WHAT ELEMENT AM I? TASK CARDS • • • • 24 Task Cards Template Card Answer Grid Answer Key What Element Am I? Task Cards What’s Included? 24 Task Cards are included with questions about the elements, our building blocks that make up everything! Questions are in a multiple choice format, and an answer grid for recording answers is included. The questions focus on how elements are used and what they makeup. A period table of elements is not needed to answer the questions, but students might want to refer to one for clues referring to types of elements. These cards can be printed, copied and cut-out along the guidelines. Laminate the cards if you wish to use them again and again. Cards can be used in a Scoot Activity, whole class for your Science lessons, or as an independent station activity. A blank set for you or students to create their own cards is included along with an answer key. Task Card Activity Suggested use: Set up students’ desk in stations with task cards spread around the room. Students will move around the room with their Answer Grid and move from station to station. They can work in pairs or do the activity on their own. When all students are finished, discuss answers aloud. This activity is a fun way to assess or supplement your Science or STEM lessons! What Element Am I? Task Cards 1. I am found in shells around eggs, chalk, pearls and the bones in your body. What element am I? a) nitrogen b) aluminum c) calcium What Element Am I? Task Cards What Element Am I? Task Cards 3. I am found in many useful things around your home: salt shaker, baking soda, and most laundry detergents. What element am I? a) arsenic b) argon c) sodium What Element Am I? Task Cards 2. I am an important element in our 4. I am known as the element of life. electronic world. You can find me in computers and video games. Need more clues? I create bubbles in fizzy drinks and diamonds. What element am I? a) silicon b) tungsten c) bismuth What element am I? a) potassium b) carbon c) nickel What Element Am I? Task Cards 5. I am a radioactive element named after Poland. I was discovered by the famous scientists, Marie and Pierre Curie. What element am I? a) helium b) polonium c) uranium What Element Am I? Task Cards 6. I can help heal scrapes and cuts by disinfecting, and killing bacteria. What element am I? a) iodine b) bismuth c) oxygen What Element Am I? Task Cards 7. I make up the stars and roam through space between the stars too! On earth, I am found in water. What element am I? a) neon b) hydrogen c) sodium What Element Am I? Task Cards 8. I am a noble gas. I am frequently used in lighting and photography. What element am I? a) helium b) krypton c) radon What Element Am I? Task Cards 9. I am part of chlorophyll, the green chemical that helps plant convert water, air and sunlight into food. What element am I? a) magnesium b) tin c) rhodium What Element Am I? Task Cards 10. I am one of the world’s stinkiest molecules. Some plants and animals use me to protect themselves. What element am I? a) iron b) sulfur c) selenium What Element Am I? Task Cards 11. I am a crucial ingredient in slime to make your glorious goo! What element am I? a) cobalt b) hydrogen c) boron What Element Am I? Task Cards 12. I once was the main ingredient in pennies. Now, because of the expense, I am just a thin coating. What element am I? a) zinc b) silver c) copper What Element Am I? Task Cards 13. I am a transition metal. Don’t be fooled and buy me when you think you are buying diamonds. What element am I? a) zirconium b) aluminum c) gallium What Element Am I? Task Cards 14. I am a valuable element, treasured by the forty-niners and people today. What element am I? a) titanium b) crypto c) gold What Element Am I? Task Cards 15. Long ago I was used in chemicals that made paints and pipes. Using me in paints and pipes is harmful for humans and the environment. What element am I? a) chromium b) lead c) radium What Element Am I? Task Cards 16. I am a lanthanide, found in volcanic rock. I am used in expensive cameras and telescopes. What element am I? a) lanthanum b) copper c) iodine What Element Am I? Task Cards 17. You can find me in toothpaste. I’ll help fight tooth decay by soaking into your teeth. What element am I? a) lithium b) fluorine c) potassium What Element Am I? Task Cards 18. I am an actinide element. I am a radioactive element found in smoke alarms. What element am I? a) carbon b) chlorine c) americium What Element Am I? Task Cards 19. I am used in a famous pink antacid medicine that helps with upset stomachs. What element am I? a) bismuth b) krypton c) phosphorus What Element Am I? Task Cards 20. I am a noble gas first discovered in rays of sunlight. I am most famous for inflating blimps. What element am I? a) cadmium b) helium c) xenon What Element Am I? Task Cards 21. I am found in many foods such as bread and cereal. I am even found in a molecule in your blood. What element am I? a) astatine b) iron c) cobalt What Element Am I? Task Cards 22. I am a metal that shines like silver, but pours like water. I once was used in thermometers. What element am I? a) mercury b) nickel c) cadmium What Element Am I? Task Cards 23. I am a very dense element! I am not a common element on Earth, but asteroids contain a lot of me. What element am I? a) hydrogen b) helium c) iridium What Element Am I? Task Cards 24. I am an alkali metal that is good for your health. You can find me in orange juice, bananas, and broccoli. What element am I? a) francium b) potassium c) rubidium What Element Am I? Task Cards 1. What Element Am I? Task Cards 3. What element am I? a) b) c) What element am I? a) b) c) What Element Am I? Task Cards What Element Am I? Task Cards 4. 2. What element am I? a) b) c) What element am I? a) b) c) What Element Am I? Answer Grid 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 What Element Am I? Answer Key 1 2 C 5 3 A 6 B 9 7 10 13 B C A 20 A 23 A C 16 19 22 B C C B B 12 15 18 21 B B A B 8 11 14 17 C A A 4 B 24 C B