Organizing the Elements Learning Centers
*Station #15 – Periodic Table Puns
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DO!NOT!DO!THIS!STATION!UNTIL!STATIONS!#1112!HAVE!BEEN!
COMPLETED!AND!CHECKED!BY!YOUR!TEACHER!!
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In!this!station!you!will!use!the!Periodic!Table!to!fill!in!questions!with!
elements!from!the!table!to!match!each!pun.!!You!will!need!to!use!your!
imagination!and!science!knowledge!to!complete!this!task.!
Periodic!Table!
Element!Puns!WS!
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Procedures:!
1. Open!the!textbook!to!the!back!cover!or!page!112!to!the!Periodic!Table.!
2. Write!your!name,!period!and!date!on!an!Element!Puns!WS.!!!
3. Read!each!pun!to!become!familiar!with!each!phrase.!!!
4. Use!the!periodic!table!to!match!certain!elements!to!each!pun!on!the!worksheet.!
5. Spend!10!minutes!completing!the!ones!that!are!the!easiest!and!spend!an!additional!
10!minutes!completing!the!more!difficult!ones.!
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*You!probably!NOT!finish!all!of!the!puns.!!!
*Do!NOT!spend!more!than!20!minutes!on!this!station.!
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Evidence!of!Completion!
• Element!Puns!WS!
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Station!15!
Element'Puns'
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Name:!_________________________!
Period:!____!Date:!_____________!
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Lets!get!to!know!some!of!the!elements!names!and!the!periodic!table!!!By!using!a!little!
imagination,!you!can!find!the!name!of!an!element!that!will!fit!into!each!of!the!blanks!below!
and!make!some!sense.!!Answer'for'questions'1/12'will'be'alphabetical.!
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Example:!A!nice!guy!is!sometimes!called!a!good!Samarium.!
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_____________________!1.!I!feel!sad!in!the!fall!when!the!flowers!_____.!
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_____________________!2.!You!don’t!sprinkle!bulbs!on!the!ground!like!grass!seed;!instead!you!!
_____!several!inches!deep.!
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_____________________!3.!It!was!a!long!journey!but!the!members!of!the!wagon!trains!_____.!
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_____________________!4.!The!_____!caught!the!thief!redPhanded.!
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_____________________!5.!In!my!opinion!an!iris!(purple!flower)!is!much!prettier!than!a!!
mariP_____.!
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_____________________!6.!The!_____!the!site!of!the!ancient!burial!ground!holds!the!remains!of!!
an!emperor.!
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_____________________!7.!Jeremy!_____!the!way!and!everyone!followed.!
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_____________________!8.!I!am!hardly!able!to!walk!after!bumping!my!_____!the!car!door.!
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_____________________!9.!Candy!bars!used!to!cost!a!_____!when!my!parents!were!young.!
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_____________________!10.!The!general!planned!a!____!the!enemy!camp!for!the!night!when!!
everyone!would!be!asleep.!
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_____________________!11.!All!the!time!he!was!being!sentenced!for!armed!robbery,!the!_____!!
was!laughing!and!cracking!jokes!to!the!jury.!
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_____________________!12.!The!plants!____!$3.00!each.!
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Element'Puns'Continued'
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Test!your!creative!and!scientific!reasoning!by!matching!the!following!“definitions”!to!the!
proper!chemical!element.!!Use!the!periodic!table!to!look!up!the!answers.!Answers!do!not!
have!a!specific!order.!
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Clue'
Element'Name'
Element'
Symbol'
What!you!do!to!a!wrinkled!shirt!
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Someone!who!likes!to!start!fires!
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Superman’s!weakness!
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Extinct!
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Imitation!diamond!
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Las!Vegas!lights!
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Golden!State!
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A!very!smart!scientist!
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What!the!athlete!did!to!his!muscle!cramps!
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Greek!God!
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Ancient!Japanese!warrior!
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A!type!of!flower!
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A!goofy!convict!
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What!a!dog!does!to!a!bone!in!your!backyard!
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A!“prize”!element!
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Person!from!the!big!blue!planet!
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Get!clean!with!this!
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Part!of!a!whole!
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What!a!doctor!does!to!his!patients!
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