go cash in my prize possession when I found out it was only a big piece of shiny ______(Cu). I felt ______(Na). Now I'm only left with twenty ______(Ni) in my pocket. Maybe tomorrow I will find something valuable, 'till then cya.